Little Millet - Un Polished (Saame, Samai), 500 g

Little millets is one of the popular foods for a healthy diet.

• It can be used to cook Upma, kichdi, pulav.

• It can also be used for preparing desserts like Kheer, sheera

• It can be powdered and added to chapathi dough.

• It is used to prepare baby food.

• It can also be used to prepare idli, dosa.

LITTLE MILLET PONGAL:

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1 Cup Little Millet Rice
   
2. 1/4 Cup Moon Dal
   
3. 1 teaspoon jeera
   
4. 1 teaspoon whole pepper
   
5. 1/2 teaspoon freshly powdered pepper
   
6. Cashews
   
7. A pinch of turmeric powder
   
8. Ghee
   

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a pressure cooker, put the moong dal, little millet rice, 3 cups of water, turmeric powder, whole peppers and 2 spoons of ghee. Cook this until the pressure cooker whistles 3 times.
   
2. While the pressure cooker is cooling off, heat 3 spoons of ghee in a Kadai. Add jeera, whole pepper and cashew nuts and gently stir till the cashews turn golden brown.
   
3. Empty the kadai into the pressure cooker, add salt, pepper powder and stir well.
   
4. Serve hot with chutney or curd

LITTLE MILLET PAYASAM:

INGREDIENTS:

1. 1 Cup Little Millet Rice
   
2. 1/4 Cup Moon Dal
   
3. 1 cup powdered jaggery
   
4. 1 cup milk
5. About 10 broken cashews

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a pressure cooker, add the washed millets and moong daal along with 3 1/2 cups of water and cook for 2 whistles
2. In a kadai, heat 1 spoon of ghee; Add broken cashews stir till the cashews turn golden brown and empty this into a bowl
3. Add the jaggery and heat with 1 cup of water. Once melted, add elaichi powder, the cooked millet and moong daal mixture and boil 2 -3 minutes while stirring continuously
4. Remove the kadai from the flame, add milk and throughly stir the mixture and finally garnish with cashews and serve either hot or cold 

Contrasting to what the name suggests, little millets are a big source of minerals and fibre.

• Great source of good cholesterol.

• Slowly digestible which is helpful for diabetics.

• Lowers the risk of type-2 diabetes.

• Improves digestion.

• Protects from childhood asthma.

• Protects from breast cancer.

Serving size: 100gm