Recipes from pearl millet
Recipes from pearl millet: Pearl millet is called kambu in Tamil. Pearl millet is rich in Iron between small grains and whole grains. Pearl millet is an excellent food for preventing anemia. Until a few years ago every house had millet. Pearl millet was used for digestion. People with indigestion can drink millet porridge (kambu kanji). Pearl millet stimulate appetite,cools the body, and cures mouth ulcers..
I am going to make some recipes using kampu (bajra), which is so beneficial. They are given below
Recipes
1.kambu Idly
2.kambu Vada
How to make kambu (bajra) recipes?
1.KAMBU IDLY
Ingredients
- Kambu – 1/2 cup
- Idly rice -1/2 cup
- Urad dal -1/4 cup
- Flattened rice (aval)- 1/4 cup
- Fenugreek seeds- 1/4 tablespoon
- Salt – to taste
Preparation
- Wah the kambu and idli rice well and soak them separately for 5 hours.
- Mix the urad dal and fenugreek seeds and soak them for 3 hours.
- Soak the aval (flattened rice) separately for 1 hour.
- Mix all the ingredients together and grind them in to make idly flour and leave them to ferment for 8 hours.
- Pour the fermented flour pour into an oiled idly plate and let it raise for 10-15 minutes.
2.KAMBU VADA
Ingredients
- Kambu flour – 1/2 cup
- Roasted chana flour- 1/4 cup
- Onion – small
- Green chili – 2 to 3
- Fennel seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Ginger 1 inch
- Coriander leaves
- Mint
- Ghee- 1/2 tablespoon
- Oil – for fry
- Salt – to taste
Preparation
- Chop the onion, ginger, and green chili.
- Place the pan on the stove and fry the kambu flour.
- Remove from the stove and let it cool.
- Add roasted chana flour, chopped onion, ginger fennel seeds, mint leaves, coriander leaves, ghee and knead until smooth.
- Place the pan on the stove and add oil. When oil is heated flatten the dough into vada and cook on both sides
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