Samai, aval laddo/Little Millet, Poha Laddo

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Happy Diwali everyone 🙂  This year being the first year for my daughter, it is quiet special. But these days I am rarely getting time. Preparing day to day food with her is getting challenging.Even if I prepare something taking picture is time consuming 🙂 So I made this quick laddo. I try to include millet in my diet as they are rich in iron. This is a basic poha laddo, with the addition of millet.

Ingredients:

Little Millet/Samai : 1 cup

Poha/aval/Beaten Rice : 1/2 cup ( I have used red poha here)

Dalia/Pottukadalai : 1/2 cup

Sugar/Jaggery : according to your taste ( I used jaggery)

Ghee : 1/4 cup

Cashews : 10 to 15 numbers

Milk : 2 to 3 tablespoons

Method:

• Dry roast little millet/samo, poha, dalia and grind it to a fine powder.
• If you are using sugar grind it to a fine powder as well. I used jaggery, so I made a syrup and heated it.
• Heat ghee in another pan, roast cashews.
• Add ghee, jaggery syrup to the powder and mix.
• Heat milk and mix with the above.
• Form round balls when hot. If needed add more ghee.

As we are adding milk, this needs to be refrigerated. Stays good for a week.

Do check out some more Diwali recipes, Rice Kodubale, Sweet Somas/Gujia.

For Vada recipes to be prepared on Diwali, check here Uzundhu Vadai/Medu Vadai, Masala Vada/Paruppu Vadai

Once again Happy Diwali 🙂

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Samai Pongal/Little Millet Pongal

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In my childhood or even few years back, I never had the awareness to millets. The only millet which we knew was Ragi/Finger Millet which is quite popular in my place. But once I came to know the health benefits of different types of millets, I want to consume more of these and reduce rice which is the primary food for any south Indian. It also surprises me that millets have been used in ancient days a lot and in the passage of time, rice has taken the precedence and millets are completely forgotten. I am so glad we have got the awareness.

In our recent visit to Indian stores, I found a pack of samai(Little Millets) , I was so excited and grabbed it. We can easily prepare any recipe that is made with rava(semolina), replace with millets. Today I made this samai pongal and I absolutely loved it. I made it as a one pot meal, so it is easier and faster, you can follow the traditional method of making pongal.

It goes well with coconut chutney or peanuts chutney. Sambar is an ideal choice for pongal.

 

Ingredients: (serves 2)

Samai/Little Millet : 1 1/4 cup

Moong Dal : 1/2 cup(washed)

Ghee : 1 tablespoon(you can replace with normal oil)

Cumin Seeds/Jeera : 1/4 teaspoon

Black Pepper: 1/4 teaspoon

Ginger : 1 small piece chopped finely

Cashews : Few

Curry Leaves : Few

Water : 5 cups

Salt : as required

Turmeric Powder : a pinch

Method:

• Heat ghee/oil in a pressure cooker.
• When hot, add cumin seeds, black pepper. When they crackle, add curry leaves and ginger, cashews.
• Saute till cashews turn golden color.
• Next add the moong dal, saute for a minute.
• Next add samai as well and saute for 2 to 3 mins. Mix turmeric powder as well.
• Add the above mentioned water , salt.
• Cook for 4 whistles.
• Let it cool down, open mix well and serve with any chutney or sambar.

In case you fee it is very dry, you can add some hot water and mix. I like it dry and my hubby likes it watery 😉

Enjoy this healthy breakfast which is quite heavy!!!