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Kuthiraivali Vegetable Pulao Recipe – Barnyard Millet Pulao Recipe

August 31, 2015 By Aarthi 6 Comments

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This is a simple pulao which i made using barnyard / kuthiraivali..Very healthy and pretty easy to make as well. I used barnyard millet for this, you can use varagu , samai or any millet as you like.


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Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 25 mins
Serves : 2 to 3

Ingredients:

Barnyard Millet / Kuthiraivali – 1 cup
Oil or Ghee – 2 tsp
Bay Leaf – 1
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1/2 tsp
Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small piece
Cardamom / Yelakai – 1
Onion – 1 medium size sliced thinly
Green Chillies – 2 chopped
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tblspn
Mint Leaves – 1/4 cup chopped finely
Coriander Leaves – 1/4 cup chopped finely
Carrot – 1 medium size cubed
Beans – 5 chopped
Capsicum / Bell Peppers – 1/2 chopped
Salt to taste
Water – 1.5 cup

Method:

Wash millet really well and soak it for 15 mins or so

Heat oil in a cooker. Add in all the whole spices and let them sizzle.

Add in onions, chillies and cook till golden. 

Add in ginger garlic paste and saute for a min.

Add in carrots, beans and capsicum and saute for a min.

Add in the drained millet and toss well in the oil…Add in water, salt and mix well.

Cover and simmer. Pressure cook on a very low heat for 10 mins. 

Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself. Open the cooker and fluff the rice.

Serve.

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Pictorial:

Take all your ingredients
Wash the millet well
soak it in water for 15 mins
Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker
Add in all the whole spices
Saute for a min or so
Add in onions and chillies
saute for a min
add in ginger garlic paste
add in some chopped mint and coriander leaves
add in capsicum, beans and carrots
toss well
drain the millet
add the millet into the oil
toss well in the oil
cover with water
mix well
add in salt
mix well and bring it to a boil..Simmer and cook
now it is done
fluff the rice
Serve
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About Aarthi

Over the past few years I’ve been on a mission to find and create recipes that I can make from scratch. I hope you enjoy the recipes on this blog as they are tried and true from my kitchen to yours!

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  1. sangeetha menon

    August 31, 2015 at 5:26 pm

    Have never heard about this grain. But am sure it's healthy.

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  2. Henseli

    August 31, 2015 at 5:31 pm

    Hi Aarthi… I am a regular follower of ur blog. Its bcoz of u I developed interest in cooking and tried many of ur receipes which really came well. Now tell me how much water to be added for 1cup of kuthiravali rice to prepare pulav?

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  3. Aarthi

    September 4, 2015 at 11:59 am

    @Henseliuse 1.5 cup water for 1 cup

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  4. sugu suganya

    July 31, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    Can v try this recipe with other millets like samai..varagarisi and thinai ??

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  5. gayathri

    June 5, 2018 at 4:33 am

    Hi Aarthi,

    I tried out the recipie as above with the ancient grains 24 mixed parboiled millet , but it came out bitter. Any reason ?

    Reply
    • Aarthi

      June 7, 2018 at 5:23 am

      may be the millet which you used is the problem.

      Reply

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