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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Cooking Time : 25 mins
Serves : 2 to 3
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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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Wash the millet well |
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| soak it in water for 15 mins |
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| Heat oil or ghee in a pressure cooker |
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| Add in all the whole spices |
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| Saute for a min or so |
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| Add in onions and chillies |
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| saute for a min |
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| add in ginger garlic paste |
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| add in some chopped mint and coriander leaves |
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| add in capsicum, beans and carrots |
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| toss well |
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| drain the millet |
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| add the millet into the oil |
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| toss well in the oil |
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| cover with water |
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| mix well |
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| add in salt |
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| mix well and bring it to a boil..Simmer and cook |
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| now it is done |
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| fluff the rice |
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| Serve |
Have never heard about this grain. But am sure it's healthy.
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?
@Henseliuse 1.5 cup water for 1 cup
Can v try this recipe with other millets like samai..varagarisi and thinai ??
Hi Aarthi,
I tried out the recipie as above with the ancient grains 24 mixed parboiled millet , but it came out bitter. Any reason ?
may be the millet which you used is the problem.