Thinai Varattiyathu Recipe with step by step pictures. Foxtail millet is one of the oldest millet and this sweet millets recipe is prepared using millet, palm sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and nuts.
Thinai Varattiyathu
I made karupatti mittai on the same day when i made thaen mittai. I had some leftover karupatti syrup. Wanted to use that and make a healthy sweet. I found some foxtail millet lying in the fridge. So decided to make a healthy sweet using that. When i tasted it, it was so yummy and you know it is good for you..So another addition to my cooking with millet series.
Ingredients for Thinai Varattiyathu (sweet millets recipe)
- Thinai / Foxtail Millet - ½ cup
- Water - 3 cup + ¼ cup
- Karupatti / Palm Sugar - ¾ cup grated ( You can use jaggery / gur)
- Water - ¼ cup
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Cashews - 1 tbsp
- Kishmish / Sultanas - 1 tbsp
- Cardamom Powder / Yelakai - 1 tsp
I also made banana flower vadai on that day and we had a great evening. So try this out and let me know how it turned out for you..
How to Make Thinai Varattiyathu (sweet millets recipe)
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pressure cooker, add the thinai and roast for a min.
- Add in water and pressure cook for 6 whistle. Simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
- Now take karupatti in a sauce pan, add in ¼ cup of water and heat it till melted. Now strain it and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a pan, add in the nuts and saute till it turns light golden. Remove it to a plate.
- Now in the same pan. Take the cooked thinai in a pan, add in the karupatti liquid mix well. Heat this and cook till the mix gets thick.
- Add in cardamom powder, nuts and remaining ghee. Mix well.
- Serve warm.
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Thinai Varattiyathu Recipe | Sweet Millets Recipe
Thinai Varattiyathu Recipe with step by step pictures. Foxtail millet is one of the oldest millet and this recipe is prepared using millet, palm sugar, ghee, cardamom powder and nuts.
Ingredients
- ½ cup Thinai / Foxtail Millet
- 3 cup + ¼ cup Water
- ¾ cup grated Karupatti / Palm Sugar You can use jaggery / gur
- ¼ cup Water
- 2 tablespoon Ghee
- 1 tablespoon Cashews
- 1 tablespoon Kishmish / Sultanas
- 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder / Yelakai
Instructions
- Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a pressure cooker, add the thinai and roast for a min.
- Add in water and pressure cook for 6 whistle. Simmer the flame and cook for 10 mins. Turn off the heat and let the steam go all by itself.
- Now take karupatti in a sauce pan, add in ¼ cup of water and heat it till melted. Now strain it and set aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a pan, add in the nuts and saute till it turns light golden. Remove it to a plate.
- Now in the same pan. Take the cooked thinai in a pan, add in the karupatti liquid mix well. Heat this and cook till the mix gets thick.
- Add in cardamom powder, nuts and remaining ghee. Mix well.
- Serve warm.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Thinai Varattiyathu Recipe | Sweet Millets Recipe
Serving Size
1 g
Amount per Serving
Calories
80
% Daily Value*
Fat
9
g
14
%
Saturated Fat
5
g
31
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.5
g
Monounsaturated Fat
3
g
Cholesterol
19
mg
6
%
Sodium
1
mg
0
%
Potassium
17
mg
0
%
Carbohydrates
1
g
0
%
Fiber
0.1
g
0
%
Sugar
0.1
g
0
%
Protein
0.5
g
1
%
Vitamin C
0.01
mg
0
%
Calcium
1
mg
0
%
Iron
0.2
mg
1
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Thinai Varattiyathu Recipe Step by Step
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| This is how karupatti looks like, you can use jaggery / gur |
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| Take it in a sauce pan |
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| add in water |
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| Heat till it is melted |
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| strain it |
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| done |
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| take your other ingredients |
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| This is how thinai / foxtail millet looks likes |
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| heat some ghee |
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| add in millet |
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| roast for few mins |
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| add in water |
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| pressure cook |
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| now it is all cooked |
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| heat some ghee |
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| add some nuts and kishmish |
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| remove it to a bowl |
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| in the same pan, add in cooked millet |
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| pour in jaggery liquid |
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| heat well |
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| now it will get thick |
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| once it reaches this stage |
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| add in fried nuts |
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| drizzle some ghee |
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| some cardamom powder |
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| mix well |
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| serve |
தேன்மொழி சதீஷ்
Nice recipe... Please Put someother millets recipe also
sandhu singh
Hi Arthi,is this jowar???
Aarthi
@sandhu singhno it is foxtail millet