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
How to Make Thinai Varattiyathu (sweet millets recipe)
- Heat 1 tsp 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 tbsp 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
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 tbsp Ghee
- 1 tbsp Cashews
- 1 tbsp Kishmish / Sultanas
- 1 tsp Cardamom Powder / Yelakai
Instructions
- Heat 1 tsp 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 tbsp 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 Step by Step
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This is how karupatti looks like, you can use jaggery / gur |
தேன்மொழி சதீஷ்
Nice recipe... Please Put someother millets recipe also
sandhu singh
Hi Arthi,is this jowar???
Aarthi
@sandhu singhno it is foxtail millet