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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.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 80kcal

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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Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 17mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 0.2mg
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