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.