Recipe: Yummy Foxtail Millet with Dal

Foxtail Millet with Dal. Learn to cook Korralu ( Foxtail Millet ) Khichdi with dal. It is a healthy and Nutritious recipe. Korralu, Foxtail Millet Khichdi is very easy & tasty.

Grind both separately to a smooth batter. Then mix both the batter well adding salt. Now your thinai/foxtail millet dosa batter is ready. You can cook Foxtail Millet with Dal using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Foxtail Millet with Dal

1. It's 1 of . Foxtail millet - 1/2 cup.
2. You need 2 of . Moong dal - 1/2 cup.
3. You need 3 of . Water - 4 cups.
4. It's 4 of . Salt - as needed.
5. It's of To Temper:.
6. Prepare 1 of . Ghee - 3 tbsp.
7. You need 2 of . Cumin - 1 tsp.
8. It's 3 of . Hing - 1/4 tsp.
9. You need 4 of . Ginger - 1 tbsp grated.
10. You need 5 of . Curry leaves - 10.
11. It's 6 of . Green chilli - 1 chopped finely.
12. It's 7 of . Black pepper powder - 1/2 tsp.
13. It's 8 of . Coriander leaves - 1 tbsp chopped finely.

Roasted foxtail millet flour is mixed with melted jaggery and made into laddus. Some households add peanuts while some dont. Take a heavy duty mixie and grind the roasted foxtail millet along with whole cardamom to a fine powder. Its important that we grind it to a fine powder.

Foxtail Millet with Dal instructions

1. Dry roast the dal for a minute or until fragrant comes out..
2. Add the millet in pressure cooker or rice cooker with dal and water. Before adding millet wash them 3 times nicely..
3. Add salt and 1 tbsp of ghee. Let them cook until done in pressure cooker. You can cook upto 5 to 6 whistles like rice. Open the cooker after the pressure release. Mash this with masher.
4. Heat small kadai add ghee. Once ghee melted add all the ingredients under the topic "To Temper" one by one..
5. When cashews changes to golden colour add this to mashed millet and mix thoroughly. Serve hot with any chutney dip or any gravy as you wish..

Foxtail millet, Setaria italica is Isoleucine and Leucine rich grain support for brain health, nerve signals, hair health, memory and skin health. Foxtail millet was first naturalized in China. Foxtail Millet is know as Kangni in Hindi, Thinai in Tamil, Korra in Telugu, Navane in Kannada and Thina in Malayalam. It is a variety of millet. I have used foxtail millet known as korra biyyam in telugu & thinai arisi in tamil.