As i wanted to start with a easy sweet recipe,i tried this mixed millets laddu adding jaggery. For a change,i used all the millets like thinai,kambu,kuthiravali,Saamai,Varagu,ragi and in addition i used yellow moong dal and barley to make it like sathumaavu urundai/Health mix powder balls
As I have said earlier in my posts apart from white rice I use other cereals to make dosai,pongal. You can see many such pongals like oats pongal,wheat pongal,ragi dosai,thinnai dosai,etc
Trust me whole fingermillets aka ragi gives an incredible nutritional value to this beautiful dish. Transfer the urad dal batter to a vessel and grind now both the soaked finger millets and brown rice
Some Benefits and facts of Millets. Millets are rich in B vitamins, especially niacin, B6 and folic acid, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, and zinc
Now a days I am so much in kodo, little millets that I make just normal rice like millet and have with any dal, sabzi I make, I finished little millet (saamai) and barnyard millet (kuthiravali) just like that now I am noticing I am posting more of Varagu recipes
Obviously i'll make idly batter once a week and i'll try to keep adding millets in my usual idly batter whenever i feel like feeding my family with millets
Since the millets can be used instead of rice, I just substituted it with barnyard millet flour. After a breakfast porridge and a lunch idea using Barnyard millet, it is time to make a snack with it