Showing posts with label Thinai / Foxtail millet recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thinai / Foxtail millet recipes. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Thinai Idiyappam / Millet Idiyappam / Foxtail Millet String Hoppers / திணை இடியாப்பம்

When I received a packet of foxtail millet flour / Thinai mavu from my mom; I planned to try something healthy ,easy and especially tasty.  I found this recipe from Indian kitchen; made Thinai Idiyappam with slight changes in Ingredients according my preference. It came out very tasty and soft.

I have  added rice flour along with thinai flour to give softness to this dish.  
With the left over thinai idiyappam I made tomato egg sevai for dinner and my kids just love it. 

Try to include millets in your daily routine for a healthy living.

Serving suggestions:
For Vegetarians:
Mixed Vegetable Stew / Vegetable Stew - Kerala Style, Potato Kurma, Coconut Chutney ( with Red Chilli and Garlic)
Non - Vegetarians:
Mutton kulambu, Chicken Kulambu, Fish Moilee

PREP TIME
15min
COOK TIME
TOTAL TIME 
35 mins
                                                                                                                                                         
Recipe for Thinai Idiyappam
Recipe type: Tiffin item 
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 3 to 4 approximately

Ingredients:

Thinai flour - 1 cup ( I used to store bought)
Home made / store bought Idiyappam flour - ½ cup
Water - 1 ½ (amount of water will vary according to the quality of flour)
Salt - to taste
Oil - for greasing
(If you are using plain rice flour, roast it slightly before using it for preparing Idiyappam)


Tuesday, 25 November 2014

Thinai Sakkarai Pongal ( திணை சர்க்கரை பொங்கல் ) / Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal

A healthy variation to South Indian special Sweet pongal using Thinai / Foxtail Millet instead of rice.

Also check my Thinai / Foxtail Millet recipes which I have posted earlier:

Thinai Dosai / Foxtail Millet Dosa
Thinai Payasam / Foxtail Millet Kheer / திணை பாயசம்


Ingredients:

Thinai / Foxtail millet – 1 cup
Moong dhal – ¼ cup
Jaggery – 1 ¼ cup
Cardamom powder- 1 tsp
Water – 4 cups
Salt - a pinch
Ghee- 2 to 3 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 10
Raisins - 1 to 2 tsp




Thursday, 6 November 2014

Thinai Adai / Thinai Paruppu Adai / Thinai Masala Adai / Adai Dosa

A healthy twist to the traditional South Indian breakfast recipe Adai / Adai Dosa using Thinai / Fox millet instead of Rice.

The taste was yummy; no one recognised  that I have included a new ingredient!

Also check my Thinai / Foxtail Millet recipes which I have posted earlier:


Thinai Dosai / Foxtail Millet Dosa
Thinai Payasam / Foxtail Millet Kheer / திணை பாயசம்


Ingredients:

Thinai / Foxtail Millet - 1 cup
Toor dhal (thuvaram paruppu) – ½ cup
Bengal gram/channa dal/ kadalai paruppu - ½ cup
Moong dhal / Pasi paruppu - ¼ cup
Urad dal / Ulunthu - ¼ cup
Asafoetida / Perungayam - a pinch
Salt - as required
Ginger - 1 " piece
Garlic - 8 to 10 flakes
Red chillies - 4 to 5
Onion - 1 (big)
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Coriander leaves ( finely chopped) - 1 to 2 tbsp






Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Thinai Dosai / Foxtail Millet Dosa

My second trial using thinai / foxtail millet is this Thinai Dosa. The previous one is of Thinai payasam. Dosa came out very crispy and tasty too.


Try it out to include this healthy millet in your daily routine for a healthy living!






Ingredients:

Thinai / Foxtail millet - 1½ cup
Idli Rice - ½ cup
Urad dhal - ½ cup 
Fenugreek seeds - ½ tsp 
Salt – to taste

Saturday, 9 August 2014

Thinai Payasam / Foxtail Millet Kheer / திணை பாயசம்

Thanks to all for supporting and motivating me over the past two years!!




Here is a special, healthy recipe to celebrate this occasion!!

Thinai (Foxtail) is one of those forgotten grains that were part of ancient Tamil cuisine.

Thinai is rich in fiber; thus helps to control blood sugar levels. It also helps in reducing bad Cholestrol (LDL/VLDL) and increase the good Cholestrol (HDL).

This small "grain" (Siru Dhanyam) variety is easy digestible, gluten-free and packed with vitamins and minerals.

Having started to appreciate the benefits of this wonder grain, I want to share some recipes to include this in our daily diet.

My first trial is making payasam using thinai; the outcome was successful with everyone in my family loving it.

It is known as navane in Kannada, kangni in Hindi, korra in Telugu, thina in Malayalam and foxtail millet in English.




Ingredients:

Thinai / Foxtail millet - ½ cup
Jaggery - ¾ to 1 cup
Full cream milk - 2 cup
Water - 1½ cup
Cardamom - 1 tsp
Raisins - 10 pieces
Cashew nut - 10 to 15 pieces (broken)
Ghee - 2 to 3 tsp