MILLET PULAO RECIPE
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Foxtail millet / Navane/ any millet
- 2 cup Hot Water
- 1 big sized onion, Sliced
- 2 nos Green Chilli, Slit
- 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
- 1 medium size tomato
- 1 cup Mixed veggies, beans , carrot , peas, corn etc
- few Soya chunks, soaked & drained
- 1/2 tsp Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder / Dhania powder
- 1/2 tsp Garam Masala powder / biryani masala
- Handful mint leaves, Chopped
- few sprig Coriander leaves, Chopped
- Salt to taste
To temper
- 1 no Bay leaf / tejpatta
- 3-4 nos Cloves/ Lavang
- 1-2 small piece Cinnamon stick /dalchini
- 1-2 nos Cardamon / Elaichi
- little Nutmeg, optional
- 1 tsp Jeera / Cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp fennel seeds/ saunf
- 2-3 tbsp Oil / ghee / oil + ghee mix
Instructions
- Rinse foxtail millet or any other millet and soak in water for 30- 45 mins. Drain water and keep aside.
- In a pressure cooker .. Heat oil + ghee mix. Add tsp of Jeera, saunf, bay leaf, all whole spices like clove, cinnamon, elaichi, nutmeg. Later add onion slices, slit green chilli, ginger - garlic paste .. saute till Onion is translucent.
- Add tomatoes and salt. saute till mushy.
- Later add choice of veggies like Beans, carrot, peas, corn etc . I added a few soaked soya chunks to make it more healthy. Add haldi and saute 1-2 mins.
- In goes a tsp of Dhania powder, Chilli powder and Garam masala powder / Biryani Masala. Saute 1-2 mins .
- Add soaked, drained millets. Add salt to taste and saute 1-2 mins.
- Add hot water... 1: 2 proportion. Add chopped mint leaves and coriander leaves. Mix . Close the lid. Pressure cook for 2 whistles on low flame.
- Once pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff the grains.
- Millet Pulao is ready to relish. Enjoy it hot with choice of raita.