The Millet Table

Kuzhi Paniyaram is a popular breakfast dish of Tamilnadu and Karnataka. Generally rice and urad dal are soaked, grounded fermented to make this. I have already posted a variety of paniyaram dishes using millets in various combinations. This recipe is totally a new one probably you might be hearing for the first time! Yes, you read it right! Paniyaram with millet and black chana! They tried out to be absolutely delicious, spongy and crisp from outside. A perfect texture for paniyaram!

Kala Chana Paniyaram | The Millet Table First of its kind recipe! Kala chana or black chana paniyaram! Yes, you read it right! Try this Millet kala chana paniyaram which is not only tasty but also very healthy!

Janmashtami is around the corner and it is a tradition to make various bakshanams as offering to Sri Krishna. I have already posted Laddu, Uppu Seedai, Vella seedai, Thattai, Thenkuzhal, Ribban, Karasev, Puttu, Kesari using various millet flours and poha. This one is a very simple recipe. Any millet flour along with millet Aval or poha can be used for this recipe. I used Jowar flour and Jowar Poha/flakes/aval. Try this for Janmashtami.

Aval Murukku | The Millet Table Millet aval/poha/flakes murukku is a snack item which can be prepared within 30 minutes if all the ingredients are available in the pantry. Try this tasty murukku recipe for this Janmashtami.

Karkitaka month falls between mid July and mid August. This is the monsoon season in Kerala and they have the practice of consuming Karkitaka Kanji also known as Marunnu Kanji or Oushdha Kanji. During this period, it is ideal to do Ayurvedic treatments and massages, and having the Karkidaka Kanji brings out an even better experience.The dish not only becomes a source of food but because of its beneficial impacts on the body, it is also considered to be a medicine. it is consumed as a 'course' for 7/14/21 days for its health benefits. Generally Navara rice is used for this kanji. There are many variations in preparation. Roasted onion or coconut milk can be added to the porridge before serving or it can be a plain kanji.
My friend Ash Ananth shared this porridge recipe and I followed hers by replacing rice with millet. The kanji was very filling, yet light. Thanks Ash for this wonderful recipe.

Karkitaka Kanji | The Millet Table Note: Other millets like Kodo, Foxtail, Little can be used for this recipe. Instead of grated coconut, coconut milk can also be added. That gives a nice texture and taste to the kanji.

Puttu is a dish native to the South Indian states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and parts of Karnataka, as well as Northern Province in Sri Lanka. Puttu means "portioned" in Tamil and Malayalam. It is made of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with coconut shavings, sometimes with a sweet or savory filling on the inside. Puttu is usually a breakfast dish served hot with either sweet side dishes such as palm sugar or banana, or savoury with chana masala, chutney, rasam, or meat curries.

Mango Puttu | The Millet Table Millet Mango puttu is a breakfast dish made with mango puree and millet Puttu podi. Try this lip smacking recipe.

P**l kozhukattai is a traditional sweet dish prepared on special occasions in Chettinad. This is made by simmering steamed rice balls with coconut milk & jaggery syrup and flavoured with cardamom powder. Using millet flour balls made no difference to the taste. To make the dish more healthy, I used palm jaggery instead of jaggery. I used jowar flour as it was readily available in the pantry. Try this recipe for this Aadi Velli with millet flour of your choice.

Karuppatti P**l Kozhukattai | The Millet Table Millet Karuppatti P**l Kozhukattai is a fantastic easy traditional recipe which can be prepared in no time. Try this for this festive season.

Dosakai cucumbers are a rich source of dietary fiber, eliminating toxic compounds from the gut, and also contain vitamins C, E, and K, potassium, and magnesium. These can be consumed both raw and cooked. Some of the popular dishes made are Pachidi, Pappu, stuffed curry, sambar, stir fry and they are also used for pickling. Dosas are made using this vegetable in some parts of Karnataka. Try this wonderful dosa recipe with millets.

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Mangalore Cucumber Dosa | Dosakai Dosai | The Millet Table Note: Other millets like Kodo, Little, Barnyard, Proso can be used. Ragi, Jowar and Pearl millet are to be soaked for at least 6 to 8 hours. Medium thick poha can be used instead of thin poha.

Aappam is a regular breakfast dish in Tamilnadu and Kerala. Karuppatti Aappam is the sweet version that is made adding Palm jagerry syrup. This is a special dish of Madurai. With millets, this turned out very soft and when had with coconut milk, it just melts in the mouth. Palm jaggery has a lot of health benefits and try to include them once in a while.

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Karuppatti Aappam | Palm Jaggery Aappam | The Millet Table Millet Karuppatti aappam is a fantastic breakfast recipe famous from Madurai made with palm jaggery. Try this millet version! You’ll be pleased with the results.

Karupatti (palm Jaggery) Halwa or Panai Vellam Halwa is a deliciously authentic sweet from Tamilnadu. This sweet is so yummy and prepared using a healthy Palm Jaggery. Karupatti is a natural sweetener with no artificial additives. Karupatti is also known to have various medicinal properties and other health benefits. Halwa made with palm Jaggery is an authentic delicacy.

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Karuppatti Halwa | Palm Jaggery Halwa | The Millet Table Millet karuppatti halwa is a fantastic healthy dish which can be prepared easily. Any millet flour can be used. Try this recipe to satisfy your sweet cravings.

Aloo parathas are a favourite breakfast dish in many homes across our country. Just pickle and curd as side dishes, this delicacy is enjoyed even by children. In this recipe, I have used millet poha, potatoes and spices. The parathas remained soft for a very long time. Try this excellent recipe as soon as possible.

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Poha Aloo Paratha | The Millet Table Millet poha aloo paratha is a new unique recipe made using poha and raw potatoes. Try this wonderful recipe for your breakfast.

Aval/Poha laddu is a very easy sweet which can be prepared in 15 minutes. Palm jaggery is a rich source of minerals. It promotes better digestion, reduces mensural cramps and nourishes the skin. Palm jaggery is rich in iron, which increases hemoglobin levels, thus treating anemia. Try this easy recipe to satisfy your sweet cravings in a healthy way.

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Aval Karupatti Laddu | Poha Palm Jaggery Laddu | The Millet Table Millet poha palm jaggery laddu is a fantastic sweet which can be prepared within 15 minutes. Try this healthy laddu recipe now.

Pakoras are made by coating ingredients, usually vegetables, in a spiced batter, then deep frying them. It is a popular street food across India. Pakoras are eaten as a snack or appetiser, often accompanied with tamarind sauce, chutney or raita. They are also offered with masala chai to guests at Indian wedding ceremonies. Vermicelli pakoda is a variation from the usual one. I used millet vermicelli for this recipe. A great snack with hot chai for this coming monsoon season!

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Vermicelli Pakoda | Semiya Pakoda | The Millet Table Millet vermicelli pakoda are a wonderful snack for the evening along with a cup of masala chai. Try this recipe for the upcoming monsoon season.

Parfait is a dessert which originated from France. Their version differs from American version which is quite simple. It is made by layering some granola, nuts, yogurt and fruits. The options are endless. I used ragi muesli for this recipe and the outcome was a fantastic filling breakfast. I prepared a day before and refrigerated it for 24 hours and the layers remained intact. Try this mouth watering easy recipe for your breakfast.

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Mango Parfait | The Millet Table Millet parfait is a fantastic breakfast dish which can be easily prepared even by the children. It is quite filling and tastes excellent.

Vermicelli Kesari is a pudding made with vermicelli, ghee, nuts and sugar. I have used coconut oil instead of ghee to make it as vegan. This is a very simple recipe and can be made using any millet vermicelli. Try this recipe for a quick dessert.

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Vermicelli Kesari | Semiya Kesari | The Millet Table Millet semiya/vermicelli kesar is an easy dessert which can be prepared within 15 minutes. Any millet vermicelli can be used for this recipe.

Pinagr or Pinaac is a traditional Goan sweet rice flour balls with coconut and jaggery. Its a popular tea time snack for the Goan people. Traditionally, pinagr is made with roasted rice flour, Goan palm jaggery, coconut and a dash of cardamom. Replacing rice with millets was simple and the outcome was too good. Try this traditional recipe with a millet twist.

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Goan Pinagr | Pinaac | The Millet Table Millet Pinagr or pinaac is Goan dish with millet twist. Try this traditional easy recipe with millets.

"Pudding" can refer generically to the sweet, final course of a meal, what Americans know as "dessert."
In the United States, puddings are nearly always sweet desserts of milk or fruit juice variously flavoured and thickened with cornstarch, arrowroot, flour, tapioca, rice, bread, or eggs. This simple recipe which I am sharing is made using jowar flour and I have used the seasonal fruit mango to bring out the mango flavour. Try this recipe before the mangoes goes off the shelves.

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Mango Pudding | The Millet Table Millet Mango Pudding is a very tasty dish which can be prepared in no time. Try this dessert during this mango season.

Goan cuisine consists of regional foods popular in Goa, an Indian state located along India's west coast on the shore of the Arabian Sea. They use lot of coconut in their cuisine and palm jaggery is widely used in sweet preparations. I will be sharing a couple of Goan dishes using millets. This sweet is very simple to make and tastes so good. Try this cake as a tea time snack.

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Goan Mandos | Coconut and Jaggery Steamed Cake | The Millet Table Goan Banana Mandos with millets are an excellent sweet. This can be prepared very easily. All it needs is a very few ingredients.

Beetroot is loaded with nutrients and I have explained in detail about the health benefits of this root vegetable. Vendhayam/Fenugreek seeds/Methi seeds are excellent source of fibre and continuous intake of these seeds reduces the blood sugar levels. When both these are used to make Uthappam, which is again a source of B12 due of fermenting process, the breakfast dish can not be more healthy than this!
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Beetroot Vendhaya Uthappam | The Millet Table Millet Beetroot vendhaya Uthappa or millet methi Uthappa ia a fibre loaded dish.

Poha/Flakes/Aval is very versatile. A variety of tasty and healthy dishes can be easily prepared with this. I have already shared many sweet as well as savoury dishes using millet poha. This recipe is for tomato lovers! Try this dish easy dish using millet poha of your choice.

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Tomato Poha | The Millet Table Poha/Flakes/Aval is very versatile. A variety of tasty and healthy dishes can be easily prepared with this.

Ragi is a very good source of calcium, fibre, iron and other micro nutrients. Dates are rich in dietary fiber, which prevents LDL cholesterol absorption in the gut. Additionally, the fiber diet works as a bulk laxative. It, thus, helps protect the colon mucous membrane from cancer-causing chemicals binding to it in the colon. Bananas are again a rich source of fibre and potassium. When all these are put together to make a cake, the result is a very healthy bake! This recipe is Vegan and no processed sugar is added. The fruits give a mild sweetness which is perfect for a tea time snack.

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Vegan Ragi Banana Dates Cake | The Millet Table Finger Millet/Ragi banana dates coffee vegan cake is an excellent tea time cake which has the sweetness coming from natural ingredients. Ragi is loaded with nutrients and so best suited for the whole family.

One medium ripe banana, provides about 110 calories, 0 gram fat, 1 gram protein, 28 grams carbohydrate, 15 grams sugar (naturally occurring), 3 grams fiber, and 450 mg potassium. During ripening, the starch is converted into sugars and ends up being less than 1% when the banana is fully ripe. This simple recipe with very few ingredients is kids friendly one and they are nutritious too. Try this for breakfast and make your kids happy.

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Banana Paratha | The Millet Table Millet Banana parathas are mildly sweetened with ripe bananas and tastes too good. Children would love to relish these parathas very much.

Uthappam is one of the most popular breakfast dish. There are so many variations by using different combinations of rice and dal or with rava. In this recipe I have used foxtail millet along with grated potatoes other ingredients. The batter is neither fermented nor Eno or curd is used. Try this veggie loaded breakfast recipe with millets.

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Potato Uthappam | The Millet Table Millet Potato Uthappam is a fantastic breakfast recipe which is loaded with veggies. try this recipe now!

In addition to bringing a pop of colour to the dish, beets are highly nutritious and packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and plant compounds, many of which have medicinal properties. They are low in calories and contain a bit of almost all of the vitamins and minerals. Some studies show that beetroot juice could significantly lower levels of both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Beets contain pigments called betalains, which possess a number of anti-inflammatory properties.
Adding beet puree to the millet flour to make beet parathas is an easy way to include this veggie in our diet.

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Beetroot Paratha | The Millet Table Millet beetroot paratha is an excellent breakfast dish by combining beetroot puree and jowar flour. Try this recipe and enjoy your breakfast.

Banana bread is a type of bread made from mashed bananas. It is often a moist, sweet, cake-like quick bread. This banana bread recipe is soft and delicious. This recipe is vegan, gluten free and refined sugar free. Try this healthy bread and enjoy as a tea time snack.

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Banana Bread | The Millet Table Millet banana bread made with jowar flour is completely vegan and refined sugar free! Try this healthy recipe to go with your evening tea!

Paniyaram are ball shaped dumplings made with fermented batter. They are known by different names paddu, gundu pongala, guliyappa etc. In this recipe I have used whole jowar grains and fenugreek/vendhayam seeds as main ingredients. Fenugreek seeds are rich in vitamins such as thiamin, folic acid, riboflavin, niacin, vitamins A, B6, and C, and are a rich storehouse of many minerals such as copper, potassium, calcium, iron, selenium, zinc, manganese, and magnesium. Fenugreek leaves are a rich source of vitamin K as well.
Both Jowar and fenugreek seeds are rich in fibre which helps for proper digestion, weight loss and controlling sugar.

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Vendhaya Paniyaram | Menthe Paddu | The Millet Table Millet Menthe paddu or fenugreek paniyarams are crisp from outside and soft from inside. Try this nutritious dish and enjoy your breakfast.

Dal Dhokli a traditional dish of Guajarati cuisine generally prepared with dals (lentils) and wheat flour as base ingredients. It has soft textured dhokli submerged in semi thick dal like lentil gravy and has mild sweet and spicy taste of aromatic spices and crunchy peanuts. Apart from being easy to prepare, healthy and stomach filling, this dal dhokli can be served as a one dish meal. I have used ragi flour for making dhoklis for this recipe and it turned out so yummy.
Enjoy Dal Dhokli with the goodness of ragi.

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Dal Dhokli | The Millet Table Millet Dal Dhokli is an excellent one dish meal which is rich in protein and quite filling. Try this millet version your lunch and share your feedback.

Coconut and coconut milk is widely used in Indian cuisine for ages. Vegetable brinji is a delicious one-pot vegan dish made with spices, coconut milk, rice and mix veggies. I have replaced rice with Barnyard Millet. This recipe is from Tamil Nadu. Coconut Milk strengthens immune system, promotes hair grown and its fat helps to retain the moisture of the skin. It is a healthy substitute for individuals who are lactose intolerant. It has anti inflammatory properties and antioxidants.

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Brinji | Coconut Milk Biriyani | The Millet Table Millet Brinji is an excellent one pot vegan dish made using coconut milk. This traditional dish of Tamilnadu is very popular.

Kokum is a summer fruit which is power-packed with so much nourishment.It eases acidity and improves digestion. It has anti oxidants which helps in controlling diabetes and weight loss. It cools the body and prevents dehydration. Kokum is packed with many essential vitamins such as vitamin A, vitamin B3, vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, iron, manganese, potassium and zinc. Try this simple puliyohara recipe and enjoy its health benefits.

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Kokum Puliyohara | The Millet Table Millet kokum puliyohara is a simple, delicious chitranna variety. Try this recipe during this summer.

Bhel is an all time favourite for many. When it comes to chat items, this simple dish using puffed rice, veggies and chutneys make an awesome snack. However, I have seen travelling in Mumbai locals, the vendors selling dry bhel. Today let us make dry bhel using Jowar puffs.

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Dry Bhel | The Millet Table Note: Replace Jowar puffs with Bajra Puffs Sattu with roasted besan…

Pumpkin can be used in so many baked goods. Its earthy flavor and dense fibrous texture is perfect in cakes, pies, tarts, cookies, scones, bars and squares, and muffins. You can get orangey brown colour if you use refined sugar. But I am more interested in healthy bakes than its appearance. Jowar flour is just perfect for baking and adding almond meal enhances its taste and aroma. Try this easy vegan recipe for this winter break.

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Vegan Pumpkin Muffins | The Millet Table Millet vegan Pumpkin muffins are very easy to make and they taste very good. Try this easy recipe for this winter break.

During winter season, we get a lot of fresh beans in India. One such beans is Lilva beans also known as Surti Papdi, Vaal or fresh Tuvar which is used in many dishes especially in Undhiyu or just spiced up Lilva tastes good with masala roti or poori. This recipe is a perfect blend of protein from Lilva, micro nutrients and fibre from other veggies, complex carbs from millets and fats from oil. Try and enjoy this simple pulav recipe during this winter season.

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Fresh Tuvar | Lilva Beans Pulav | The Millet Table Millet Lilva beans/Surti Papdi/fresh tuvar pulav is a winter delicacy when they are available in plenty. Try this healthy recipe in this winter season.