Thinai Thayir saadam / Millet Curd Rice | Healthy recipes

I try to include something healthy in our diet atleast once a week. It might be in the form of adding wheat or oat bran to our daily bread or using whole grains to make pongal or some snack like kozhukattai. Last month when we went to Chicago to visit a few friends I visited the Whole Foods market with an interest to buy some whole grains. My first buy was a big bag of millet and I have been replacing most of our rice with millet these days. I made sweet pongal with it and it was a hit with the boys. My latest experiment is this thinai thayir saadam - a healthy and filling alternative to your regular rice.

~*What U Need*~ Millet - 1/2 cup Yogurt - 1/2 cup Milk - 1/4 cup Carrot - 2 tbsp, grated (optional) Ginger - 1/2 tsp, finely chopped Coriander - 2 tbsp, finely chopped Salt Oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Urad dal - 1 tsp Hing - a pinch Curry leaves - few How I Made it: Wash millet in running water using strainer. Take this in a pressure cooker, add 2 cups of water and pressure cook for 3-4 whistles or till done. Let it cool for sometime. In a pan, heat oil, add mustard seeds and allow to splutter, add urad dal fry till golden brown and then add curry leaves, hing. Add this to the millet, add carrot, finely chopped ginger and cilantro and mix well. Add the yogurt, milk and bring to the desired consistency. Season with salt.

Serve with potato for a winning combo!!!

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

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