Instant Pot Kuthiraivaali Upma ( Barnyard millet upma in IP)

This dish is the one that doesn't require onions. I have already posted few millet recipes in my blog - foxtail millet pulao, millet Nombu kanji, millet salad, millet bisibellabath, millet porridge, millet tomato rice.

Cooking time: 5 mins

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

Roasted barnyard millet - 1/2 cup

Cabbage - 1/4 cup (chopped)

Frozen peas - 1/4 cup

Coconut - 2 tbsn (grated)

Mustard seeds - 1/4 tspn

Uraddal - 1 tspn

Channadal - 1 tspn

Ginger - 1/2 inch (finely chopped)

Asafoetida - 1/8 tspn

Curry leaves - few

Coriander leaves - few (chopped)

Coconut oil - 2 tspn

Salt to taste

To roast and grind: 

Tuvardal - 1 tspn

Cumin seeds - 1 tspn

Peppercorns - 1/2 tspn

Red chilli - 1

Method:

1. Grab all the ingredients.

2. Dry roast the ingredients for it and grind it into a coarse powder.

3. Switch on the IP. Add oil, mustard seeds, uraddal, channadal.

4. Add ginger, curry leaves and asafoetida.

5. Add cabbage and peas. Mix well.

6. Add the coarse powder and give a mix.

7. Add 1 1/2 cup of water, salt, coconut, coriander leaves.

8. Add the millets. Mix well.

9. Close the lid. Press the manual for 2 mins in High Pressure HP in sealed position. The float valve will not raise. Keep the 2 mins count in your timer.

10. Open the lid.

11. Healthy millet upma is ready to serve with pickle or coconut chutney.

Notes:

You can use other millets for this recipe. You can add carrot and beans too.
You can also close a transparent lid and cook it for 2-3 mins.
You can prepare this in normal pan as we do for normal upma.