Thinai Malli Saadham / Foxtail Millet Coriander Rice (Lunchbox Recipe - No Onion No Garlic)

We can prepare many variety rice recipes using the healthy MILLETS in the same way like we do in regular white rice. Cooking MILLETS in IP gives a super grainy rice that tastes good for variety rice. I have already posted CORIANDER PULAO that includes whole garam masalas. But this is the one with simple ingredients in which you feel the real taste of coriander leaves. I have posted LITTLE MILLET TOMATO RICE in which we just prepare a masala and finally mix the cooked millet in that. This recipe is also the same like that we have to prepare a masala and mix the cooked millets to that. Check out my other MILLETS recipes too....

Cooking time: 12 mins

Serving: 1-2

Ingredients:

Foxtail Millet / Thinai arisi - 1/4 cup
Coriander leaves -1 1/2 cup (chopped)
Green chilli - 2
Sugar - 1/4 tspn or lemon juice - 1/2 tspn
Bayleaf - 1
Cashews - 4
Ghee - 1 tspn
Oil - 1 tspn
Salt to taste

Method:

1. Grab all the ingredients.

2. Rinse the millet. Add 1/2 cup of water to the millet with 2 drops of oil. Cook the millet in IP for manual 6 mins in High Pressure HP in sealed position. Then do Natural Pressure Release NPR.

3. Open the lid. Fluff the millet using a fork. Super grainy millet is ready now. Keep it aside.

4. Grind the coriander leaves, green chillies, salt, sugar into a fine paste using a teaspoon of water.

5. Heat a kadaai. Add oil, ghee, bayleaf, cashews.

6. Once the cashews turns golden add the grinded paste. You can add little water to the mixer jar to remove the paste completely sticked in it and add to the kadaai.

7. Cook the masala for about 3-4 minutes or until it becomes like a thick masala or chutney consistency. Switch off.

8. Add the cooked millet to the above mixture. Mix well until the millet gets coated well. If you want you can warm it by heating the kadaai in a slow flame.

9. Yummy Foxtail Millet Coriander Rice is ready to serve.

Notes:

You can try the same recipe with normal rice too....
Adding 2 drops of oil to the millet while cooking gives a separate grainy ones.
Adding sugar or lemon juice while grinding the coriander leaves gives the bright green colour. It avoids the green turning to dark colour.
You can serve this rice with a potato curry for variety rice, potato fry, baby potato fry, cumin pepper egg masala, egg tawa roast.

Pressure Cooker Method:

Cook the millets in pressure cooker for 2 whistles and follow the rest of the steps as above.