Hello everybody, it’s John, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, foxtail millet upma. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Foxtail Millet Upma Recipe is a wholesome breakfast or dinner dish that is made with just a few ingredients. It is healthy and filling and you can serve it with any chutney of your choice. Upma is traditionally made with rava which is wheat semolina but one can also use millets as a healthier and gluten free alternative. This variant that is featured here, uses Foxtail millet.
Foxtail Millet Upma is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Foxtail Millet Upma is something which I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have foxtail millet upma using 13 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Foxtail Millet Upma:
- Prepare 1 medium sized onion
- Make ready 1 thai chillie
- Take 8-9 curry leaves
- Prepare 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- Take 1 small piece of fresh ginger grated
- Take 1 medium sized carrot diced
- Get 1 medium sized red potato diced
- Prepare 1 handful cilantro leaves
- Take 1 tsp Himalayan salt
- Make ready 1/4 tsp turmeric powder
- Take 2 tbsp vegetable/corn/avocado oil
- Take 1.5 cups Foxtail millet
- Take 2.5 cups water
It helps in reducing blood sugar levels, has healthy carbs, dietary fiber, calcium, iron and can be consumed in place of rice and wheat. Foxtail millet upma is a fulfilling healthy dish that is loaded high on nutrition, low in calories and is a perfect choice for all those who are looking for a healthy wholesome quick breakfast/dinner recipe. Watch this video on YouTube Foxtail millet upma tasted almost like regular upma but health wise its way way nutritious. Though I have used Navane or Foxtail millet in this recipe, you can replace it by any other millets.
Instructions to make Foxtail Millet Upma:
- Soak the foxtail Millet in water for 20mins before cooking
- Heat the oil in a dry clay pot or stainless steel vessel or any vessel that can hold 5 cups of ingredients
- Add mustard seeds and curry leaves to the oil and wait until it splutters
- Add onions and Thai chili and sauté it in the oil for 3-5 mins
- Add grated ginger, carrot and potatoes and sauté it for another 3 mins.
- Now add 2.5 cups of water to these ingredients and allow it to boil
- Add turmeric powder and salt to boiling water
- Reduce the flame and add separately soaked foxtail millet to the boiling mixture and evenly spread the Millet within the water
- Close the lid of the vessel and allow to cook for 5-10mins in low heat
- When you open the lid, you will see holes as the Millet firms up and water evaporates and check until all the water has evaporated
- Serve it by garnishing fresh cilantro leaves
- This dish is best served with coconut chutney or walnut chutney
Watch this video on YouTube Foxtail millet upma tasted almost like regular upma but health wise its way way nutritious. Though I have used Navane or Foxtail millet in this recipe, you can replace it by any other millets. If you are trying to implement millets in your diet, do try it once, you will definitely make it again and again… Foxtail Millet / Navane upma upma is a easy go to breakfast idea in many home. It is quick to make and taste delicious as well. Why not try this foxtail millet upma instead of regular ones.
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