About Proso Millet
Proso Millet has the largest grain among the millet rices in addition to all the general millet characteristics (gluten-free, low glycemic index, high fibre, etc). It is golden in colour, so it’s also called the golden Millet. Proso millet is a part of the staple diet of many cultures.
Proso Millet is called as Variga (in Telugu), Baragu (in Kannada), Pani Varagu (in Tamil) or Chena (in Hindi)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Proso Millet Rice
- 1-1/2 cups Water 3 measures for 1 measure of rice
- 1/2 cup Pudina Leaves For Green Chutney
- 1 cup Coriander Leaves For Green Chutney
- 8-10 cloves Garlic For Green Chutney
- 1 square inch Ginger For Green Chutney
- 5-6 nos Green Chilly For Green Chutney. Based on spice preferance
- 100 gms Paneer
- 1 no Chopped Onions
- 1 no Cinnamon
- 2 nos Clove
- 2 nos Marati moggu (Kapok buds)
- 2 tbsp Oil/Ghee Ghee gives the dish very good aroma and taste
- 1 tbsp Salt to taste
Servings: persons
Instructions
- Wash Proso Millet Rice (once is sufficient if it is from Kaulige Foods). Add 3 measures of water + salt and cook in a pressure cooker. 1 whistle at high flame and 2 whistles in low flame (approx 10 mins). Remove from flame and keep it aside and let the rice cook in its own steam (10 minutes). If you find that there is still water at the bottom, cook further in a low flame without lid. Careful not to burn.
- Preparing Green Chutney: Make fine chutney of Coriander, Pudina, Green Chillies, Garlic, Ginger and Salt. Use chutney jar of your mixer. Do Not add water.
- Chop Paneer into small cubes. I used Nandhini Paneer.
- Bring to boil 3 cups of water with 1 tsp salt. Add the diced paneer. Cook for a minute and drain and keep it aside. I have found that this makes the paneer softer and tastier.
- Heat Ghee in a pan. Add the spices - Cinnamon barks, cloves & Marati Moggu.
- Add chopped Onions. Fry till transparent.
- Add the prepared green chutney. Keep the flame at low. Mix well and let the chutney fry a bit. Dont let it become very dry. We need some moisture for it to bind well with paneer and rice.
- Add paneer and mix well.
- Remove clumps from the cooked Proso Millet Rice.
- Mix rice into this mixture. Masala should spread evenly throughout the rice. Note: If you feel that the green masala is not enough, take another pan and fry the green masala in some ghee. Add this additionally fried masala to the rice.
- Serve Hot with raitha or pickle.
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