Foxtail Millet Pulao is a delicious wholesome and nutritious meal made with foxtail millet, mixed vegetables, spices and herbs.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2
- Category: Main Course
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- ½ cup foxtail millet (hulled / korra biyyam/ thinai arisi)
- 1 ½ cups water
- Salt (as needed)
- 1 to 1 ½ tbsps Ghee (or oil)
- ½ to ¾ cup vegetables (Chopped, (carrots, beans, peas, potatoes, small onion sliced))
- mint leaves (Few, chopped)
- 1 tsp grated ginger (or ginger garlic paste)
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 green cardamoms
- 4 Cloves
- Cinnamon stick (Small)
- 1 Star flower (small, or few petals)
- 1 strand mace
- ¼ tsp shahi jeera
Method
- Wash and soak millets in lot of warm water for about one hour
- Heat a pan with oil, saute dry spices till they begin to sizzle
- Add ginger garlic paste and fry till you get a nice aroma
- Add vegetables and mint, fry for 3 to 4 minutes, till the raw smell goes away
- Pour water and add salt as needed
- Bring it to a boil.
- Drain off the water from millets, add them to the boiling water
- Cook on a medium to low flame till they are cooked fully. Cook any excess moisture on a high flame just evaporate the water. Off the stove
- Keep it covered for about 7 minutes.
- Serve foxtail millet pulao with any raita.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.