How to Love Tasty Foxtail Millet Upma

How to Love Tasty Foxtail Millet Upma Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Foxtail Millet Upma. Foxtail Millet Upma Recipe is a wholesome breakfast or dinner dish that can be made with just a few ingredients. With a little bit of planning by having vegetables chopped the previous night, preparing this dish in the morning for the family gives me a sense of satisfaction. Foxtail Millet is a good substitute for semolina or rava, they are high in fiber and rich in nutrient.

In today's video I have made Foxtail Millet/ korrala upma with millets and lot.

Foxtail Millet Vermicelli Upma Recipe, is one such dish when you are  in a hurry to run to work and you would want to whip up something quick and healthy for your breakfast, then this would be the perfect recipe.

This will also crave your morning hunger and also keep it healthy as well, as it is made from foxtail millet.

You can cook Foxtail Millet Upma using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Foxtail Millet Upma

1. You need of foxtail Millet / Kangni.

2. It’s of chopped assorted veggies (beans, carrot, peas, flat beans, etc), chopped.

3. Prepare of oil.

4. Prepare of mustard seeds.

5. It’s of curry leaves.

6. It’s of green chillies, slit.

7. You need of urad dal (split black gram lentil).

8. It’s of ginger, grated.

9. You need of onion, chopped.

10. You need of salt.

11. You need of sambar powder.

12. You need of turmeric powder.

13. You need of ghee.

14. You need of coriander leaves, chopped.

The homemade sambar powder gives a good flavor to the entire dish. 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.

These are delicious and is so healthy.

Foxtail Millet Upma step by step

1. Soak the millet in sufficient water for 1-2 hours. Wash well and drain. Keep aside. Heat oil in a pan and temper with mustard seeds..

2. After it stops spluttering, add the curry leaves, urad dal, green chilies, ginger and onion. Saute till the onion turns translucent..

3. Add all the chopped veggies, salt and turmeric powder. Mix well and cook, covered till the veggies are soft..

4. Add the drained millet,.

5. 2 cups water and sambar powder. Cover & simmer till the millet is cooked and the moisture is all absorbed. Switch off the flame and add ghee. Stir and garnish with coriander leaves..

6. Serve with coconut chutney or pickle..

Similar Recipes, Foxtail millet is "thinai" in Tamil.

Thinai upma is made from thinai rava.

You can substitute thinai rava with any other millet rava and follow the same procedure.

This was sitting in my draft for more than a year, I thought it is time I share this recipe as it is long since I posted a millet recipe.

This upma is very delicious and filling.