Baragu / Proso Millet Uppittu

Millets and Health goes hand in hand. Lots of people turning and adopting millet food in their daily life. Such a beautiful and healthy grains that they are loaded with benefits to our health.
Here I have prepared Baragu / Proso Millet Uppittu/ Upma and it is yummy to have for breakfast or as snack.

Long long ago before rice entering into Our Bharath people used to grow and eat millets. That has been a daily food grain. Even Very Famous Story Writer Shree S. L Byrappa, writes in one of his novel Uttara Kand that even during Ramayana Yuga, people used to grow millets. Even Lakshmana and Seetha used to grow millets in the land which it belongs to them.
Millets are gluten free, good for diet and diabetic people. It has minimum amount of carbohydrates.
They are full of fiber rich grains and easy to grow.

Millets are known as Siri Dhanya means wealthy grains, since it makes our life happy by taking care of our Health.

Let us see What do we call these millets In our language Kannada which we Kannadigas speak in the State of Karnataka.

         English                     -             Kannada
1. Barnyard Millet                  Oodalu (ಊದಲು)
2. Kodo Millet                        Araka / Haraka (ಹರಕ/ಅರಕ)
3. Little Millet                        Saame (ಸಾಮೆ)
4. Foxtail Millet                     Navane (ನವಣೆ)
5. Brown Millet                      Kooralu (ಕೂರಲು)
6. Finger Millet                      Ragi (ರಾಗಿ)
7. Proso Millet                       Baragu (ಬರಗು)
8. Pearl Millet                        Sajje (ಸಜ್ಜೆ)
9. Soghum/Millet                   Bili Jola (ಬಿಳಿ ಜೋಳ).
I have powdered Baragu /proso Millet into rava consistency and then I used the baragu rava to make uppittu.

No Onion or No Garlic is used in this Baragu / Proso Millet Uppittu.
Let us see the recipe Now :

Ingredients :

Proso Millet /Baragu : 1 Cup
Carrot . 1
Ginger : An inch
Coconut : 1 Cup
Salt : As required
Ghee : 2 Tablespoons
Lemon : 1 Tsp
To Season :
Oil : 3 to 4 Tablespoons
Mustard seeds : 1 Teaspoon
Urid dal : 1 Teaspoon
Cashew nuts : 1 Tablespoon
Curry Leaves : 10 to 12
Green chilly : 2 to 3
Water : 2 Cups

Method :

1. Wash and cut green chilly, curry leaves into thin. clean Baragu grains and keep it aside.

2. Wash carrot, scrape out the skin and grate it.
3. Wash ginger and remove the outer layer and wash it again. Grate it.

4. Grate coconut and keep it aside.
5. Keep water for boiling. Powder baragu into Rava consistency.

6. Keep a big pan on the fire and heat. Add oil and heat. Add mustard seeds and urid dal.
7. Let mustard seeds splutter.
8. Add cashews, green chilly and curry leaves.
9. Add powdered baragu and fry nicely on low flame till the raw smell disappear.

10. Fry nicely and then add boiling water. (Let the flame be very low while pouring water to rava).

11. Mix it well and cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes on medium flame.
12. Add salt and grated carrot. Mix it well and let it cook on low flame.

13. Add grated ginger and 2 tablespoons of ghee. Mix it slowly
14. Let baragu/proso millet cook nicely. Let all the moisture disappear completely.
15. Now its time to add coconut. Add lemon extract and mix it and mix it. Shift it to a serving dish.

16. Serve with a cup of curd and enjoy eating healthy Baragu /Proso Millet Uppittu.

Note :

Baragu should be powdered properly into medium size rava. If it turns powdered completely Uppittu will not taste good. Adding more water makes Uppituu watery and it does not taste good.
Adding onion is optional. Adding more ghee is optional.
Time : 30 Minutes

Serves : 2 to 3.

Jack Fruit - Semolina Sweet Idli

Jack Fruits idli or Kadubu is a signature dish of Udupi / Dakshina Kannaa and Malenadu. 
Here a season of Jack fruits. We do love to prepae jack fruit dishes during the season of jack fruits. 
This time I have tried Jack fruit idli with Medium size Rave /Semolina and Alemane Bella /Fresh liquid jaggery. 

 I have used Medium sized Rave/Semolina, liquid jaggery, fresh coconut and  Jack fruits.
It is very easy, very healthy and yummy. You can also prepare this jack fruit idlis using raw rice.
Let us see the recipe Now:

Things Needed :

Rava /Semolina : 2 Cups.
Jack Fruits : 20 to 25
Jaggery : 1/2 Cup
Salt : A pinch of salt

Method :

1. Remove the seeds from Jack fruits, cut into small and grind it without water. Shift it to a bowl.

2. Grate coconut and powder jaggery .
3. Add it to jack fruit batter.

4. Add Semolina and mix it well.

5. Let the batter rest for 5 minutes.

6. Grease the idli pates with ghee or coconut oil/
7. Put jack fruit idli batter to each plates and steam cook for 15 minutes.
8. Take out idli from idli plates.

9. Serve Jack Fruit - Semolina Sweet idli with ghee on the top and pickle aside.

Note : 

Using more jack fruits make the idli soft. Or you need to use more coconut.
No need to add any cooking soda to the batter.
Use of more / less jaggery is optional. I have used Alemane jaggery /Liquid jaggery.
Time : 30 Minutes. 
Serves : 24 Idlis can be made. 

Cucumber Pesarittu

Pesarittu /whole moong dosa is known as Pesarittu. I simply call this as Hesaru dosa.

I have tried this Pesarittu dosa in different ways. THIS time it is with cucumber. Dosa taste yummy and good for people who do not eat much vegetable. 

I have used whole moong, rava/semolina, little coconut, 1 small cucumber with its skin, pepper and curry leaves.

Pesarittu dosa is a healthy dosa which fills your tummy with good nutrients. Whole moong is filled with vitamins, minerals and is protein rich. Cucumber Pesarittu Dose is good for all age group and you do not feel hungry for a long time.

I used fresh Pesarittu batter for dosa. I did the grinding in mixi and added rava and curd to it. Gave a churn for 2 minutes, stopping for a few seconds in between. 

 as I grind it. I have added a cup of curd to add savoury to the batter. 

Let us see the recipe now :

No Onion or NO Garlic is added to this recipe.

Things Needed :

Whole Moong : 1 1/2 cup

Rava /Semolina  : 1/2 cup (medium sized).

Pepper pods : 6 to 8

Ginger : An inch

Curry leaves : 1 Handful

Mangalore Southekai /Cucumber : 1 Medium sized 

Curd /Yogurt : 1 Cup 

Salt : As required 

Coconut : 1 Small cup.

Ingh : A little 

Method :

1. Wash and soak whole moong for 3 to 4 hours or over night. 

2. Grate coconut and grind it with ginger pieces and pepper pods. Wash and peel off the ginger skin and wash it again and cut into pieces. 

3. Add whole moong and grind till it turn as paste.

4. Mean while wash cucumber and remove the pulp and seed inside it.

5. Cut the cucumber into small pieces and soak in water for 5 minutes.

6. Add these cucumber pieces to mixi and grind till they turn into paste. Add the outer layer of cucumber to grind. (cucumber skin).

7. Add a big cup of curd and grind it for 2 minutes. 

Add rava and churn for 2 minutes.

8. Remove it from the mixi jar to a big bowl. Add salt and keep it aside.

9. Mix the batter nicely and Whole moong dosa batter is ready.

10. Keep a dosa pan on the fire and heat. clean the pan with a clean towel or Kitchen tissue.

11. Take a ladle of whole moong batter and spread it on the tava. Sprinkle some oil on the top.

12. Cook on medium and low flame. Turn the dosa other side and cook for a minute.

13. Dosa is ready to serve. Take out the dosa from a pan and serve.

14. Add a tsp of ghee on the top just before you serve Cucumber Pesarittu Dose.

Note : 

Do not add more rava to the whole moong batter. Dose turns hard. Adding curd helps the dosa to be soft.

Do not add any cooking soda or baking powder.

The batter should be bit thicker than dosa batter. 

You can also ferment this batter and prepare Dose/dosa.

Time : Soaking time 3 to 4 hours.

Grinding time : 5 to 6 minutes.

Preparing dosa : 20 Minutes.

Serves : 3 to 4 people.

Ragi - Urid Dosa

Dose or dosa is normally a breakfast food and most of us do eat them as snack in the evening
also.
Varieties of dosas are prepared these days. I still sick in to my style of preparing healthy dosas.
This time it is Ragi - Urid dal dosa which can be prepared easily and stay healthy.

I have used ragi flour, medium size rava and urid dal.
You should eat this dose when it is hot. It taste good even when it turns cool. But it is always good to eat food when it is hot. You can prepare this Ragi - Urid dose in the evening when kids come back from home. It is good for diabetic people and diet friendly too.
Let us see the recipe now :

Ingredients :

Urid dal : 1/2 Cup
Ragi Flour : 2 Cups
Toor dal : 1 Tablespoon
Salt : To taste.
Oil : 2 to 3 Tablespoons

Method :

1. Wash and soak urid dal and toor dal for 2 hours. Grind it with required water till it turn paste consistency.
2. Remove the batter to a big bowl.
3. Take a big bowl and add 2 cups of ragi flour in it. Mix the flour with a glass of water nicely. Add salt.

4. Add ground urid dal mixture to the big bowl. Add a fistful of rava. (2 to 3 tablespoons).

5. Mix all the ingredients nicely and allow it to ferment for the night or 5 to 6 hours.
6. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Sprinkle oil on the top of the pan and clean it out with a kitchen tissue.
7. Take a ladle full of ragi dosa batter and pour it on the tava. ( Reduce the heat to low while spreading the batter on tava). Spread it nicely around the pan.
8. Sprinkle oil on the top and let it cook on medium flame and low flame.
9. Turn the other side and cook for a minute. Ragi - Urid Dose is ready to eat. Prepare remaining dosas the same way.

10. Serve Ragi - Urid Dosa with your favourite side dish. Put a tsp of ghee just before serving.

Note :

The batter should be fermented well. Add little rava so that dosa gets crispiness. Do not add any other ingredients. Do not add Cooking Soda and any other mixture to it.\
Adding little ghee on the top of Dosa increased the taste. Do not add more oil while cooking dosa.
Time : Soaking urid and toor dal .= Over Night or 5 to 6 hours.
Preparing dosa : 15 Minutes.
Serves : 3 to 4 People.