Increasing health issues, lifestyle diseases, and nutritional insecurity call for more attention to the miracle grain, millets. Millets were grown and consumed as a staple food in India. But with the passage of time rice and wheat were preferred and there has been a decline in the cultivation and consumption of millets. Millets are a powerhouse of nutrients that are rich in iron, calcium, protein, vitamins phytochemicals, and anti-oxidants and have again come back to our plates.
How to prepare millets
Ways to include millets
As Idlis :
Ragi idli is a power-packed meal. Idlis can be made with most millet varieties, and one can experience a new idli every time you make it.
In Biriyanis/Pulao :
Foxtail millet can be used while preparing biriyanis /pulao. It has a low glycemic index and helps in reducing cholesterol and fasting glucose in type-2 diabetes patients.
Pancakes/Dosa :
Switch your regular flour with any millet-based flour (foxtail millet, amaranth, and bajra are our top picks) and you’ll have an absolutely delicious pancake or dosa as you may like to call it.
Chapatis :
To make millet-based chapatis, 50% wheat flour can be mixed with any millet-based flour like ragi flour or jowar flour for the remaining part of the dough.
So what are you waiting for, try a VEYR millet based dish for your next meal.
| Millets - Glossary in Tamil and Hindi |
| English |
Tamil |
Hindi |
| Finger Millet |
Nattu Ragi |
Ragi | Nachni |
| Mountain Finger Millet |
Malai Ragi |
Ragi | Nachni |
| Red Sorghum |
Red Cholam |
Jowar |
| White Sorghum |
Vellai Cholam |
Safed Jowar |
| Little Millet (boiled) |
Samai boiled |
Kutki boiled |
| Little Millet (unboiled) |
Samai unboiled |
Kutki unboiled |
| Kodo Millet |
Varagu boiled |
Kodon boiled |
| Kodo Millet |
Varagu unboiled |
Kodon unboiled |
| Foxtail Millet (boiled) |
Thinai boiled |
Kangni boiled |
| Foxtail Millet (unboiled) |
Thinai unboiled |
Kangni unboiled |
| Barnyard Millet (boiled) |
Kutharavali boiled |
Sanwa boiled |
| Barnyard Millet (unboiled) |
Kutharavali unboiled |
Sanwa uboiled |
| Samba Wheat |
Samba kothumai |
Samba gehoon |
| Pearl Millet |
Perum Kambu |
Bajra |
| Country Pearl Millet |
Nattu Kambu |
Bajra |
