Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam

Name: Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 peoples
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups foxtail millet; 1 cup toor dal; 1 gooseberry size tamarind; 2 cups chopped vegetables; 1/2 cup shallots; 2 tomatoes; 1 tbsp salt; 1 tsp oil; 2 tbsp coriander seeds; 1 tsp toor dal; 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds; 1 tsp raw rice; 5 normal dry red chillies; 3 kashmiri dry red chillies; 1/4 cup coconut; 2 tsp oil; 1 tsp mustard seeds; 5 cashews; 2 dry red chillies; 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder; 1 string curry leaves; 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

Chennai

#CA Thinai or Foxtail is a vegan food and also gluten free cereal. Thinai (foxtail) is rich in protiens, and low in fat. Thinai (foxtail) has good amount of fiber content, calcium, iron.
Foxtail millet is a healthy substitute for rice. There is no difference in taste also. We can make different variety of dishes using foxtail or thinai. Today I tried sambar rice for my lunch using foxtail. There is no need of side dish...

Muniswari.G @muniswari_0205

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Ingredients

40 minutes

4 peoples

2 cupsfoxtail millet
1 cuptoor dal
1gooseberry size tamarind
2 cupschopped vegetables
1/2 cupshallots
2tomatoes
1 tbspsalt
To roast and grind:
1 tspoil
2 tbspcoriander seeds
1 tsptoor dal
1/4 tspfenugreek seeds
1 tspraw rice
5normal dry red chillies
3kashmiri dry red chillies
1/4 cupcoconut
Tempering:
2 tspoil
1 tspmustard seeds
5cashews
2dry red chillies
1/2 tspasafoetida powder
1string curry leaves
2 tbspchopped coriander leaves

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Extract the juice from the soaked tamarind. (You will get about 3/4 cup of tamarind water since you soaked them in 1 cup water)
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In a pan add oil, coriander seeds, toor dal, red chillies, rice, fenugreek seeds, saute 2 to 3 minutes... Then add coconut, once the coconut turns slight golden brown color, turn off the flame. Let it cool for 5 minutes and then grind them to a smooth paste
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Wash and soak millet and toor dal for 1-2 hours.Pressure cook millets and toor dal together.Cooking them together saves time.. You will need approximately 6 cups of water to cook millets+dal combined together. Adjust measurements accordingly.
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Take a wide bottomed pan and heat a tsp of oil... Add the chopped veggies one by one and keep sauteing... After 2-3 minutes add 2 cup of plain water... Let the veggies get cooked in plain water for approximately 5 minutes...
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Now is the time to mix thick tamarind extract to the pan.. Cook 5 minutes...
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Add salt,sambar masala turn the flame low...
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The consistency of sambar will be a bit thick.You will get a fine aroma of coriander seeds and sambar will start to thicken further...
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This is the time to add sambar to the pressure cooked millets+dal mixture
Keep on stirring and within 10 minutes you will get the perfect consistency of sambar rice. Adjust salt... It has to be slightly runny...
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Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chillies, cashews, asafoetida and curry leaves. Let them splutter.Add this on sambar sadham... Garnish with coriander leaves before serving...
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Appalam,Vadaam or potato fry is the ideal combination of sambar sadham.