Foxtail Millet Kheer Thinai Payasam

Name: Foxtail Millet Kheer Thinai Payasam
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 2 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/4 cup Foxtail millet; 500 ml full cream milk; 1/2 cup liquid jaggery; 1 tbsp ghee; 2 tbsp sugar; 1/2 cup mixed fruit and nuts (cashew nuts raisin almonds)

Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

Bangalore, India

The millet is very low in cholesterol, It's a rich in minerals, dietary fiber and antioxidants. Foxtail millet is the second most commonly planted species of millet and it can be used to variety of dishes. Foxtail Millet is also known as " Thinai" in Tamil Nadu. The " Thinai Payasam" ( Foxtail millet kheer) is a famous traditional delicious kheer in Tamil Nadu. "Thinai Payasam" is a staple in many homes during festive season.
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Suhita Rana Chowdhury👩‍🍳 @cook_26555245

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Ingredients

30 minutes

2 people

1/4 cupFoxtail millet
500 mlfull cream milk
1/2 cupliquid jaggery
1 tbspghee
2 tbspsugar
1/2 cupmixed fruit and nuts (cashew nuts raisin almonds)

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Wash and soak foxtail millet for 1 hrs and drain all the excess water by straining it.
2

Take a heavy bottom pot add milk and keep it boil on medium flame.
3

Heat a pan with 1 tbsp ghee roasted all nuts and keep it aside.
4

Add millet into ghee and fry it on low flame. That gives a lovely aroma and nuty taste.(If you don't want to use ghee, just dry roast the millet on low flame for 2-3 minutes. Don't over roast it) and keep it aside.
5

Once the milk comes to boil add millet to it. Turn the flame to low and let it cook till the millet cooks completely. This will take 15-20 minutes.
6

Once the millet has cooked through completely add sugar and jaggery to it.and let it cook on low flame for further thickening. It would take take around 5-7 minutes. Do it on low flame otherwise it will curdle.
7

Add roasted nuts to it and mix it nicely. Turn off the flame and kheer is ready to serve.
8

Garnish the Foxtail millet kheer with some almonds cashews raisin and serve warm or chilled as desired.