How to make Foxtail Millet Khichdi
Prep time – under 10 minutes (soaking time not included)
Cook time – under 20 minutes
Serves – 1
Ingredients needed
Onion – 1
Green chilli -1-2 slit
Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped
Foxtail millet/ tinai – 1/2 cup
Moong dal split yellow variety – 1 tbsp (optional)
Turmeric powder – a pinch
Ghee – 1 tsp
Salt as needed
Vegetables and greens
Carrot -1 medium size
Beans -3-4
Potato – small 1 or 1/2 a medium sized potato
Tomato -1/2 a tomato
Drumstick leaves – fistful
(You can add peas also)
For the seasoning
Oil – 1 tbsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
Cumin seeds -1/2 tsp
Whole black pepper – 2-3
Red chilli – 1
Hing – a pinch
Curry leaves – few
Preparation
Chop all the vegetable into medium sized pieces.
Wash and soak millets along with moong dal in 1 1/2 cup of hot water for 2 -2 1/2 hours.
Method
Heat oil in a pressure pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, cumin seeds, red chillies, hing black pepper and curry leaves.
Add chopped onions, ginger, green chillies and saute until onions turn pink.
Then add all the vegetables, drumstick leaves, turmeric powder, salt needed and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add the soaked millet along with the water. Check for salt by tasting the water.
Note – If you do not have a cooker, you can cook the khichdi in a pan with a lid.
If you cannot get drumstick leaves, substitute it with mint leaves.
Millets are available in all organic stores or health stores.
Learn how to cook millets like kodo millet, barnyard millet, little millet etc.
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Healthy recipe
i have tried bisebela bath with this ! it was yummy!
Thank you so much Padhu.You wouldn't believe but only yesterday I was searching for some recipes with millets. Looks like you heard my thoughts :).You have a wonderful blog .Keep up the great work and keep sharing your recipes..
healthy one
Wonderful healthy recipe with so many veggies looks delicious
very healthy recipe. Thanks for it.
Latha chamy
Delicious and healthy looking khichdi. Wonderfully prepared. All the mix of the veggies must have made it super nutritious.
Deepa
Such a filling and nutritious food, loving it.
healthy recipe… new too…
Very healthy n tasty recipe,I am surely going to try this
Healthy and tasty recipe.Loved the step by step explanation
wow..looks inviting…nice presentation..
I tried this yesterday. But the millets doesn't get cooked properly. I have soaked the millets in hot water for nearly 8 hours ( I put in soaking before I leave to office in the morning) What could be wrong?
Really! They get cooked so fast but you have written that you soaked for 8 hours which is not required. Maybe the quality of millets. I got organic millets from an organic shop. You try it with that next time.
Hi padhu..lovely recipe. I started using millets few months back and was searching new recipes in millets. Thanks for d post .
Thanks for the recipe, tried the khichdi tonight for dinner, it was yummy.
My mom tried something called "Thenai Arisi" sometime back and the Upma came out very well. This time around we got "Thenai", and cooked it in Pressure Cooker, the grains got cooked well, but when we bite we get husk at the end, which is not swallowable. Both the grains were purchased at Nilgiris Stores in Bangalore, and we did NOT soak either of them. What is the difference between Thenai and Thenai Arisi ? In the above reciepe, when you say soak for 2.5 hours, after soaking, do you wash away the husks ? Or it is just the husky/fibery outer skin just gets soft by soaking ?
Please explain.
Sorry for the long comment, but I hope your answer will help many.
Gobalakichenan Ganesan -I think both thinai and thinai arisi are the same. Some call it thinai arisi. After soaking it,the husk does not come but actually becomes soft and you will find it easy to eat.
Hi Padhu I finally succeeded in making this Kitchadi. The mistake I made last time was I used simply thinai and not thinai arisi. Yesterday I made this with thinai arisi and it came out very well. Thanks for this wonderful recipe
Hi, i liked the recipe, its very simple to prepare.
Hi Padhu,
I am a big fan of your receipes. All of them are very easy and very tasty. I made this today and was very tasty.
I added a little bit more turmeric and in the end coriander leaves.
Thanks a lot… and looking forward to more veg receips..
Resmi
thanks for sharing the recipe now my kids actually ask me every time to prepare this dish they absolutely love it and its vey healthy too
what is thinai known as in hindi or marathi
Foxtail millet or thinai is known as kang in Marathi and kakum in Hindi
I tried with samai.it came out very tasty.exactly as saravana bhavan kichadi.:-).
Hi i tried this recipe it was heavenly . Can i try this recipe with kutharavali samai varagu panivaragu tel me plz
I love millets. Thanks for this simple and healthy recipe. I love your blog. Simple and healthy and hence inspiring:)
Hi padhu, very good presentation. Whenever i cook millets i feel some kasappu(bitter taste) y is that so.please give me ur suggesstion
If it is old stock millet, it can taste bitter. Do not store millets for a long period of time.
Hare Krishna.
Hello Padhu – our family loves your site and all the recopies. They all come out very well. Thank you for the step-by-step simple instructions and the additional tips, very helpful. There seems to a variety of millets. Would you know where to find the "Foxtail Millets" in US or online? Thank you.
Hi. Will this receipe be good for lunch? Bcoz I read that millets will lose its softness if we dont consume immediately.
Usually it will become dry. You can add a little more water and a tbsp of curd after adding the vegetables, if you want to pack it for lunch.
Thank you Padhu for sharing this. We tried this today and it came out very tasty! Can we use this recipe with other varieties of millets?
Yes, you can make this with any millets.
Hi padhu. I'm new to your site. I'm planning to try this recipe. Is it OK to soak the millet overnight?
Not necessary to soak overnight.
Hello, I followed all the instructions. However the foxtail millet did not cook despite soaking for 2.5 hours in hot water. I can't source the organic variety in my current city of residence. Any other suggestions? Otherwise it smells and seems delicious!
I am surprised when you say it does not get cooked even after soaking in hot water for 21/2 hours. I think you have got foxtail millet with the husk.
Foxtail Millet Khichdi. Interesting! Thank you for sharing this. Such a healthy and tasty recipe.
Hi, I have parboiled foxtail Millet, does the soaking & boiling time remain same or different?
Yes. If you slightly dry roast,then soak it, it cooks even better.
I tried this recipe today.turned out super yummy. Loved it.