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    Home » Recipes » Millet Recipes

    Little millet kozhukattai, millet upma kozhukattai

    January 9, 2015 by Raks Anand 15 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Learn how to make millet Upma kozhukattai with little millet (Samai), a healthier alternative to the rice upma kozhukattai. Detailed post with step by step pictures.

    millet upma kozhukattai

    I love upma kozhukattai. Make rarely though. We make upma kozhukattai with broken rice and toor dal, usually.

    But tried with moong dal this time as it will get easily cooked. Used samai (Little millet in English, Kutki in Hindi, Sama in telugu, Same in Kannada, Chama in Malayalam) for making upma kozhukattai today.

    No need to break rice 😉. As millets are small grains, we can cook as such without grinding. You can buy millets in Singapore in all Indian groceries like Mustafa, Sri Murugan, Ponni stores and many more Little India shops.

    little millet upma kozhukattai
    Millet upma kozhukattai
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    millet Upma kozhukattai , samai upma kozhukattai

    Learn how to make millet Upma kozhukattai with little millet (Samai), a healthier alternative to the rice upma kozhukattai. Detailed post with step by step pictures.
    Course Breakfast, Dinner
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 5 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Servings 2
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Little millet Samai
    • 1 tablespoon Moong dal
    • ½ teaspoon Pepper crushed
    • ½ teaspoon Cumin seeds
    • 2 tablespoon Grated coconut
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 1 teaspoon Oil
    • ½ teaspoon Mustard
    • 1 teaspoon Urad dal
    • 1 sprig Curry leaves
    • 1 Red chilli
    • 1 pinch Asafoetida
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    Instructions

    • Coarsely powder moong dal, pepper, jeera by using pulse button in your mixer.
    • In a kadai, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table.
    • Add 1 & ½ cup water, salt and bring to boil.
    • Add the powdered dal, millets and let it boil for a minute. Add grated coconut.
    • Cook covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed in medium flame.
    • Let it be aside until it is warm enough to handle.
    • Make equal sized balls and arrange in a greased idli plate.
    • Boil water in idli pot and steam the upma kozhukattais for 5 minutes.

    Notes

    • The millet should get cooked as well as it should have some moisture to make balls, so make shapes while it is warm.
    • If you want you can soak the millets for a while before cooking.
    • After steaming keep covered all times as it may dry up.
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    Little millet kozhukattai method

    • Coarsely powder moong dal, pepper, jeera by using pulse button in your mixer.
    1-powder
    • In a kadai, temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table. Add 1 & ½ cup water, salt and bring to boil.
    2-temper
    • Add the powdered dal, millets and let it boil for a minute. Add grated coconut.
    3-add
    • Cook covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed in medium flame. Let it be aside until it is warm enough to handle. Make equal sized balls and arrange in a greased idli plate.
    4-cook
    • Boil water in idli pot and steam the upma kozhukattais for 5 minutes.
    5-steam

    Serve with coconut chutney or coconut thogaiyal. Perfect as breakfast, evening snack or dinner.

    millet upma kozhukattai

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      Millet sweet paniyaram recipe, varagu paniyaram

    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Shamitha

      January 09, 2015 at 8:32 am

      Dear raks, im thrilled to see your millet recipes as im a huge fan of them. Thanks a ton for promoting these lovely millets. Samai is my favourite. Love your recipes, love your blog. Keep writing!

      Reply
    2. Durga Karthik.

      January 09, 2015 at 11:39 am

      Wow great idea.Today's dinner problem solved.

      Reply
    3. Ambika Manikantan

      January 10, 2015 at 6:43 am

      very nice and health receipe

      Reply
    4. Revathi Sambasivam

      January 23, 2015 at 3:10 am

      Very nice recipe. Thanks.

      Reply
    5. Arthy

      April 16, 2015 at 11:57 am

      Superb going to try it today

      Reply
    6. vidya.gvss

      April 28, 2015 at 2:58 pm

      Can we eat it like upma

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      April 28, 2015 at 3:13 pm

      Yes you can eat, make sure its cooked completely.

      Reply
    8. geetha

      June 19, 2019 at 9:49 pm

      you can make upma also with this. it is very nice. dry roast the millet for few minutes and as usual add vegetables and make upma and eat it hot

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        June 20, 2019 at 11:34 am

        Sure will try!

        Reply
    9. Rekha Sukumar

      August 30, 2019 at 11:01 pm

      Pls share the recipe for mint thogaiyal that you preferred it for kambu kozhukattai.. Would like to try it.. Thanking you in advance... Nice recipes... Tried a few... Share a lot of recipes... Pls share karnataka spl sagu masala dosa and kara bath...

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        August 31, 2019 at 5:13 pm

        Hi, thanks a lot. I will try to post the recipes. I have already posted kara bath : Khara bath recipe, Breakfast recipes
        Masala dosa: Mysore masala dosa recipe
        And the mint thogayal: Pudina thogayal recipe | Mint thogayal

        Reply
    10. rathi

      August 12, 2020 at 9:53 pm

      Nice receipt keep rocking

      Reply
    11. K Sowmya

      September 10, 2020 at 1:15 pm

      I love your variation and varieties of millets...thanks a lot...if you add grated coconut in the oil and fry for a minute before adding water the aroma of the coconut will be great

      Reply
    12. Prabhasree Sethuram

      August 18, 2022 at 10:41 am

      Hi.... The measurement is totally wrong... 2 cups millet to 1.5 cups water.. Millet didn't even cook and everyone got stomach pain.. Kindly share correct ratios ya

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        August 18, 2022 at 12:29 pm

        I am really sorry, it is 1/2 cup Samai, edited now. While changing the format, must have got wrong. Sorry again 🙁

        Reply

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