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    Home » Recipes » Healthy Cooking

    Thinai sweet paniyaram recipe | Foxtail millet recipes

    Updated on November 14, 2021 by Raks Anand 31 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Thinai sweet paniyaram recipe - a healthy foxtail millet snack with jaggery to make it more tasty in paniyaram form.

    Thinai sweet paniyaram
    Thinai recipes

    Yes, you heard it right! Me too joined the club of sirudhaniyam / millets, after my parents bought me these during my recent India visit.

    My mom started using sirudhaniyangal as she wanted to change her eating habits coz of her health issues.

    So she asked me too to include these in our cooking and bought me these.

    My dad packed everything with a piece of handwritten paper with the millets name in each so that it can be easily identified.

    Sure it is looking very similar to each other. I was very much worried before handling and cooking these millets, but its not complicated at all.

    thinai foxtail millet recipes
    Foxtail millet

    Taste also better than the oats. Not comparing them, but just saying.

    So far I have made only this paniyaram and upma with barnyard millet (kuthiraivali).

    I loved the upma too, it was just like arisi noi upma. Soon will post the upma, which is easy and basic to cook.

    Now this flavorful thinai sweet paniyaram. Since Thinai is Lord Murugan's favorite, you can make this on Karthigai deepam day too.

    Check out my other Thirukarthigai recipes in my website.

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    Thinai sweet paniyaram recipe

    Thinai sweet paniyaram recipe - a healthy foxtail millet snack with jaggery to make it more tasty in paniyaram form.
    Course Snack
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes minutes
    Soaking + resting time 4 hours hours
    Servings 15 paniyarams

    Equipments (Amazon Affiliate links)

    • Paniyaram pan
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup Thinai Foxtail millet
    • 3 tablespoon Rice flour
    • 3 tablespoon Wheat flour
    • ¼ cup Jaggery heaped
    • ¼ cup Grated coconut
    • Salt - A generous pinch
    • Sesame oil and ghee - As needed
    • 1 Cardamom
    • 1 pinch Cooking soda
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    Instructions

    • Wash thinai firstly once and soak the millet for 2 hrs.
    • Place it in a blender with very little water, as it gets water after grinding easily if water is more.
    • Grind smoothly and transfer to a container.
    • Add powdered jaggery, rice flour, wheat flour, coconut, salt and powdered cardamom seeds.
    • Mix well and set aside for 2 hrs.
    • After 2 hrs mix well again, add a pinch of cooking soda.
    • Heat the paniyaram pan, pour ¼ teaspoon oil in each shallow and pour this batter.
    • Cook covered in medium flame for 2 minutes.
    • Flip and add more oil or ghee and cook until it turns golden brown.

    Notes

    • You can add half a banana too to this batter to make it softer.
    • Make sure the batter is not water or too thick. If watery, you may not be able to take from the paniyaram pan.
    • If too thick, inside will not be cooked. So adjust the consistency.
    • To make the runny batter thick, you can add more wheat flour.
    • Sesame oil and ghee makes it smell awesome, so its recommended.
    • Giving standing time makes the paniyaram softer.
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    Step by step

    1. Wash once and soak the millet for 2 hrs. Place it in a blender with very little water, as it gets water after grinding easily if water is more.
    step 1 soak

    2. Grind smoothly and transfer to a container. Add powdered jaggery, rice flour, wheat flour, coconut, salt and powdered cardamom seeds.

    grind

    3. Mix well and set aside for 2 hrs. After 2 hrs mix well again, add a pinch of cooking soda and heat the paniyaram pan, pour ¼ teaspoon oil in each shallow and pour this batter.

    batter

    4. Cook covered in medium flame for 2 minutes. Flip and add more oil or ghee and cook until it turns golden brown.

    Thinai sweet paniyaram step 4

    This paniyaram slightly has the thinai’s flavor, which very well goes with jaggery. Enjoy hot!

    thinai-sweet-paniyaram

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Eskitha Periyaswamy

      July 18, 2014 at 8:05 am

      The picture in itself is very tempting.... gonna try this for sure asap.

      Reply
    2. jeyashri suresh

      July 18, 2014 at 8:20 am

      Even my amma started adding more millets in her cooking. Lovely looking paniyarams.

      Reply
    3. Ramya Venkateswaran

      July 18, 2014 at 9:40 am

      healthy version.looks delicious

      Reply
    4. maha

      July 18, 2014 at 10:31 am

      Just a doubt...is thinai(fox tail millet) same as quinoa ?

      Reply
    5. SHARMILEE J

      July 18, 2014 at 11:22 am

      Looks good....I know millets are addictive am sure you will also come up with more interesting recipes 🙂

      Reply
    6. Anonymous

      July 18, 2014 at 4:16 pm

      Panniyaram looks yummy.

      Reply
    7. Sangeetha M

      July 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm

      Naan nenaichen neenga paniteenga, super 🙂 looks so good and tempting...waiting for more millet recipes here 🙂

      Reply
      • Anjana

        August 17, 2020 at 5:49 pm

        Is foxtail millet and barnyard millet same?

        Reply
        • Raks Anand

          August 18, 2020 at 11:28 am

          No

          Reply
    8. Shankari Bagavathi

      July 18, 2014 at 4:34 pm

      Most awaited :)... luv millets 🙂

      Reply
    9. Nivedhanams Sowmya

      July 19, 2014 at 4:33 am

      healthy and delicious millets!! I have also started using them for a year now!!

      Reply
    10. Raks anand

      July 21, 2014 at 3:54 am

      Nope

      Reply
    11. my world

      July 22, 2014 at 11:19 am

      Dear Raks,
      Can we make dosai with this batter?
      Thnx

      Reply
    12. Raks anand

      July 22, 2014 at 11:20 am

      I think you can make

      Reply
    13. Sivaranjani N.R

      July 27, 2014 at 2:10 am

      Perfect recipe!!! Came out v v well!!! Thanks

      Reply
    14. Santhiya .V

      December 14, 2014 at 1:39 pm

      My sincere appreciation nd wishes for ur blogging & efforts. I love cooking nd its a stress busting factor for me. tats how u nd ur blog indirectly helps me to b cool always. keep rocking

      Reply
    15. Santhiya .V

      December 16, 2014 at 8:16 am

      I have thinai maavu. can I use tat to make these and can v fry it in oil as v do for wheat flour appam bcoz v don't have paniyaram pan

      Reply
    16. Raks anand

      December 16, 2014 at 8:20 am

      Yeah you can try.

      Reply
    17. Deepa Sasikumar

      June 03, 2015 at 9:04 am

      Hi, at which stage should we have to add banana?

      Reply
    18. Raks anand

      June 03, 2015 at 9:11 am

      You can add just before making. Mash it well and mix in the batter.

      Reply
    19. Riz Rafiq

      October 19, 2015 at 2:56 pm

      Let me try 2mrw.. thanka Raks

      Reply
    20. Meenakshi Murugesan

      November 05, 2015 at 11:44 am

      very tasty thank you so much

      Reply
    21. Subha Prasanna

      April 11, 2016 at 7:34 am

      Hi,
      Can we make this millet sweet paniyaram a day on advance? Will it become hard?

      Reply
    22. Raks anand

      April 11, 2016 at 8:07 am

      Yes, if you make before day it will become hard.

      Reply
    23. nikila

      November 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm

      can we do this with any other millet? will it be good

      Reply
    24. Raks anand

      November 16, 2016 at 3:28 pm

      Sure

      Reply
    25. Foodzu Online Grocery Shopping Store in Bangalore

      December 12, 2017 at 1:32 am

      Looking Good. Thanks for sharing nice recipe.

      Reply
    26. GEE

      February 23, 2018 at 11:23 am

      Hi Raji. Is foxtail millet and hulled millet same? Can I use hulled millet to make this recipe?

      Reply
    27. Raks Kitchen

      February 23, 2018 at 11:37 am

      I am not very sure, about hulled millet. But looks similar. So you can sure try.

      Reply
    28. Priyaseeman

      February 22, 2021 at 9:58 am

      Hi raji, i tried dis today..it came well...thanks dear

      Reply
      • Raks Anand

        February 22, 2021 at 10:35 pm

        Thank you so much for trying and leaving your feedback 🙂 Happy to know 🙂

        Reply

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