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    Home » Recipes » Healthy Cooking

    Kodo millet pulao recipe | Varagu pulao

    November 7, 2014 by Raks Anand 12 Comments / Jump to Recipe

    Millet pulao with kodo millet (Varagu pulao) turns out perfect just like regular ones, taste, texture and flavor all perfectly balanced in this easy recipe.

    kodo millet pulao
    Kodo millet pulao | Varagu pulao

    Just swap rice with millet in your favorite pulao recipe and you have this healthy dish perfect for healthy lunch box and lazy one pot meal idea.

    I have posted few millet recipes and with varagu, I posted varagu kanji and varagu adai.

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    • Health benefits
    • Instructions
    • Serving suggestion
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    Kodo millet (Tamil: Varagu; Hindi: Kodra;  Telugu: Arikelu; Kannada: Harka).

    This varagu pulav is one I tried latest to add on to the millet recipes. Thanks to Abhirami for the idea for this recipe.

    When she handed over the millets, she was kind enough to share few recipes too and this is one among those.

    Yet a lot of millet recipes and ideas are yet to line up every Friday, so stay tuned for the healthy recipes using millets.

    I was bit doubtful to try this, but when I finished cooking and opened the cooker, I was so happy to see the fluffy pulao🤩.

    And taste wise, no compromise as well when compared to the regular pulao. So if you are looking for different ways to include millets in you cooking, this is one to start with.

    kodo millet pulao
    Varagu pulao | Kodo millet pulao

    Health benefits

    Here are some highlights (health benefits) of kodo millet:

    • Nutritious and gluten free
    • Richer in fiber and protein content.
    • Lecithin in millet helps your nervous system stay healthy.
    • Tasty - No difference in taste, so excellent healthy alternate for rice or wheat. You can replace any recipe using rice with kodo millet.
    • Last but bot least it has antioxidant properties.

    Instructions

    1. Heat a small pressure cooker firstly with oil/ ghee. In medium flame, add cinnamon, fennel, bay leaf. Do not let fennel change its colour. After that, add onion and give it a stir. Then, add ginger garlic paste.
    temper, saute

    2. Fry for a minute in medium flame. Add the chopped veggies, mint leaves. Furthermore fry in medium flame for about 2 mins. You can add a little salt for the veggies.

    vegetables, millets

    3. After that, add washed, drained millet to it and mix well. Let it dry. Flame should always in medium.

    before

    4. Then, add water, salt and bring to boil. Mix well and cook for a whistle in medium or low flame or in low flame possible for 12 mins.

    My stove allows me to put the flame to lowest, so I kept for 12 mins in cooker, no whistle.

    after

    Serve hot with onion raita. Fluffy, tasty, flavorful pulao 😍

    kodo millet pulao | Varagu pulao

    Serving suggestion

    Goes well with:

    • Onion raita
    • Salna

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    Kodo millet pulao | Varagu pulao

    Kodo millet pulao turns out perfect just like regular ones, taste, texture and flavor all perfectly balanced in this easy recipe. It is called varagu in Tamil.
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 20 minutes
    Servings 2 people
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Varagu Kodo millet
    • 1 & ½ cups Water
    • 1 cup Mixed vegetables Chopped Carrot, beans, green peas
    • 1 Onion
    • 1 teaspoon Ginger garlic paste
    • 2 Green chilli
    • 12 Mint leaves
    • Salt

    To temper

    • 3 tablespoon Ghee plus oil mixed
    • 1 inch Cinnamon
    • 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds soambu
    • 1 Biryani leaf
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    Instructions

    • Heat a small pressure cooker firstly with oil/ ghee.
    • Then, in medium flame, add cinnamon, fennel, bay leaf. Do not let fennel change its colour.
    • After that, add onion and give it a stir. Then, add ginger garlic paste.
    • Fry furthermore for a minute in medium flame.
    • Then add the chopped veggies, mint leaves.
    • Continue frying in medium flame for about 2 mins. You can add a little salt for the veggies.
    • After that, add washed, drained millet to it and mix well. Let it become dry. Flame should always in medium.
    • Then add water, salt and bring to boil.
    • Mix well and cook for a whistle in medium or low flame or in low flame possible for 12 mins. My stove has broad burner, allows me to put the flame to lowest, so I kept for 12 mins in cooker, no whistle.

    Notes

    • Use fresh ginger garlic paste for best flavor. Mint, fennel adds a nice flavor, so do not skip it.
    • Do not fry in high flame at any stage as it will change the color of the pulao.
    • Also while cooking the millets, let the flame be low to ensure even cooking.
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      November 07, 2014 at 7:27 am

      I do often this . varagu generally fluff up well . Lovely millets.

      Reply
    2. jeyashri suresh

      November 07, 2014 at 7:40 am

      I love this pulao, recently exploring many things with millets. Quite interesting. Beautiful clicks

      Reply
    3. Divs

      November 07, 2014 at 8:48 am

      you have cooked the millet perfectly fluffy. love this pulao!

      Reply
    4. Mahalakshmi Sathiamoorthy

      November 07, 2014 at 4:24 pm

      Shd definitely try ths one...looks differnt nd yummy too...healthy food

      Reply
    5. Aishwarya

      November 13, 2014 at 7:30 am

      tried this today. Came out very well. Also tried bisi bela with millers. both came out well and like you say no compromise on taste

      Reply
    6. Jinshi M

      November 13, 2014 at 7:30 am

      Nice....I think its really good for health.I usually go through ur receipes really wonderful.Can you tell me "Kodo millet " the name in Malayalam.

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      November 13, 2014 at 7:36 am

      Sorry dont know 🙁

      Reply
    8. Sowmya Sundararajan

      March 04, 2015 at 4:07 pm

      It's called koovaragu in malayalam Jinshi. Thanks for the info on Bhairavi naturals Raks. I was sourcing it from India all this while.

      Reply
    9. Jiju

      August 19, 2015 at 7:35 am

      Koovaragu is ragi, not kodo millet.

      Reply
    10. Sushii

      July 09, 2016 at 2:16 pm

      Hi Arama, any other millets that you would suggest for making Pulav ??

      Reply
    11. Raks anand

      July 09, 2016 at 2:21 pm

      Barnyard millet/ kuthiraivali or little millet (samai) will work.

      Reply
    12. DeviAnagha

      December 18, 2018 at 10:21 pm

      I Tried this millets for breakfast as jaava

      Reply

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