9. Vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamin, niacin and folic acid help with cell growth, nervous system and spinal development.
10. Minerals such as iron, phosphorus and potassium help with blood formation and nerve conduction.
11. Eating millet can be beneficial for diabetics and people suffering from heart diseases.
Also read: Millets for Weight Loss: Lose extra pounds with this superfood
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Ways to include millet in your diet
Now that you know the health benefits of adding this superfood to your diet, here are some ways to add millet to your diet:
- Millet can be ground into fine flour and prepared roti/chapati and in dosa
- Use it to prepare healthy cookies, bread and burger buns by baking it.
- Replace millet in all rice dishes such as kichidi, pulao, tamarind rice, bisibelebad, etc.
- Puffed ragi/bajra/jowar can be an alternative to rice puff. Use them as a snack in chivda, murmura and puffed rice balls (sweet). In addition to rice flakes, millet flakes are also offered on the market.
Millet recipes you can try
1. Bajra wheat palak roti
Ingredient:
- 200 grams of bajra
- 100 grams of whole wheat flour
- 1 bunch of palak leaves
- 2 cloves garlic 2 cloves
- 15 ml cottage cheese
- 2 chopped green chilly
- 3 tablespoons coriander leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- Salt to taste
Method:
1. Combine all ingredients into a dough.
2. Make a roti and cook it in a pan with ghee/oil.
3. Serve warm with cottage cheese or chutney of your choice.
Also read: Skip rice and wheat and try millet for dinner!
2. Ragi jello
Ingredient:
- 1 cup overnight soaked ragi
- 1/2 cup jaggery powder
- A pinch of salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped nuts
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
Method
1. Grind the soaked ragi well to get thick ragi milk.
2. Put the ragi milk in a pan, add jaggery and salt and mix well. Heat the mixture over low heat for a few minutes.
3. Stir constantly to prevent lumps from forming and add ghee in small portions while stirring.
4. Once the mixture sets, add the chopped nuts and transfer it to a plate greased with ghee and let it cool.
5. Cut into desired shape and serve.
3. Pearl Millet Dosa
Ingredient
- 1 cup pearl millet
- 1/4 cup urad dal
- 2 tablespoons of rice flakes
- Salt to taste
Method
1. Soak pearl millet, rice flakes and urad dal separately in water for 4 hours.
2. Grind them separately to a sandy texture and combine them with salt if necessary.
3. Ferment them overnight or for 8 hours.
4. Prepare the dosa and serve hot with tomato or coriander chutney and sambar.
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4. Mixed millet laddoo
Ingredient:
- 150 grams of ragi flour
- 150 grams of bajra flour
- 150 grams of jowar flour
- 75 grams of flour
- 30 grams of mixed nuts and dried fruit, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon roasted linseed or to seeds
- 3 tablespoons ghee
- 2 cardamom powder
Method:
1. Heat the ghee in a pan and fry all the flour on medium heat until aromatic. Keep it aside.
2. Melt the cane sugar with water in a separate pan. Once melted, add the flour slowly while mixing to avoid lumps.
3. Add the nuts and seeds. Remove from heat.
4. Make ladoo by greasing your hands with ghee.
5. Store in an airtight container.
Since millet contains many nutrients, you should add them to your diet without thinking twice. However, check with a nutritionist or your doctor to check for possible complications.
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