Bhakshanam

The older Finger Millet recipe helps young adults to fulfill the nutritional requirement especially urbanized adults who survive on all those food which does not have any nutritional value.  Finger Millet is a pack of carbohydrate and good amount of protein.  Its much more healthier than rice in terms of fat and protein.  Because it is worth to be used in our daily diet, the babies also can get benefited from these grains by making Millet Cereal.

You will need:

Millet – 250gms  (preferably reddish brown)

Procedure:

Step 1:  Soak Millet  in water for 24 hours.

Step 2 :  Drain the water, take out excess water with a cloth and tie the  millet in a cotton muslin cloth. Keep aside in a warm and closed place.  Allow it to sprout for a day.

Step 3 : Take out excess moisture by drying the sprouted seeds in shade and covering the millet with a thin muslin cloth for a day.

Step 4 :  Lightly fry the seeds in a dry wok just for about a minute or two.

Step 5:  Coarsely powder the seeds.

Step 6:  Sieve the powder through a dry muslin cloth so that it gives fine white powder without husk.

Step 7:  Store the fine powder in air tight container.

Step 8:  Use it when required.

Note:  If Millet does not sprout, still the same procedure can be used to make the powder.  Sprouting makes the food more nutritious.

This powder can be used to make porridges for the elder ones and batter it to make Dosas.