Thinai Kozhukattai Recipe (2024)

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Thinai Kozhukattai

Foxtail millet / Thinai is my Favorite millet. I love Varagu too. Because these millets can be made into anything and they taste just great. I never miss my rice when i eat them, because these both taste like rice. Specially this Kozhukattai tasted like my mom's chambara kozhukattai. I have already posted akuthiraivali tomato upma. This is my another addition to my millet list.

This Kozhukattai taste great as it is. But you can serve it with any chutneys. Will share another version of this by adding lots of veggies in them.

You can check myother millet recipes too.

Ingredients for Millet Kozhukattai

• Thinai / Foxtail Millet - ½ cup
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - ½ tsp
• Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ tsp
• Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ¼ tsp
• Curry leaves - 1 sprig
• Onion - 1 medium size chopped finely
• Green Chilli - 1 chopped finely
• Carrot - 1 chopped finely
• Coconut - ¼ cup grated
• Water - 2 cups
• Salt to taste
• Coriander leaves a handful chopped finely

How to Make Thinai Kozhukattai

1. Heat oil in a pan, Add in mustard, urad dal and cumin seeds. Add curry leaves as well and let it splatter.
2. In goes onions, chillies and saute for a min.
3. Add in carrots and cook for couple of mins.
4. Pour in thinai and stir well. Add water, salt and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 mins till it is cooked.
5. Add coconut and coriander leaves and mix well. Let this cool a little.
6. Now shape it into balls and place it in a steamer. Steam cook for 8 to 10 mins.
7. Now serve.

Give this a try and let me know how it turned out for you.

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