Little Millet Tomato Rice

Little Millet Tomato Rice Recipe is a delicious way of cooking the little millets flavoured with spicy tomatoes. The little millets are first cooked on their own, later a spicy tomato rice paste is prepared and the millets are tossed into it. It also makes for a healthy alternative to rice. Little Millets are pretty heavy and keeps you full for hours, hence it is advised to consume the millets in small portions at a time. Serve the Little Millet Tomato Rice Recipe (Little Millet Tomato Rice) along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Recipe for lunch.

Ingredients

• Little millet – 1 cup,
• Onion-1,
• Carrot – 1 cup,
• Tomato – 2,
• Green chilli-1,
• Curry leaves- 1 spring,
• Ginger – 1tsp [finely chopped],
• Mustard seeds-1 tsp,
• Bengal gram-1 tsp,
• Urad dal-1 tsp,
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp,
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp,
• Coriander leaves – 2 tsp [chopped],
• Water- 1 3/4 to 2 cups, salt to taste and oil – 2 tsp

Directions

1. Wash little millet and soak for 15 min.
2. Heat oil in a pressure cooker add mustard seeds and let its splutter.
3. Then add bengal gram, urad dal sauté for some time.
4. Then add onion, ginger, green chilli, green peas, carrot, curry leaves and saute.
5. Add tomato, turmeric and red chilli powder mix well till soft.
6. Add water and salt and mix well and let it boil.
7. Then add little millet mix well then cover it and cook for 3 whistle.
8. Then add coriander leaves mix well and serve hot with coconut chutney or pickle.