Homemade Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice)
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Homemade Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice)

Learn how to prepare Homemade Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice) with this simple recipe. Perfect for Lunch and ideal for Tamil Nadu lovers....

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15 Min Prep

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20 Min Cook

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4 Servings

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Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Foxtail Millet
  • 2 Onions - thinly sliced
  • 5 Tomatoes - roughly chopped
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Ginger - roughly chopped
  • 2 Green Chillies - slit
  • 1 teaspoon Fennel seeds (Saunf)
  • 1-1/2 teaspoon Kashmiri Red Chilli Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
  • 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds
  • 1 sprig Curry leaves
  • 1 tablespoon Sunflower Oil
  • Salt - to taste

Instructions

1
To begin making Thinai Thakkali Sadam formula (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice), we first start with culinary preparation the foxtail millets.
2
Wash the foxtail millets under running tap liquid nicely, sieve and transfer it to the pressure cooking vessel.
3
toss in around 2 cups of liquid, masala condiment with seasoning and pressure cook thoroughly for 4 whistles and keep aside.
4
Once cool, fluff up the cooked millets with a fork.Now to prepare the tomato rice, bring to temperature cooking oil in a cooking vessel, toss in the mustard seeds and let it crackle.toss in in the curry leaves and let it splutter.Roughly pound the garlic cloves, ginger and fennel seeds using a pestle and mortar and toss in it to the cooking vessel, let it cook thoroughly for a minute.toss in the sliced onions and saute until it turns translucent.Now, toss in the tomatoes, green chillies, kashmiri red chilli, turmeric dusting masala condiment, masala condiment with seasoning and swirl around well.Let this tomato mixture cook thoroughly until it turns soft and mushy, this will take around 10 moments.Once the tomato mixture is cooked well and is thickened to a paste consistency, toss in in the cooked foxtail millets and gently toss everything together.Close it with a lid, cook thoroughly for 5 moments and let the foxtail millet absorb all the the tomato mixture flavour into it.offer the Thinai Thakkali Sadam formula (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice) along with Tomato bulb produce Cucumber Raita formula and Elai Vadam formula for lunch.

Recipe Information

Cuisine
Tamil Nadu
Course
Lunch
Diet
Vegetarian
Total Time
35 mins

Recipe Time chart

Preparation Time

15 mins

Cooking Time

20 mins

Total Time

35 mins
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