Easiest Way to Make Favorite Little Millet (Saamai Arisi) Tomato Rice

Little Millet (Saamai Arisi) Tomato Rice. Little millet known as Samai Arisi in tamil is a very nutritious grain. It can be used as a substitute for rice. Little millet contains magnesium which can helps improve heart health & helps to lower cholesterol.

Serving Little Millet Rice You can serve samai sadam with any curry and side dish. Add tomato, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder and mix well, add salt and cook in medium flame until tomato gets mash. Chop the onions into round slices.

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Little millet known as Samai Arisi in tamil is a very nutritious grain. It can be used as a substitute for rice. Little millet contains magnesium which can helps improve heart health & helps to lower cholesterol.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have little millet (saamai arisi) tomato rice using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Little Millet (Saamai Arisi) Tomato Rice:

1. {Prepare of Little millets (Saamai Arisi).
2. {Make ready of medium sized tomatoes finely chopped.
3. {Prepare of medium sized onion finely chopped.
4. {Make ready of Ginger Garlic Paste.
5. {Prepare of mustard seeds.
6. {Make ready of Fennel seeds.
7. {Prepare of bay leaf.
8. {Prepare of nos cloves.
9. {Get of cardamom pods crushed.
10. {Prepare of small sticks of cinnamon.
11. {Take of oil.
12. {Make ready of Ghee.
13. {Make ready of water.
14. {Make ready of turmeric powder.
15. {Make ready of Sambar powder.
16. {Get of Garam Masala.

In a pan add oil and add in the mustard seeds, urad dal, green chilli (slit) and the onions. Saute this in a medium low flame till the onions turn pink. Little Millet is known as Samai in Tamil, Same in Kannada, Kutki in Hindi, Sama in Telugu and Chama in Malayalam. This is one of my comfort food.

Steps to make Little Millet (Saamai Arisi) Tomato Rice:

1. Heat a heavy-bottomed saucepan or kadai. Add the oil and ghee and when the oil is hot, add the fennel seeds, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, mustard seeds & bay leaves..
2. Let it sizzle for 30 to 35 seconds and then add the green chilies, chopped onion & ginger-garlic paste. Let it cook for five to seven minutes or until the onions turn soft and shiny..
3. Now add the chopped tomatoes & 1/2 tsp salt. Cover and cook until the tomatoes are soft and mushy. Then add the 1/4 tsp turmeric powder, 1 tsp sambar powder & 1/2 gram masala..
4. Add 2 cups water and bring this mixture to a boil..
5. When it boils, add few curry leaves, coriander leaves & mint leaves..
6. The drained millet, salt and 1 tsp of lemon juice. Mix well..
7. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cover and cook for 8-10 minutes. Check in-between for water content. If required, gently drizzle the water.
8. By now, the millets should have soften and cooked. Turn off the heat and let it sit covered for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and gently fluff it with a fork..
9. Serve it will onion raita..

Little millet, kodo millet (varagu) and barnyard millet (kuthiraivali) are more or less like eating rice, you will not know much difference. Saamai / Samai / Little Millet is an another millet variety which is gluten-free, rich in vitamins, proteins and fiber. If you want to skip rice, then millets would be a better option. They are very filling and a great source of energy. Easy to digest & helps to control cholesterol and blood sugar.

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