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Millets: Malpua and Murukku Recipes

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  Hi, People look out for tasty recipes out of millets, but most of the times the results are not as good as expected. So, to solve this problem I will be sharing 2 recipes here, try it and enjoy the taste of millets. 1) Kodo Malpua     1 cup Kodo flour     1/2 cup sugar (to make it healthier you can use Jaggery instead of Sugar)     1/2 teaspoon black pepper     1 teaspoon fennel (Saunf)     2 teaspoon ghee  Steps Put sugar and 1 cup of water in a deep pan and cook on medium flame for 5 minutes while stirring continuously Now take out this mixture in a bowl and take it out to cool down After cooling, add crushed black pepper, fennel, kodo flour and 1/4 cup water, mix well and keep aside. Heat ghee in a broad non-stick pan and pour a spoonful of batter into the hot ghee Fry the malpua in high flame till it turns golden brown from both the sides In the same way make malpuas from the rest of the batter and serve garnished with th...
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Millets: Make your kids stronger and sharper

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  We know some millets don't taste as good as processed flour or Basmati rice, but the bitter truth is that Millets are far healthier for kids of age 2-18 years as compared to rice or processed wheat.  Let's see health benefits of including millets in daily consumption- 1) Due to higher fibre content it helps in easy digestion-  A diet high in fibre keeps the digestive system healthy . Health conditions linked to a low fibre diet include – constipation, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diverticulitis, heart disease and some cancers (including bowel). Also it helps relieve heart-burn and acidity. 2) Due to low Glycemic Index it helps prevent diabetes-  The glycemic index, simply put, is  a measure of how quickly a food causes our blood sugar levels to rise . The measure ranks food on a scale of zero to 100. Foods with a high glycemic index, or GI, are quickly digested and absorbed, causing a rapid rise in blood sugar 3) It keeps the heart healthy-  The solubl...
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Millet: An Ancient Super Crop for the Future

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  Millet Millets  are a group of highly variable  small-seeded grasses , widely grown around the world as  cereal crops  or  grains  for fodder and human food.  Millets  are important crops in the  semi-arid tropics  of  Asia  and  Africa  (especially in  India ,  Mali ,  Nigeria , and  Niger ), with 97% of millet production in developing countries.  This crop is favored due to its  productivity  and  short growing season  under  dry ,  high-temperature conditions . They are highly tolerant of  drought  and other  extreme weather conditions  and have a similar  nutrient content  to other major cereals. Millet species Pearl Millet The most widely grown millet is  pearl millet , called  bajra  in India. Pearl millet  is well adapted to growing areas characterized by  drought ,  low soil fertility , and...
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