Thinai / Foxtail Kalkandu Sadam

Thinai / Foxtail Millet Kalkandu Sadam

Millets are very healthy, and full of nutrients. It is a good alternative to rice. For this Aadi Peruku, I am sharing, a traditional dessert recipe of Tamil Nadu, Kalkandu Sadam.
To make my Kalkandu Sadam healthy, I am using Thinai / Foxtail Millet and rock sugar candy. You can even prepare this recipe with normal raw rice and even reduce the amount of sweetness according to your taste. We can even use normal sugar for this recipe.

( to prepare this recipe with normal rice, no need to soak) 

Ingredients:
Thinai / Foxtail Millet - 1 cup
Rock sugar candy / Kalkandu - 1 1/2 cup
Milk - 1 cup
Ghee - 1 cup
Cardoman powder - 1 tsp
Cashew, Almonds, Raisins few
Few strings of Saffron

Method:
# Soak Thinai /Foxtail Millet for one hr.
# In soaked Thinai, add 1 cup of milk and another 1 cup of water and pressure cook, as we do for normal rice.
# Add Saffron strings with Thinai / Foxtail Millet.
# Once Thinai / Foxtail Millet is cooked well add rock sugar candy, and mix well. (mash Thinai well before adding rock sugar candy)
# Slightly it will become watery... but it will come together soon. (10-15 min)
# Add ghee, and mix well.
# Add cardoman powder, stir well, fry cashews, almonds, and raisins in ghee and pour it in Thinai Kalkandu Sadam.
# Thinai Kalkandu Sadam is ready to serve.
Pl. do try and provide your comments.
Thank U!

Curry Leaves Rice / Karruvepelai Sadam

Curry leaves Rice

This is a very easy lunch box special recipe. This dish is full of iron and vitamins. We can prepare the curry leaves powder in an airtight container, and store it, so that it will be easy to prepare this recipe whenever you want.

Ingredients :

Curry leaves   - 1cup
Cooked rice    - 1 small bowl
Sesame oil      - 2 tablespoons
Mustard           - 1 tsp
Urud dhal          - 2tsp
Channa dhal     - 1tsp
Peanuts             -1 tablespoons
Red chills           - 2-3 according to taste
Pepper                - 1/2 tsp
Hing                     -1/2 tsp
Salt                       - according to taste

Ingredients to be dry roasted :

Channa dhal, urud dhal 1 tsp, red chills, pepper, curry leaves.

Dry roast the above mentioned ingredients and make a powder.

Once the dry roasted ingredients, comes to room temperature, need to power it in mixer jar.

We can store the curry leaves powder, in an airtight container, so that the flavour remains the same.

Method:

# Take a pan or kadai, heat 1 tablespoons of sesame oil, add mustard when it crackle add urud dhal 1tsp, peanuts, salt.

 # When tempering things gets roasted switch off the stove and add curry leaves powder which you have prepared and add the cooked rice. 

# Mix all ingredients well, you may taste and add some more salt if needed, and add 1 tablespoons of sesame oil mix well. 

     This is one of my favorite Lunch Box Special. You can even prepare the curry leaves powder and store in air tight container, which will last for a month.
     This dish gives wonderful aroma.