Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice)
A vegetarian Tamil Nadu recipe with foxtail millet, onions - thinly sliced, tomatoes - roughly chopped. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
Instructions
13 steps- 1
To begin making Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice), we first start with cooking the foxtail millets
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 2
Wash the foxtail millets under running tap water nicely, drain and transfer it to the pressure pan
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 3
Add around 2 cups of water, season with salt and pressure cook for 4 whistles and keep aside
salt - to taste - 4
Once cool, fluff up the cooked millets with a fork
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 5
Now to prepare the tomato rice, heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and let it crackle
fennel seeds (saunf)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 6
Add in the curry leaves and let it splutter
sprig curry leaves(1) - 7
Roughly pound the garlic cloves, ginger and fennel seeds using a pestle and mortar and add it to the pan, let it cook for a minute
tomatoes - roughly chopped(5)cloves garlic(4)ginger - roughly chopped(1 teaspoon)fennel seeds (saunf)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 8
Add the sliced onions and saute until it turns translucent
onions - thinly sliced(2) - 9
Now, add the tomatoes, green chillies, kashmiri red chilli, turmeric powder, season with salt and mix well
tomatoes - roughly chopped(5)green chillies - slit(2)-/2 kashmiri red chilli powder(1 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/2 teaspoon)salt - to taste - 10
Let this tomato mixture cook until it turns soft and mushy, this will take around 10 minutes
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Once the tomato mixture is cooked well and is thickened to a paste consistency, add in the cooked foxtail millets and gently toss everything together
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 12
Close it with a lid, cook for 5 minutes and let the foxtail millet absorb all the the tomato mixture flavour into it
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 13
Serve the Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice) along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Recipe and Elai Vadam Recipe for lunch
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Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice)
A vegetarian Tamil Nadu recipe with foxtail millet, onions - thinly sliced, tomatoes - roughly chopped. Ready in 35 min, serves 4.
Curated byKavya Sharma🇮🇳
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Directions
13 steps- 1
To begin making Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice), we first start with cooking the foxtail millets
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 2
Wash the foxtail millets under running tap water nicely, drain and transfer it to the pressure pan
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 3
Add around 2 cups of water, season with salt and pressure cook for 4 whistles and keep aside
salt - to taste - 4
Once cool, fluff up the cooked millets with a fork
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 5
Now to prepare the tomato rice, heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and let it crackle
fennel seeds (saunf)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 6
Add in the curry leaves and let it splutter
sprig curry leaves(1) - 7
Roughly pound the garlic cloves, ginger and fennel seeds using a pestle and mortar and add it to the pan, let it cook for a minute
tomatoes - roughly chopped(5)cloves garlic(4)ginger - roughly chopped(1 teaspoon)fennel seeds (saunf)(1 teaspoon)mustard seeds(1 teaspoon) - 8
Add the sliced onions and saute until it turns translucent
onions - thinly sliced(2) - 9
Now, add the tomatoes, green chillies, kashmiri red chilli, turmeric powder, season with salt and mix well
tomatoes - roughly chopped(5)green chillies - slit(2)-/2 kashmiri red chilli powder(1 teaspoon)turmeric powder (haldi)(1/2 teaspoon)salt - to taste - 10
Let this tomato mixture cook until it turns soft and mushy, this will take around 10 minutes
- 11
Once the tomato mixture is cooked well and is thickened to a paste consistency, add in the cooked foxtail millets and gently toss everything together
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 12
Close it with a lid, cook for 5 minutes and let the foxtail millet absorb all the the tomato mixture flavour into it
foxtail millet(1/2 cup) - 13
Serve the Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice) along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Recipe and Elai Vadam Recipe for lunch
foxtail millet(1/2 cup)
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