Finger Millet Pakvannam

English name : Finger millet
Botanical name : Elusine coracana
Sanskrit name : Madhuli, Ragika
Hindi name : Maduva
Tamil name : Ragi, Kelvaragu

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Ingredients 

Finger millet granules - 1 cup
Water                     - 8 cups
Sesame oil               - 2 spoons
Mustard                  - 1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds             - 1 tsp
Pepper powder          - 1 tsp
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chilly              - 1
Onions                    - 2 chopped
Curry leaves            - few
Coriander leaves       - few
Tomato                   - 2 chopped
Asafetida                - 1 pinch
Salt                       - to taste
Preparation

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• Heat the ghee in a shallow tawa.
• Add mustard seeds in it and let it pop.
• Then add cumin seeds, pepper, chilly, asafetida and curry leaves to it respectively.
• Sauté it for few seconds.
• To it add chopped onions and tomatoes.
• Sauté it till the tomatoes are cooked.
• Then add 3 cups of water into it.
• Add salt in the water and let it dissolve.
• When water begins to boil, add the finger millet granules to it.
• Cook till done.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.
• Serve hot.

Indications

• It balances 3 doshas
• Cools the body
• It binds the stools
• It detoxifies the body
• It is pathya (whole some diet)

Specially indicated in -

• Heart diseases
• Diabetes
• Obesity
• Excessive sweating
• Ascitis
• Renal stones