English name : Finger millet
Botanical name : Elusine coracana
Sanskrit name : Madhuli, Ragika
Hindi name : Maduva
Tamil name : Ragi, Kelvaragu
Ingredients
- Finger millet granules - 1 cup
- Water - 8 cups
- Sesame oil - 2 spoons
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Pepper powder - 1 tsp
- Green chilly - 1
- Onions - 2 chopped
- Curry leaves - few
- Coriander leaves - few
- Tomato - 2 chopped
- Asafetida - 1 pinch
- Salt - to taste
Preparation
- 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.
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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
