Thinai lemon rice | Lemon foxtail millet | Thinai elumichai sadam-Easy lunch box recipe

Cuisine Style: Ancient Tamil Nadu, south india | Preparation & Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Breakfast, Lunch or dinner recipe, diabetic & weight loss special

Ingredients

• Foxtail millet [Thinai]– 1 cup
• Water – 1 ¼ to 1 ½ cup
• Green chilli – 1 [Slit]
• Dry red chilli – 1
• Curry leaves – 1 spring
• Cashew nuts – 6
• Ground nut – 2 tbsp [roasted, peeled]
• Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
• Lemon – 1 or lemon juice – 2 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp
• Bengal gram – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Asafetida a pinch
• Salt to taste
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Gingelly oil – 1 tbsp

Method

• Boil Foxtail millet & spread over the plate to cool.
• Heat pan, pour oil add mustard seed & let it splutter.
• Then add Bengal gram, urad dal, cashew nuts, ground nuts, green chilli, dry red chilli, ginger, turmeric powder, asafetida and curry leaves sauté.
• Add cooked foxtail millet, salt & mix well. Then add lemon juice mix well.
• Pour Gingely oil mix well & cut off heat, serve hot with chutney or pickle.

Thinai elumichai sadam