Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam

Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam

About this recipe

"Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam is a wholesome South Indian delicacy made with nutritious foxtail millet, offering a perfect balance of taste and nutrition."

Thinai (Foxtail Millet) Sambar Sadam is a healthy recipe prepared with foxtail millet, toor dal, fresh vegetables, tamarind, aromatic spices, and other wholesome ingredients. Rich in dietary fibre, plant-based protein, iron, vitamins, and essential nutrients, it provides a nourishing, filling, and satisfying meal option while delivering the authentic taste and wholesome goodness of foxtail millet in every spoonful.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups foxtail millet
  • 1 cup toor dal
  • 1 gooseberry size tamarind
  • 2 cups chopped vegetables
  • 1/2 cup shallots
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • To roast and grind:
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 2 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 1 tsp toor dal
  • 1/4 tsp fenugreek seeds
  • 1 tsp raw rice
  • 5 normal dry red chillies
  • 3 kashmiri dry red chillies
  • 1/4 cup coconut

Tempering:

  • 2 tsp oil
  • 1 tsp mustard seeds
  • 5 cashews
  • 2 dry red chillies
  • 1/2 tsp asafoetida powder
  • 1 string curry leaves
  • 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves

Instructions

Step 1

Extract the juice from the soaked tamarind. (You will get about 3/4 cup of tamarind water since you soaked them in 1 cup water).
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Step 2

In a pan add oil, coriander seeds, toor dal, red chillies, rice, fenugreek seeds, saute 2 to 3 minutes... Then add coconut, once the coconut turns slight golden brown color, turn off the flame. Let it cool for 5 minutes and then grind them to a smooth paste.
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Step 3

Wash and soak millet and toor dal for 1-2 hours.Pressure cook millets and toor dal together.Cooking them together saves time.. You will need approximately 6 cups of water to cook millets+dal combined together. Adjust measurements accordingly.
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Step 4

Take a wide bottomed pan and heat a tsp of oil... Add the chopped veggies one by one and keep sauteing... After 2-3 minutes add 2 cup of plain water... Let the veggies get cooked in plain water for approximately 5 minutes...
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Step 5

Now is the time to mix thick tamarind extract to the pan.. Cook 5 minutes...Add salt,sambar masala turn the flame low...

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Step 6

The consistency of sambar will be a bit thick.You will get a fine aroma of coriander seeds and sambar will start to thicken further...
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Step 7

This is the time to add sambar to the pressure cooked millets+dal mixture
Keep on stirring and within 10 minutes you will get the perfect consistency of sambar rice. Adjust salt... It has to be slightly runny...
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Step 8

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, red chillies, cashews, asafoetida and curry leaves. Let them splutter.Add this on sambar sadham... Garnish with coriander leaves before serving...

Step 9

Appalam,Vadaam or potato fry is the ideal combination of sambar sadham.

References-courtesy cook pad.
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