[Please share yours too] Healthier (alternate) recipes
However, the other day (currently I am in a semi rural area) we got to discussing millets like Kezhavaragu, Panji pullu, Ragula, Raagi, Naachni/नाचणि, mandia jau/ଓଡ଼ିଆ ମାଣ୍ଡିଆ ଜାଉ, marwa/ আঙুল বাজরা.
The healthier alternatives to glutenous grains like wheat or starchy rice were being discussed.
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Sorghum/ White millet/ jowaar (jawaar) and pearl millet/Bajra too came up during the discussions.
Many porridge like or soup/ curry like recipes, besides 'khichadi' or other dishes exist ... from region to region or culture to culture.
But we are often unaware of the range of uses the millets can be put to, or the dishes which others use.
May be we can share some of those hereunder¡!¿?
For example
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👆🏽This happened🙂 spur of the moment. But turned out fine👌🏽.
We did not have mortar-pestle or wet grinder.
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Someone had suggested that the batter would still rise, so long as 'urad' (pulses/ daal) is there.
But we replaced the rice with raagi.
Had to make do with a mixer/grinder and thus the raagi particles were probably not as fine as needed.
But still looked (shade of purple instead of whitish) and tasted good.🙂
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Jolada rotti/ jowar roti/ bajra bhakri - tortillas made from bajra flour, north Karnataka famous dish...
U can search for jolada rotti recipes...
The preparation is bit different than that of normal chapatis we make...
Thanks a lot for sharing this.
Noted down the names🤍
And now going to check with few of our acquaintances, beside looking it up on-line.
Looks more 'saatvik' and mellow for the digestive tract too.💙
Jolada rotti with yennegai ( brinjal gravy) and hesarukalu palya (green gram) with some fresh raw methi leaves cucumber salad is delicious...
Ragi should be cooked well in whatever preparation it is used. If not it can cause indigestion n bloating...
Ragi dosa:
Ragi flour 3 or 4 cups
urad dal (soaked n grinded)batter 1 cup
Salt as per taste n always add it just before preparing dosas...applies to normal dosa batter too...
Mix this n keep it for an hour or so, not more than that, it turns sought of sour...
Additionally add
Onion finely chopped
Green chillies finely chopped
Carrot grated 1-2tbsp
Make dosas, cook it both sides properly....serve it some tomato or peanut chutney, best breakfast for weight conscious people... 
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Or at-least (partially) replace some of the ingredients with baajra/ pearl millet.
So that is going to be the next experimentation.
(Baajra also has hot 'taaseer'. It is thus beneficial to consume in cold weather).
Please add to the collective knowledge base (of Homo sapiens) and share what all dishes or healthier alternatives you know of or have tried.