Little millet payasam - Generally for millet dishes you don't need to spend hours and hours in your kitchen. From sweets to one pot dishes, millets require very less time when compared to other dishes. Today we are going to see a simple payasam with little millets which exactly takes just 30 minutes. It's made with little millet, jaggery, milk, cashew nuts and ghee. There are two ways you can cook the millets. First one is pressure cooking the millets and the second one is cooking the millets directly in the vessel. To keep it simple, I have cooked the millets in the pressure cooker. Millet payasams could be made with any variety of milk as you like. I made it with full cream milk. You can also use skimmed milk, coconut milk or toned milk. All of these options result in creamy payasam. As this is a healthy dish, I prefer jaggery for this payasam. The plain white sugar also will taste good for this payasam. The final dish had a texture of thick payasam. If you want the payasam
Karamani rice - delicious, protein rich and healthy lunch box rice with black eyed peas or cowpeas. I got fresh karamani from the market and decided to do many varieties like poriyal, sabji and rice. If you are using dried cowpeas, you need to soak for 5 hours. The ingredients list might be lengthy, but it is easy to make within 30 minutes. In this rice, fresh karamani along with rice cooked with onions, tomatoes and mild masala paste to get fluffy and delicious rice. This rice can be served with any thayir pachadi of your choice and appalam. Make this rice once and it will be your regular dish on your lunch menu. Few tips for making Karamani sadham Regular ponni boiled rice is preferred for karamani sadham because it cooks up fluffier and less sticky than other rice varieties. Soak the rice for at least 20 minutes. Soaking helps the rice to get cooked easily ensuring each grain remains distinct and absorbs the flavourful masala. Small onions, garlic, ginger, fennel, cinnamon, cloves