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Ingredients

• 1 cup little millet 1 cup chopped mixed vegetables (as per your choice)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 spoon cumin powder
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 green chilli slit in half
• 1 inch ginger, grated
• 1 spoon coriander powder
• 1 spoon turmeric powder
• 1 spoon oil
• Red pepper, as needed
• Salt, as needed

Procedure:

• First, wash the millets using a sieve and soak it for 10 mins.
• Heat oil and when it is hot, add ginger, garlic and green chilli. Sauté for a minute.
• Add the vegetables, chopped onions and all the spices. Mix them well and cook for 2 minutes.
• Take the drained millets and add to the pan. Add 2 cups of water and cook on medium-high.
• Reduce the heat and cook covered, with a little opening. Cook until the water is absorbed and thoroughly cook the millets. 

Ingredients

• ½ cup Little millet
• ½ cup vegetables (as per your wishes)
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 spoon lime juice
• 2 spoon grated coconut (optional)
• 2 spoon coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 cup water
• Salt – as needed



For tempering:

• 2 green chillies, finely chopped
• ½ spoon jeera
• 1 spoon grated ginger (optional)
• 2 spoons coconut oil
• Few curry leaves
• ½ spoon mustard
• A pinch of asafoetida

Procedure:

• First, you must wash the Little Millet and keep it soaked in water for 15 minutes.
• Take a pan and add oil. Then add the green chillies, mustard seeds, hing, jeera, curry leaves, ginger(optional) and fry them till the mustard splutters.
• Add the onions and sauté for two minutes until the onion turns slightly brown.
• Then, add the chopped vegetables along with some salt and sauté for 2-3 minutes until the vegetables turn softer.
• Add a cup of water and boil.
• Drain the water and add little millet along with some of the salt and mix well.
• Cover the lid and cook for around 10 minutes on medium-low flame.
• Garnish with the grated coconut and coriander leaves. Also, add the lime juice.

Ingredients

• 3 cups puffed rice flakes
• 1 cup ragi flakes
• 1 cup mix millet flakes
• 2 Tomatoes, finely chopped
• 4 potatoes, boiled and cut into small pieces
• ½ cup peanuts, roasted
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 spoons green chillies
• ½ cup amaranth & brown rice namkeen
• 3 spoons moringa leaves powder
• 3 spoons black sesame
• 2 spoons chaat masala
• 4 spoons lime juice
• A handful of fresh coriander
• 3 spoons green chutney

Procedure:

• First, take a bowl and add the ragi flakes, millets, and puffed rice flakes.
• Next, add the roasted peanuts along with brown rice namkeen and amaranth.
• Also, sprinkle the black sesame and chat masala in it.
• Now, add the tomatoes, boiled potatoes, and onions, along with the green chillies and lime juice and mix well.
• Finally, add green chutney and the moringa powder and mix all the ingredients.
• You may garnish with a few coriander leaves.  

Ingredients

For the Bajra uttapam:

• 1 cup whole white urad dal
• ½ cup Idli Rice
• ½ cup Bajra seeds
• 1 spoon Salt
• 1 spoon Methi Seeds



For the topping:

• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 spoon Cumin powder
• Pudina leaves, finely chopped

Procedure:

The batter -

• Wash the methi seeds and urad dal and soak it together in a bowl while immersed in water.
• Next, wash the bajra seeds and idli rice together and soak them in a bowl, also immersed in water.
• You must keep all of them soaked for almost 6 hours.
• After six hours, transfer the urad dal and methi seeds to a mixer after draining the water and grind to make a smooth batter.
• Transfer the drained bajra and idli rice mixture into the mixer and grind well to make a smooth batter.
• Combine the batter and mix well and allow it to ferment overnight.



The toppings -

• Combine the capsicum, onions, mint leaves green chillies, cumin powder and salt for a thorough mix.
• Pre-heat the tawa on medium-high heat and spread some of the batter in a circular motion and ensure it is like a thick pancake.
• Spread some of the toppings on the uttapam and press it to ensure it sticks onto the uttapam.
• Put some ghee all around the uttapam and flip it after a couple of minutes to cook the other side.
• There will be a golden brown colour on both sides when you can remove it.  

Ingredients

For tartlets -

• ½ cup wheat flour
• ½ cup bajra flour
• 75 grams cold butter (cut into cubes)
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 spoon caster sugar
• A pinch of salt



For filling -

• 500 ml milk
• 1 kiwi, sliced
• 1 spoon honey
• 1 mango (cut into cubes)
• 3 spoons custard powder
• ¼ cup sugar

Procedure:

• You have to preheat the oven at 100 degree Celsius. Also, keep some of the 8 tartlet moulds greased with some oil and keep aside.
• Mix the wheat flour, bajra flour, salt and sugar together.
• Add the butter cubes and mix everything so that the mixture feels like breadcrumbs.
• Next, you add the egg yolk along with some cold water to form a dough. Cover it with a film and refrigerate for half an hour.
• Make 8 small balls from the dough, form discs and place them into the tartlet moulds. You must ensure that the dough covers the mould entirely.
• You have to prick the base of the dough with a fork. Bake in the oven at 150 degree C for almost 15 minutes until they are golden and crisp.
• Warm some milk and take ¼ cup of it in a bowl and add the custard powder. Stir well and pour it into a pan and it will thicken.
• Add the sugar and continue stirring so that the custard is dense.
• Remove from the flame and add the mangoes. Next, pour the custard into the tartlets and leave it so that it will set.  

Ingredients

• ¾ cup wheat powder
• 1 cup ragi powder
• 1 onion, sliced very fine
• 1 sprig curry leaf
• 1 green chilli, finely chopped
• 1 spoon cumin seeds
• Salt, as required
• Buttermilk, as required

Procedure:

• Take a large bowl and add the ingredients one by one.
• Add the buttermilk diluted with some water. Mix well and have a smooth consistency for the batter.
• Take the dosa pan and pour some of the batter in a round shape.
• Sprinkle oil around and on the dosa and cook it.
• Flip it on the other side and cook it.  

Ingredients

• 3 cups Ragi vermicelli
• ½ spoon gram dal
• 10 Beans
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 1 Carrot
• ¼ cup fresh green peas
• Few Curry Leaves
• 3 green chillies
• ½ spoon grated ginger
• ½ spoon mustard seeds
• ¼ cup roasted peanuts
• ¼ spoon asafoetida
• 2 spoons fresh coriander
• 2 spoons Oil

Procedure:

• Cut the vegetables into small pieces and slit the chillies along its length.
• You have to soak the ragi vermicelli in water for three minutes. Drain the water and keep it aside.
• Turn on the oven and put it on Sauté mode.
• Pour some and heat it and add the gram dal and the mustard. When they splutter, add the hing, green chillies and curry leaves for some time.
• Add the onions and sauté for some time.
• Add the vegetables along with the ginger. Continue to cook for some time after adding around 2 spoons of water.
• Next, you have to add the ragi vermicelli along with some salt as needed.
• Close the lid of the pan and press the manual mode and set the timer for 5 minutes.
• Take the peanuts and roast them. Then grind them to a powder and add them.
• Remove the upma after five minutes and keep it warm.  

Ingredients

• 150 grams besan flour
• 250 grams ragi flour
• 5 grams chili
• 5 grams ginger
• 2 grams garlic paste
• 20 ml oil
• Salt, as needed

Procedure:

• The ingredients must be taken and kneaded together while adding water along with water as needed.
• When it is semi-soft, make two equal sizes.
• Take the dough into a chakli machine and make the design as your wish.
• Put the chaklis in a preheated oven with the temperature at 360°f for around 20 minutes.

Ingredients

• 2 cups of milk which is boiled, cooled and chilled
• 2 tablespoons of finger millet/ ragi flour
• 1 spoon vanilla essence
• 1 spoon cocoa powder
• Sugar to taste
• 1 cup of water

Procedure:

• Take the cocoa, ragi powder and some water in a pan and mix them well.
• Heat the pan and cook it when at a low flame.
• You must keep stirring to prevent any lumps. The consistency must be thick.
• Cool it and pour them into a mixer along with the vanilla essence, milk and required sugar.
• Blend it well and add some ice before serving.