Millet rava recipe with step by step instructions and photos. This article guides you how to make millet sooji at home easily.
I am a person, who loves to make flour, rava etc. at home rather than buying. Millets have become one of the staples at my home, with which we usually cook plain millet, millet pulao, make into batter for idly etc. Now a days i am also making millet rava, with which i can make millet rava upma, millet rava idly etc. Since then i replaced normal store bought rava with millet rava.
Millet rava is very easy make at home, it just requires little pre preparation. Once you make this rava, you can use it for a month and make dishes of your choice. In our busy days, we always cannot cook healthy food for our family, this rava is one of the options to make a healthy satisfying meal. I usually cook upma adding in lot of vegetables, and it just goes well for anytime of the day.
I think millet rava is a healthier option than normal rava and also wheat rava. We can also make a lot of dishes using millet rava, and there is no compromise in taste too. I am a big fan of vegetable upma, now i love to make upma using this rava and have it guilt free.
Why millet rava is better than normal store bought rava?
Store bought rava comes to our plates by being processed in factories, and we do not know what kind of processing it goes through. Where as millet rava, we can make this at home easily. Millets are easily available in grocery stores now a days, buy the millet and make our own rava.
As i mentioned before, millets have more nutrient profile when compared to rice and wheat. So, millet rava is healthier than any other rava. We can make rava using any millet, and try making recipes nd enjoy. So, we get to include all the millets into our diet. I feel millet rava tastes better than normal rava and hence there is no compromise in the taste.
Millet rava – making procedure
First, take the millet into a bowl( i have taken 1 cup) and wash it well for 2 to 3 times. Soak in water for 6 to 8 hours or overnight.
After soaking, remove the water and let it drain for 5 to 10 minutes. So, the remaining water can drain out from millet.
Put the millet on a cloth( i used towel), spread the millet and let it dry for 3 to 4 hours.
Once the millet is well dried, then roast it for 2 to 3 minutes in low flame. It ensures to remove any moisture in the millet, let it cool.
Then take some millet to a mixer jar, and pulse it for 4 to 5 times.
Take this pulsed millet into a medium sized sieve, and sieve it. Some finely broken millet comes through the sieve.
Put the leftover millet in the sieve into the jar(second round of pulsing), and pulse it and sieve. Continue pulsing and sieving for 3 rounds, by then millet will be broken into rava.
Millet rava is ready. Store it in an air tight container.
Recipes using millet rava
- Millet rava upma is one recipe which i frequently make, it is so simple to make on any busy days.
- We can also make rava idly by just replacing normal rava with millet rava.
- Sweets like kesari, kheer tastes great when me make using this rava.
- Basically, we can make all the recipes we make using normal store bought rava.
Notes
- Do not forget to soak the millet for at least 6 hours. Millet requires more soaking to remove anti-nutrients.
- Try to use un polished millet to make this rava, here i have used the same.
- Grind the millet in pulse mode, else it might become very fine like flour.
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