Varagu rice                    : 2 cups

Fenugreek seeds            : 1/4 cup

Salt     as needed

Oil of your choice

Soak varagu & fenugreek seeds for an hour. Drain it and grind it to a smooth paste. Add water as needed to make a smooth batter (dosa consistency). Add salt and mix well.

Heat a dosa tawa pour a ladlefull of the batter in the laddle and spread it evenly to make thin dosa. Drizzle some oil on the sides. 

Cook it and flip it over to cook the other side also.  Remove from the tawa. Repeat the process with the remaining batter.  Healthy and tasty Varagu dosa is ready! Serve it with your favourite chutney!!

Note: I didn't add urad dal to this. If you wish you can add 2 tablespoons of urad dal to this and grind. Then the dosa will be more soft and tasty! 

Kodo millet is very nutritious with high amount of antioxidants and fiber.  I'm trying a pongal here with this millet , it is easy and tasty. You can also try this dish.

Ingredients:

• Varagu arisi / kodo millet                    : 1/2 cup
• moong dal                                            : 2 tbsp
• Water                                                   : 2 1/4 cup
• Salt to taste
• Ghee                                                     : 1 tbsp
• Oil                                                        : 1 tbsp 
• Peppercorns slightly crushed               : 1 tsp
• Cumin seeds                                        : 1/2 tsp
•  Ginger finely chopped                        : 1tsp
• Green chillies finely chopped              : 1 tsp
• Cashews                                               : 5 nos
• Curry leaves                                         : 1 sprig

Method:

• Slightly roast the moong dal. No need to roast the millet.
• Wash the millet and dal,  pressure cook adding  2 and a quarter cup of water  and salt for 4 whistles. Cool and open the cooker and mix it well keep aside.
• In a kadai heat  oil, fry pepper,  cumin seeds, cashew & curry leaves   Then add the chopped ginger and green chilles to this and pour it over the millet dal mixture. Cook  it again for 2 mins and switch it off. Add ghee and mix it well. The pongal is ready to serve. Serve it with coconut chutney & sambhar!!

Ingredients:

• Samai/chamai                                       : 1 cup
• Cooked tur dal                                      : 1/2 cup
• Tamarind paste                                     : 1 tsp
• Turmeric pdr                                         : 1/8 tsp
• Sambhar powder                                   : 1 tsp heapful
• Veggies( carrot, beans, peas& potato)  : 2 cups diced
• Pearl onion(sambhar onion)                  : 5 nos
• Tomato                                                  : 1 medium
• Ghee                                                      : 1 tbsp
• Cumin seeds                                          : 1/2 tsp
• Asafoetide pdr                                       : 1/8 tsp
• Salt to taste
• Broken red chillies                                 : 2nos
• water as required
• Curry leaves & coriander leaves

Method: 

• Wash and cook Chamai in a pressure cooker adding 4 cups of water, for 4 whistles and keep aside.
• Dice all the veggies and keep aside.
• Heat ghee in a kadai fry cumin seeds, broken red chillies and curry leaves. Then add the diced tomato, pearl onions and saute for 2 mins.  Then add diced veggies, turmeric pdr and  2 cups of water, salt, close with a lid and cook till the veggies become tender. 
• Then add the tamarind paste to this, mix well.  Boil it for 2 mins and add cooked dal, asafoetide pdr and sambhar  pdr to this mix well and finally add the cooked chamai to this. mix well.  At this stage add one more cup of water and let it cook for 3 more minutes. Check the salt.
•  Let the cooked chamai blend with the dal veggie  mixture and  switch it off adding one more spoon of ghee.   The sambhar sadham is ready! Transfer it to the serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.  Serve it hot with pappad, pickle or any desired side dish! 

• The consistency of sambhar sadham is thick semi solid. Should not be too watery or too dry. So add water according to that. 
• For saving more time you can cook the veggies in cooker also. 

Millet upma is a nutritious breakfast and easy to make. Here I made it with Varagu (Kodo millet) with onion n green chilli, you can add vegetables like carrot, beans etc...

Ingredients:

• Varagu                      : 1/2 cup
• Onion                       : 1
• Green chilli              : 1 long or 2 small
• Ginger chopped       : 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds          : 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal                   : 1/4 tsp
• Red chilli                 : 1 break into 2
• Curry leaves             : 1 sprig
• Oil                            :  2 tsp
• Salt to taste

• Wash the millet, drain and set aside.  
•  Cut the onion, green chillies and ginger  finely.
• In a pressure cooker heat oil, add mustard seeds, urad dal, red chilli, When the mustard seeds splutter add curry leaves, chopped onion, ginger and curry leaves. Saute a while and add the varagu to it,  give a quick mix and add one cup water and salt. Close the lid and pressure cook it  in a low flame for 3 whistles. Cool it, open the cooker and transfer to a serving dish, garnish with badam slices... Serve it hot! 

• You can try the same recipe with Samai rice or Kuthiravali millet etc...