Little Millet[Samai] Vegetable Soup Recipe
Yesterday, I started the Mega Blogging Marathon with the Ragi flakes, dry fruits and nuts Ladoo and today it is a savory dish using another millet- Samai.
Here is what this millet is known as in other languages…
Little Millet -Scientific Name- Panicum sumatrense,Samai [Tamil], Kutki [Hindi], Samo, Jungle rice.
This is a very simple dish, one that can be had as a breakfast dish or as a soup! Just adjust the consistency and have it as a thick porridge for breakfast or as a thin soup!!
I just put everything into a pressure cooker and cooked it. You can add vegetables of your choice. I added sambar powder but you can add any other spice mix of your choice.Also I did not add tomato.You can add it if you prefer.
The best part of this soup / porridge is that it has zero oil!! 
Here is how to prepare Little Millet[Samai] Vegetable Soup Recipe
A healthy dish with millets and Vegetables that can be serves as a soup / as a savory porridge.
- 1/4 cup Samai / Little Millet
- 1/4 cup Chopped vegetables
- 1/8 cup Soaked channa
- 1 teaspoon Sambar Powder
- Salt to taste
- Coriander leaves to garnish
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Take the all the ingredients [except the coriander leaves] in a pressure cooker
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Add 1 - 11/2 cups water and mix well. Bring to a boil
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Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles.
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Open the cooker once the pressure releases.
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Serve hot, garnished with coriander leaves.
- I used carrots, beans and green peas
- You can also add tomatoes
- Add any masala to suit your taste
This dish is for Blogging Marathon #87, where I have chosen to showcase Millets as the main ingredient
Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM# 87
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looks fabulous delicious combination of favours
PJ you are a good girl , serving us all healthy food during this marathon unlike me serving not so healthy !
The soup looks great with the goodness it has .
I love hearty soups like this, PJ. Wonderful idea.
Such a healthy & fulfilling soup, i often make kanji with millets . But making it as soup sounds so inviting !!! Good Share,PJ
That is such a hearty and simple dish. Love the use of Miller’s with veggies in there. Looks so colorful and delicious.
such a filling and healthy samai soup to indulge in the morning,love the addition of sambhar pd to this soup giving it a south Indian flavor. I love one pot one-shot recipes like this one . wonderful recipe choice again Pj 🙂
This makes a light, filling and healthy meal for any meal of the day. I guess this falls under vrat ka khana as well.
That is one filling bowl of soup and a great way of adding saamai in diet.
hahahah lol on Vaishali’s comment, I was just about to mention the very healthy nature of these soups..will surely bookmark for later when cooking with millet PJ..
I made pulao, khichdi etc with little millet but never tried soup. The soup looks healthy and filling with all those vegetables in there.
Wow.. Soups with millets is just awesome. I am surely trying this out.. Bookmarked!!
love these kind of one pot soups. I make most of them via pressure cooker only ! healthy and oil free 🙂
Am sure this soup will definitely fill some hungry tummies easily with less efforts. Such a hearty, healthy and comforting soup for the sure.
My kind of stew. These are filling and satisfying. Love the addition of sambar powder.
That is such a satisfying meal in itself PJ! Looks so amazing and this would work great for me as just vegetable soups keeps me hungry. The addition of millet would definitly keep me filled up and I would not be hunting around for more carb.
That looks yumm pj!!! I too make this many times, keep changing the millet everytime!!! Healthy, hearty and wholesome meal!
Soup looks very healthy and comforting..