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Millet Potato Rice Recipe

A delicious one pot meal made with millets and potato

Course Main Course
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Parboiled Kodo Millet / Varagu
  • 2 numbers Potato, peeled and cubed
  • 1 number Onion, peeled and thinly sliced 1
  • 1 inch piece Ginger, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 number Tomato, chopped
  • 1 tbsp Oil
  • 1/2 tsp Saunf
  • A pinch Turmeric powder
  • 1 tsp Red chili powder increase if you prefer it more spicy
  • 1 tsp Pav Baji / Channa masala powder
  • 1/2 tsp Garam masala
  • Salt to taste
  • Coriander leaves to garnish

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a small pressure cooker and add saunf.

  2. Now add onion and, ginger and garlic and saute till the onion turns translucent

  3. Add tomato and cook till mushy

  4. Now add the potato and washed millet and saute for a minute

  5. Add 1 1/2 cups water and being to boil.

  6. Then add the masala powder, red chili powder, garam masala. salt and mix well.

  7. In goes the potato too.

  8. Cover and pressure cook for 15 minutes

  9. Once the pressure releases, open the cooker and fluff up the rice gently.

  10. Serve with a garnish of coriander leaves, with a raita of your choice

Recipe Notes

    • You can use Barnyard millet / foxtail millet.
    • Pav baji masala can be repaced with sambar powder / channa masala / kitchen king Masala.