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    Indian Style Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe

    Modified: Aug 3, 2024 Published: Aug 30, 2018 by Sravanthi Chanda. 2 Comments

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    Millet lemon rice - Traditional lemon rice with cooked millet instead of cooked rice.

    You can have this for any meal and will be a good lunch box option also. Apart from rice and wheat, we try to include millets as well in our day to day meals. So I try to make all types of traditional dishes with millet.

    If you have already cooked millet, you can do this lemon rice recipe in just 10 minutes. You can even make this with Little millet, Kodo millet or Barnyard millet. I have added detailed steps on how to cook perfect millet every time, please check it out...

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    Foxtail millet lemon rice

    Indian Style Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe

    By: Sravanthi Chanda
    Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice is a quick and refreshing dish with cooked foxtail millet, lemon juice, and a flavorful tadka of peanuts, sesame seeds, and spices. This gluten-free recipe is perfect for a healthy breakfast or lunch option.

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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Main Course
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 3
    Calories 408 kcal
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    Ingredients
      

    • 3 cups cooked millet I used foxtail millet
    • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
    • Salt to taste

    For tadka

    • 2 tablespoon ground nuts
    • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
    • 1 tablespoon chana dal
    • 1 tablespoon urad dal
    • ½ teaspoon mustard seeds
    • ½ teaspoon cumin seeds
    • ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
    • 3 green chili
    • 2 red chili
    • 10 curry leaves
    • 1 tablespoon oil
    • Pinch of Hing

    Instructions
     

    • Cook the millet and keep it aside. Leftover cooked millet can also be used.
    • To the cooked millet, add lemon juice, salt and mix it well.
    • Now, heat the pan for tadka.
    • Add oil and once it is heated well, add peanuts and let it fry for 2 minutes. If you are using roasted peanuts, you can add them at last. Else peanuts take some time to cook, so add it at the beginning.
    • Now add mustard seeds, cumin seeds, Hing, urad dal, chana dal, slitted green chili, red chili, curry leaves, and turmeric powder. Fry all the ingredients for a few minutes till they are roasted well.
    • Now add sesame seeds and let it fry for one minute and turn off the stove. Sesame seeds don't take time to cook and hence we add it at last.
    • Once the tadka is cooled down a little bit, add this to millet mixture and mix it nicely.
    • Millet lemon rice is ready to serve. It will be a good breakfast or lunch item.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 408kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 12gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.02gSodium: 159mgPotassium: 307mgFiber: 11gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 417IUVitamin C: 117mgCalcium: 73mgIron: 4mg
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    1. alana says

      November 21, 2022 at 11:56 pm

      Hi, is the daal and Urad dried raw or cooked?

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      • Sravanthi says

        November 22, 2022 at 9:07 am

        They are raw, they will fry in the oil.

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