Ayurveda Recipe - Finger Millet Pakvannam

English name : Finger millet
Botanical name : Elusine coracana
Sanskrit name : Madhuli, Ragika
Hindi name : Maduva
Tamil name : Ragi, Kelvaragu

Ingredients

Finger millet granules - 1 cup
Water                     - 8 cups
Sesame oil               - 2 spoons
Mustard                  - 1 teaspoon
Cumin seeds             - 1 tsp
Pepper powder          - 1 tsp
Green

chilly              - 1
Onions                    - 2 chopped
Curry leaves            - few
Coriander leaves       - few
Tomato                   - 2 chopped
Asafetida                - 1 pinch
Salt                       - to taste
Preparation

Heat the ghee in a shallow tawa.
Add mustard seeds in it and let it pop.
Then add cumin seeds, pepper, chilly, asafetida and curry leaves to it respectively.
Sauté it for few seconds.
To it add chopped onions and tomatoes.
Sauté it till the tomatoes are cooked.
Then add 3 cups of water into it.
Add salt in the water and let it dissolve.
When water begins to boil, add the finger millet granules to it.
Cook till done.
Garnish with coriander leaves.
Serve hot.