Millet Vegetable Pulav

As the conditions exterior starts getting chilly, our craving for warm comfort foods volition endure on the ascent too. This is ane such repast that my household unit of measurement turns to on such days. It falls somewhere betwixt a kokosnoot rice too a vegetable pulav. Originally made amongst basmati rice, but e'er since nosotros bring fallen inwards honey amongst the nutty texture of the millet over the by year, nosotros substitute rice amongst millet on many dishes. It is a wholesome repast amongst millet existence a poly peptide rich carb, too amongst add-on of the veggies, kokosnoot milk too kokosnoot crude you lot larn the whole bargain of protein, skillful carb, skillful fatty too vitamins.

• Pearl millet - 1 loving cup (preferably soaked for 3-4 hours)
• Homemade kokosnoot milk - 1 loving cup (recipe here)
• Homemade Lycopersicon esculentum glue - two Tbs. (see notes below)
• Green beans - two cups (cut into 1/2 inch pieces)
• Carrot - 1 medium (diced into 1/2 inch cubes)
• Onion - 1 medium (diced into 1/2 inch cubes)
• Bay foliage - 1
• Spice mix - 1 batch (recipe below)
• Minced ginger too garlic - 1 Tbs. each
• Cold pressed virgin kokosnoot crude - 1 Tbs.
• Turmeric pulverization - 1/2 tsp
• Sea common salt - every bit per taste
• Chopped cilantro - 1/2 cup

• Add millet along amongst a loving cup of water, one-half of spice mix, one-half of minced ginger/garlic, bay foliage too common salt to a pressure level cooker or sauce pan too compass till H2O is absorbed. 
• Millet volition entirely endure cooked 3/4th. Rest volition endure done along amongst the veggies.
• Heat kokosnoot crude on medium oestrus inwards a bigger pan too add together diced onion too remaining ginger/garlic sauté for a few seconds. 
• Add the Lycopersicon esculentum paste, diced veggies, remaining spice mix, turmeric too mix well. 
• Add kokosnoot milk cooked millet too simmer on medium oestrus till liquid is absorbed. 
• Garnish amongst chopped cilantro too serve warm.

Note 1: I am doing this inwards two steps to avoid overcooking the veggies. Another agency to accomplish that is to purpose a rice cooker for the whole process. That agency you lot tin flame foremost adding the veggies too kokosnoot milk ane time millet is 3/4th cooked

Note 2: to brand Lycopersicon esculentum paste, simmer tomatoes on low-medium oestrus till liquids are reduced. Purée inwards blender too shop refrigerated for upward to a week. You could also purpose fresh finely chopped tomatoes. 

Spice mix:

• Cinnamon - 1 inch stick
• Cloves - 5
• Cardamom - 6
• Black pepper -10

• Grind everything to a pulverization using a coffee/ spice grinder.

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