Bhagar Recipe - Sama Ke Chawal
Bhagar or sama ke chawal or is a filling and nutritious barnyard millet recipe that is gluten-free and perfect replacement for rice.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Barnyard millet Bhagar or Sama ke chawal
- 1 tablespoon Ghee
- 200 gm Potatoes
- 2 Green Chilies
- 2 tablespoon peanuts
- 1 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 10 curry leaves
- ½ teaspoon Rock salt sendha namak
- 2 tablespoon cilantro coriander leaves
Instructions
- Rinse one cup of Bhagar thoroughly in the water. Keep it aside.
- Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a pan and add cumin seeds, curry leaves and green chilli.
- Allow cumin seeds to splutter and green chillies will be slightly blistered.
- Add medium chopped potatoes and cook till potatoes are soft. This will take a few minutes.
- Now add rinsed and drained barnyard millet or Bhagat to it and saute for a couple of minutes.
- Add 2.5 cups of water and rock salt. Mix well, cover and reduce the heat to low.
- Cook the millets on slow heat for 7-8 minutes till all the water is absorbed and Bhagat becomes fluffy.
- Your barnyard millet pulao or khichdi is cooked. Add some roasted peanuts garnish with chopped corianders.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- In this recipe of Vrat wale sama ke chawal, I have added just potatoes. But if you are making it for the non-fasting days you can add other vegetables like beans, peas, carrots etc. That will add a lot of nutrition.
- You can use all the spices permitted for fasting recipes if you like it spicier. Ghee adds a lot of flavour to this dish. I suggest using ghee for cooking this. But for some reason, you do not want to use ghee you can use cold-pressed peanut oil. I like to avoid any refined oil in my cooking.
- I have cooked variche bhaat in a pan but if you want to use a pressure cooker or Instant pot you can definitely cook Bhagar in a pressure cooker. The only difference is cooling barnyard millet in a pressure cooker takes a lot less time to cook it for 3-4 minutes after pressure buildup.
Nutrition
Calories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 6gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 373mgPotassium: 258mgFiber: 2gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 63mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 4mg
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