Varagu Arisi Pulao Recipe | Kodo Millet Pulao ~ Millet Recipes

After hearing all the healthy benefits of millets I have started using millets atleast once in a week and I must say it is perfect way to substitute rice. I have made quinoa which a type of millet only available here and we love them . I found Kodo millet in a punjabi grocery store and immediately picked them to give it a try. This is the first time am trying varagu/ kodo millet , I have made many dishes using Thinai/ foxtail millet but kodra / kodo is the first time. This millet is very tiny and white in color , they perfectly taste similar to rice and very healthy. For my first Try I made this vegetable pulao with kodo millet and we enjoyed it a lot.  Now lets move on to this healthy pulao recipe.

Varagu Arisi Pulao

Category	Preparation time	Cook Time
Millet Recipes	15 mins	20 mins

  Ingredients 

  Varagu/ kodo Millet – 1 cup

  Onion – 1/4 cup ( chopped)

  Vegetables – 1/2 cup ( I used potato, carrot, beans)

  Green chillies – 3 nos

  Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp

  Bay leaf – 2 no

  Cinnamon stick – 1 stick

  Cloves -2 nos

  Cardamom – 2 nos

  Salt to taste

  Oil – 2 tbsp

  Coriander leaves – 2 tbsp ( chopped)

  Method 

• Wash and soak varagu millet for 15 mins. In a sauce pan heat oil add bay leaf, cardamom, cinnamon stick, cloves.
• Add onion and saute them till translucent, then add ginger garlic paste and saute them well.
• Add green chillies , chopped vegetables, salt   and saute them well.
• Then drain the water from varagu and add the varagu arisi to the vegetables and saute them well for a while.
• Transfer the mixture to a rice cooker , add 2 cups of water and cook them in rice mode.
• If cooking in pressure cooker  cook till 2-3 whistles.
• After the pulao is cooked add coriander leaves and serve them hot with raita.