Thinai is a type of millet that is grown in southern India. It's a traditional crop known as foxtail millet. It is healthy and nutritious, and we can make a variety of south Indian breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. However, thinai kozhukattai is a healthy and tasty savoury item; typically, a variety of kozhukattai is prepared on Ganesha Chaturthi.
- Millet - ½ cup
- Cooking oil - 1 tsp
- Mustard - ½ tsp
- Urad dal - ½ tsp
- Curry leaves - few
- Dry chilli - 1
- Asafoetida powder - 1 pinch
- Salt - As required
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Add ½ cup of millet to a pan.
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Keep it on low flame and fry until fragrant.
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Then let it cool and add it to the mixer and grind it.
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Heat a tablespoon of oil in a pan and add ½ tsp of mustard, ½ tsp of urad dal, a dry chilli, a pinch of cardamom and a pinch of asafoetida powder.
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Add a cup of water to it and boil it.
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Add the required amount of salt to it.
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When the water boils, add the ground millet.
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Keep on low flame and stir till it thickens a bit.
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Then turn off the stove, cover it and let it cool.
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After it cools down a bit, pour it into a bowl and knead it once.
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Roll it into small balls and press it with four fingers.
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Place the prepared kozhukattai on an idli plate or steamer plate greased with oil.
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Pour water into the idli pan and heat it, place the idli plate and cook for 10 – 15 minutes.
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Delicious millet kozhukattai is ready.