Foxtail Millet - Thinai

#FoxtailMillet is known as #Thinai [ தினை ] or #thinaiArisi [ தினை அரிசி ] in Tamil. It belongs to minor #Millet.
The botanical name is Seteria italica, formerly as Panicum italicum
#FoxtailMillet is the second-most widely planted species and the most important millet in East Asia.
It has the longest history of cultivation among millet, having been grown in China since sometime in the sixth millennium BC.
Other names for foxtail millet include Italian millet, German millet, Chinese millet, and Hungarian millet.
In India, Thinai or Tinai, chamai, kavalai, kambankorai are some of the names for millet in Thamizh. Nuvanum is millet flour. The gruel made from millet, the staple food of ancient Thamizhs, is called kali, moddak kali, kuul [ koozh ], and sangati.
It is known as Korralu in Telugu, Navane in Kannada, kang in Gujarati, kang, rala in Marathi. 

All millet [ kodo, foxtail, finger. proso, pearl and little millets ] are gluten free and show high antioxidant activity.
Foxtail millet may help in controlling blood sugar and cholestrol.
Foxtail millet is a very good source of protein, iron, significant amount of calcium and other minerals.
It is also rich in fiber compared to other cereals.

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Thinai [ Foxtail Millet ]

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Millet

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Please find links to recipes prepared using millet below

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Breakfast/Dinner
Thinai dosai	Thinai dosai 1	Thinai kuzhi paniyaram
Thinai aloo boli	Thinai Pongal	Thinai Maavu dosai
Thinai Appam Kerala style	Thinai neer dosai	Thinai upma
Thinai Mudakattan dosai [ Foxtail millet balloon vine dosa ]

Snack/Savoury
Thinai pidi kozhukattai	Thinai neer kozhukattai

Dessert/Payasam
Thinai payasam	Thinai payasam 2	Thinai payasam 3
Thinai payasam 4	Thinai carrot payasam	Thinai fruit custard

Sweet/Sweet Snack/Sweet Tiffin
Thinai sweet paniyaram	Thinai Urundai	Thinai Ellu urundai
Thinai pottukadalai urundai	Thinai sakkarai pongal	Thinai murungai keerai urundai [ Foxtail millet drumstick leaf ball]

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