Browntop_Millet_Sweet_Bread

#BrowntopMilletSweetBread :

#BrowmntopMillet is also called #AmericanMillet.

It is known as #Kulasamai or Palapul in Thamizh.

It is called #Peddasamai or #korle in Kannada.

The nutritional value of brown top millet from a table depicting nutritional value of millet in Indian Institute of Millet Research website is given below :
per 100 gm of Brown top millet contains

11.5 g Protein, 12.5 g fiber, 4.2 g minerals, 0.65 mg iron and 0.01 mg calcium. 

The fiber in brown top millet is the highest among millet. Also compared to rice and wheat the fiber content is far far higher in brown top millet. So this millet roots out problems in digestive system.

Browntop millet has a distinct aroma and tastier than normal rice.

Millet has to be soaked for a minimum of two hours before cooking to reap full nutritional benefit.

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Here I am presenting another sweet bread recipe from Browntop millet.

The preparation involves two stages

• Soaking and grinding
• Steam cooking the prepared dough

Soaking Time                   : 2 hours

Preparation Time             : 15 - 20 mins

Steam cooking Time       : 15 - 18 mins

Ingredients :
1/2 Cup + 1 Tbsp	Browntop millet [ American Millet ]
1/3 Cup	Coconut scrapings
1/4 Cup	Jaggery [ adjust ]
1/4 Tsp	Salt
5 - 6	Dried Dates [ Raisins ]
5 - 6	Almond [ optional ]
2 Tsp	Chironji [ Sara paruppu ]
8 - 10	Dried grapes [ kismis ]
2 - 3	Cardamom
a small piece	Nutmeg
1/4 Tsp	Cinnamon powder [ optional ]
1 Tsp	Fennel [ Sounf ]
1 Sachet [ 5 g ]	Eno Fruit salt

1/2 Tsp of ghee to grease the steaming vessel/pan.

Method :

Soaking and Grinding :

Take 1/2 cup of Browntop millet [ Kulasamai ] in a vessel and wash once with water.

Soak in water for two hours.

Take 1 Tbsp of Browntop millet [ Kulasamai ] in a small bowl and rinse it with water once. Soak it with 2 Tbsp of water for 1 1/2 hours. After 1 1/2 hours pressure cook in a cooker for a whistle at HIGH and then reduce the flame to SIM and cook for 7 minutes.

Take out the cooked Browntop millet [ Kulasamai ] after the pressure cooker ran out of steam. Let it cool down to room temperature.

Heat 2 - 3 teaspoon of water in a vessel on slow flame and put in smashed jaggery and dissolve. Turn off once jaggery completely gets dissolved and Strain through a filter to remove impurities. Allow to cool down to normal temperature.

Take soaked Browntop millet [ Kulasamai ] and 2 tablespoon of cooked Browntop millet [ Kulasamai ] in a mixie jar.

Blend together adding jaggery dissolved water [ Jaggery syrup ].

Grind into a coarse batter. Transfer into a big vessel. Add 1 - 2 Tsp of water into the mixie jar and clean to get the batter sticking on the inner surface of the jar. Add washed water also into the vessel containing batter. The batter should be of idli maavu [ Idli batter ] consistency { There is no problem even if the batter becomes slightly watery also }.

Add salt & Mix well.

Preparation of Dough :

Grease a flat bottomed shallow vessel/pan with ghee/oil and keep aside.

Finely chop dried dates [ raisins ] and set aside.

Take 1 Tsp of sugar, cardamom and nutmeg in a mortar and pound into a smooth powder with pestle.

Now add fennel, cardamom-nutmeg powder, cinnamon powder [ optional ].

Keep aside a small amount of chopped dried dates to decorate at the top. Add rest of them into the batter.

Keep aside chironji [ sara paruppu ] & Almond pieces to sprinkle over the top of the dough.

Next put in coconut scraping and Mix well.

The dough should be of idli maavu [ Idli batter ] consistency.

Finally add Eno fruit salt and mix well. The fruit salt produces lots of air bubbles in the dough and the volume of the dough slightly increases.

Steam Cooking the dough :

Heat an idli pot with three cups of water on a stove over high flame. Place the steamer plate in the slot inside the idli pot.

Pour the prepared dough into the greased vessel and tap gently to spread out evenly.

Sprinkle chopped dates, broken pieces of Almond, kismis and chironji over the batter.

Place the vessel/pan with dough over the steamer plate once the water starts boiling in the idli pot.

Close the idli pot with its lid and cook for 15 minutes on HIGH flame.

After 15 minutes open the lid.

Now insert a clean and dry knife or toothpick into the bread.

If it comes out clean then the bread is ready and remove the vessel from the idli pot.

If not, steam cook for another 2 - 3 minutes.

Remove the steamed bread from the idli pot.

Keep over the kitchen platform or on a table to cool down. Allow to stand for ten minutes.

After ten minutes slice the prepared bread with a clean and dry knife.

Tasty and yummy browntop millet sweet bread is ready to relish. Enjoy!!

The pieces can be stored in an airtight container after cooling down to room temperature.

The bread remains good for a day.

Note :

Add only two tablespoon of cooked browntop millet while grinding batter in the mixie. Otherwise the bread would become sticky. If some left over cooked browntop millet is there then consume it with sambar, rasam or curd.

The bread can be prepared without adding coconut scrapings also. The same measurement of ingredients holds good.

Steam cooking time depends on the volume of the dough. 

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