Sorghum
is known as Jowar in Hindi, Cholam in Tamil, Jonna in Telugu, Jola in
Kannada and cholum in Malayalam. Sorghum is a powerhouse of nutrition and is a
good source of dietary fiber. According to some studies
sorghum may reduce the risk of certain cancers and also help manage cholesterol
levels. With this Sorghum we are going to learn a festival recipe, sorghum/jowar/
cholam vella puttu . Instead of rice flour we are making it with sorghum. This
is a wonderful way to include sorghum/ jowar / cholam in our diet. Let’s
go to the recipe.
INGREDIENTS
Maize
flour / makka cholam podi -
2 cups
Grated jiggery -
1 ½ cups
Boiled and
cooled water - 1 cup
Cardamom
powder - ½ tsp
Finely chopped
coconut pieces - ¼ cup
Ghee - 3 tbsps
METHOD
Heat a pan and add the Maize / cholam powder and fry it till nice aroma comes.
Mix a pinch of salt
in water and boil it and allow it to cool .
Add water little by
little in the flour and mix the flour so that the flour should be wet and not
like a dough ,We need to steam the flour and it requires little humid, so be
careful by not adding more water .
Sieve it in a siever so
that no lumps should be there .
Now spread this mixture
in idli plate and steam for 10 to 15 minutes .
Take the cooked flour and
just whip once in a mixie( if there are any lumps it will break).
Melt jaggery in a pan
adding little water and let the juice becomes thicker.( if you are using good
quality jaggery no need to strain it , otherwise when all the jaggery melts
strain it and again let it boil .)
Now add cardamom powder ,
one tbsp of ghee and remove from flame .
Add the broken flour and
mix it well with the jaggery juice .
Meanwhile fry the finely
chopped coconut bits in the remaining ghee
till golden brown colour.
Add the fried coconut bits
and mix it well .
The delicious and healthy sorgham vella puttu/ jowar vella puttu / makka cholam vella puttu is ready .
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