That’s an excellent to be modified Veena. Please share the pic of your cooker. Would love to see it
Quick kodo millet brinji is a millet base one pot meal with vegetables, cooked in coconut milk and is mildly flavoured with bay leaves and served with appalam
For day 2 of blogging marathon in A-Z series, I have cooked this quick Kodo millet brinji. This brinji rice is served at many weddings in Tamilnadu. It is a mildly favoured rice with lots of vegetables and cooked in coconut milk
When I first heard the name Brinji in the menu of a wedding, I thought it must be brinjal. But the caterer said it was vegetable brinji rice. That confused me all the more that why would anyone name it as vegetable brinjal rice. It is a fact that it is only a vegetable .i was not very inclined towards eating brinjal or eggplant that day and I asked him not to serve me. But the caterer insisted that I taste it and gave me a very small portion. Even before I ate, the flavour took me by surprise. I was pleasantly surprised that no brinjal was seen in the rice. Then KK explained it to me that it was vegetable rice mildly flavoured with bay leaf and cooked in coconut milk. Now I knew why they named it as brinji rice. Bayleaf in Tamil is called as brinji.
Now the challenge is to change this to a millet recipe. The colour of brinji rice is almost whitish. So I ruled out foxtail millet since it gives a yellowish tinge. I wanted to use either Kodo millet which is also known as varagu or little millet which is known as samai. I zeroed in on Kodo millet because I feel its size is good for a rice dish. This quick Kodo millet brinji can be cooked over a stove top, in a pressure cooker or an electric pressure cooker with ease. I have cooked it in both pressure cookers-the stove top and electric pressure cooker.
Here is the link for brinji rice with basmati rice in a pressure cooker
This quick video will show you the ease of cooking this quick Kodo millet brinji in wonderchef nutripot which is an electric pressure cooker
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Clean and wash the millets. Keep aside |
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Dice the vegetables and keep aside |
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Put the instapot/Nutripot on the SAUTE MODE |
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Add ghee to the inner pot of the nutripot/instapot |
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when the ghee gets heated up add the cumin seeds and let it sizzle |
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Now add the green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaves in the order |
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Now add the green chillies and onion and continue to cook on saute mode for few seconds |
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Now add the ginger garlic paste and saute |
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Now add the diced bell pepper, carrots, cauliflower and peas. Mix well |
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Now add the washed kodo millet and mix well. |
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Add 1 cup of thick coconut milk |
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Add 1/2 cup of water. Mix well |
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Add mint leaves and salt. Mix well . CANCEL THE SAUTE MODE |
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Close the lid of the nutripot. Keep the vent in the seal position. Cook on manual for 5 minutes. Let the pressure release naturally |
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Once the pressure has released, open the lid carefully and fluff it up. Transfer the brinji to a serving bowl and serve warm |
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That’s an excellent to be modified Veena. Please share the pic of your cooker. Would love to see it
Coconut milk adds a lot of flavor to the dish and converting into a ‘millet’ recipe definitely makes it an healthier option over the traditional brinji.
You are tempting me enough with your healthy recipes>Brinji sounds tasty
Millets in coconut milk sounds amazing. That is a perfect balance between nutrition and taste. Bookmarking this!!
I am yet to start using kodo millets. The dish looks delicious Veena
Ah ! I get it now.. Didnt know Brinji was bay leaf in tamil ! this quick, one pot meal has me interested !
Hahaha, that was a nice confusion Veena. The millet version of the brinji looks awesome.
I was also confused, Veena about brinji rice. Now I know that Brinji in Tamil is bay leaf. Sounds like a flavorful dish with coconut milk and kodo millet
The Brinji with millets sounds very interesting , I am sure the coconut milk added to the flavour . We have a Sindhi Brinji too – but I really don’t know why that’s called so !
Brinji is my all time favorite. During last April marathon, I made this for alphabet B. I like the idea of making it with kodo millet. Very nice.
Never heard of kodo millet brinji before but sounds very interesting and looks tempting! Thank you for sharing!
Never heard and work with kudo millet.. its new for me.. recipe looks so tasty and healthy.
Loved it
I too thought brinji rice means brinjal must be here. Awesome find and the way you have replaced rice here simply awesome
Like everyone reading the title, I too thought it is brinjal.. good to know another name for Bay leaf.. It must have been a flavourful treat.. loved this one too without rice.
nice
That’s an excellent to be modified Veena. Please share the pic of your cooker. Would love to see it
Coconut milk adds a lot of flavor to the dish and converting into a ‘millet’ recipe definitely makes it an healthier option over the traditional brinji.
You are tempting me enough with your healthy recipes>Brinji sounds tasty
Millets in coconut milk sounds amazing. That is a perfect balance between nutrition and taste. Bookmarking this!!
I am yet to start using kodo millets. The dish looks delicious Veena
Ah ! I get it now.. Didnt know Brinji was bay leaf in tamil ! this quick, one pot meal has me interested !
Hahaha, that was a nice confusion Veena. The millet version of the brinji looks awesome.
I was also confused, Veena about brinji rice. Now I know that Brinji in Tamil is bay leaf. Sounds like a flavorful dish with coconut milk and kodo millet
The Brinji with millets sounds very interesting , I am sure the coconut milk added to the flavour . We have a Sindhi Brinji too – but I really don’t know why that’s called so !
Brinji is my all time favorite. During last April marathon, I made this for alphabet B. I like the idea of making it with kodo millet. Very nice.
Never heard of kodo millet brinji before but sounds very interesting and looks tempting! Thank you for sharing!
Never heard and work with kudo millet.. its new for me.. recipe looks so tasty and healthy.
Loved it
I too thought brinji rice means brinjal must be here. Awesome find and the way you have replaced rice here simply awesome
Like everyone reading the title, I too thought it is brinjal.. good to know another name for Bay leaf.. It must have been a flavourful treat.. loved this one too without rice.
nice