Miilet Based Cooking

Basic Insight – Taste of Food is through Making it appealing to various sense organs.

What appeals to you may be quite unique. What you may find pleasant to consume may be extremely pathetic to someone else.

Still we can hope to create some recipes that many people will like.

Here are some traditional know recipes . Hopefully you will find many of them decently palatable and enjoyable .

To customize , you can play around the recipes and make a version of your own or discover new recipes.

Key Insight –

When people say, they like pasta , pizza, maggie or noodles, or chowmein, dosa, kheer etc what is it that they really like – Not the Main ingredient – i.e NOT The maida, aata, rice, grains, lentils etc .

What they like are the traits –

Six tastes – Sweet, Salty, Sour, Pungent, Astringent, Bitterness

Aroma – Fruity, Nutty, Fragrance like Flowers etc

Touch – Soft, Silky, smooth, Vs Rough

Sight – Presentable , color , the way it is garnished etc

These are the Basic Ingredients

to make Food Tasty, Palatable, Pleasant , Acceptable etc

Spices मसाला –

Salt – लवण – नमक –

Sweet – मीठा

Sour – खट्टा

Pungent – तीखा

Bitter – कड़वा

Aroma – सुगन्धि

Smoothness – चिकनापन

Spices मसाला – हल्दी, जीरा, धनिया, गोलकी ( मारीच ) ,मेथी, अजवाइन, लाल मिर्च, लौन्ग , इलायची, दालचीनी, जायफल ,

Salt – लवण – नमक –

Sweet – मीठा

Sour – खट्टा – Vinegar Apple Cider etc , इमली

Pungent – तीखा

Bitter – कड़वा

Aroma – सुगन्धि – Kesar, Kewda, Rose Water, Vanilla, Straberry etc

Smoothness – चिकनापन – Butter, Ghee, Cheese, Oils , Coconut, oil, Mustard Oil Etc

Some Fresh Items – करी पत्ता, टमाटर,

Those who say they want to enjoy food , what is it about the Food that they enjoy ?

Enjoyment is through the 5 Sense organs and Mind

चक्षुस् – Eye – Sight
श्रोत्रम् – Ear – Sound
घ्राणम् – गन्धम् – Smell
रसम् – Tongue – Taste
स्पर्शम् – Skin – Touch
मनस् – Mind – Feelings,Emotions

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Sweet Items

हलवा – From Millet Flower ,आटा भून लें

Millet Bhaat भात with Jaggary , Fruits ( apple, Papaya , Straberry) , Nuts ( Almonds, Cashew , Raisins, Dates ) Honey,

खीर – Like the Way Rice Kheer is made. Extra Steps. Make Millet Bhaat . Slighly grind in Pulse mode of Mixer Grinder. Then Add Milk and cook as You cook for KHEER

Add Nuts , Raisins at end .

सूजी पायस – Millet, grain. Crack slightly in Pulse mode three times, It will become SOOJI, rava. Then Rinse and wash once. Soak for 8 hours or overnight.
Strain and Roast in KADAHI ,

Add Milk two cup in 1/4 Cup of Rava . Boil till Thick .
Let Simmer and Remove from flame.

Add sugar or Honey , Jagagary or Date Syrup, or Honey

But Don’t Add honey when Hot or When Boiling

Only when Tepid warm or cool.

Rest of All

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