I tasted Moraiyo at work when one of the girls I worked with, a Gujarati brought some during fasting. She had made curd rice kind of recipe with it and it tasted really good I was glad I found it in the Indian store this time.
I am unable to find the Tamil name for this grain. If anybody knows please let me know. As usual recipes are more than welcome.
Update: It is called Saamai in Tamil and Little Millet in English. Thanks for friends on FB.
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Palakkad tamil people call it 'chamai'.
ReplyDeleteIsn't 'chama' bajri?
DeleteNo, bajri is ' kambu'
DeleteA huge thank you for this interesting post. I just discovered you blog and I am loving it. Have to try out some of the cool recipes, such as pepper rice with vegetables and more!
ReplyDeleteI recently visited a restaurant in Mumbai which only uses organic ingredients, called Nico Bombay. You can check out my review here:http://shradhabhatia.com/2014/01/restaurant-review-nico-bombay/
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Cheers,
Shradha Bhatia
Barnyard millet (Hindi: Sanwa, Kannada: Oodhalu)
ReplyDeleteGujarati is called "Samo" or "Moriyo"
Marathi it is called 'bhagar' or "Vari cha Tandul"
In Hindi it is called "Mordhan" (मोरधन) or "Samvat ke chawal"
Botanical Name ::Echinochloa frumentacea
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ReplyDeleteSaalai, can be used for excellent Lemon rice and Tamarind rice too.
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