Steps for preparation
- Boil foxtail millet in 4 cups
boiling water with salt, 1-2 green cardamom, 1-2 cloves and ½ inch cinnamon,
until the millet is three-fourth way cooked. Drain excess water and set aside.
- Chop all the vegetables into ½
inch pieces. Blanch them and keep aside.
- Roast the remaining green
cardamoms, cloves, black cardamom and cinnamon along with bay leaf and caraway
seeds in a thick-bottomed pan.
- Add tomatoes, ginger-garlic
paste, deep fried onions, carrot, French beans, and boiled green peas.
- Sprinkle salt, cover and cook on
medium heat for 2 minutes.
- Add turmeric powder, red chilli
powder, coriander powder, garam masala and mix well. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- Arrange a layer of millet at the
top over that arrange half the cooked vegetables.
- Sprinkle fried onions, lime juice, coriander leaves and mint leaves.
- Cover with a lid and cook. Let it stand for 5 minutes. Serve hot.