The Foxtail millet recipe is easy to make and is a lip-smacking and healthy snack item made with Foxtail Millet. Foxtail millet is the second most produced millet after pearl millet and is an important food for human consumption in China, India, Korea, Japan, and Nepal. [source]
Foxtail Millet (KANGU) Vada

A lip smacking and healthy snack item made with Foxtail Millet
- 500 gms Foxtail millet rice
- 250 gms Blackgram
- 150 gms Onion
- 50 gms Green chilli
- 1 handful Curry leaves
- 5 gms Fenugreek seeds
- 10 gms Cumin seeds
- 50 gms Suji
- Salt (As per taste)
- 500 ml Oil (For frying)
- 1 handful Coriander leaves
Wash and soak foxtail millet rice in water for 4 hours in a bowl.
Mix fenugreek seeds with blackgram and soak it for 4 hours in a separate bowl.
Add little water to foxtail millet rice and grind it till it turns into paste and keep it a bowl.
Add little water to blackgram-fenugreek seeds mix and grind it till it becomes paste.
Mix both blackgram batter and foxtail millet rice batter
Ferment the mix for 4 hours. In winter, ferment it overnight.
Mix chopped onion, Suji, green chilli, coriander leafs, cumin seeds, curry leaves, salt to the fermented batter and mix it well.
Heat oil in a pan.
Make small round balls and fatten it with hand.
Deep fry it in hot oil till they turn brown in colour.
Serve hot with Sambar/chutney.
You can also prepare vada with kodo millet rice, Proso millet rice, Banyard millet rice and little millet rice with this process.
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tried this recipe and it was easy to cook and was delicious too. must try.