This time I shared simple and easy recipe of samak rice or samak jeera rice recipe which is probably the best option for the Navratri period. To make this samak jeera rice recipe, cooked barnyard millet in water with salt and cumin seeds. You can serve this jeera samak rice recipe along with aloo ki sabzi, farali kadhi recipe or masala curd.
Barnyard Millet is tiny, white and round grains belongs to millet family. In Indian we cannot consume cereal grains in fasts. So Samvat or samak is a very popular and healthy ingredient for farali recipes. It is sticky once it is cooked and stays a bit soggy. They are somewhat like smaller versions of saboodana look wise. The other Indian names for barnyard millet are Vari, Varai, Sanwa, Samwa and Swang.
Barnyard millet is an appropriate food for patients intolerant to gluten causing celiac disease. This millet is good source of B-complex vitamins.
Here you can check other farali or vrat ki recipe such as Aloo ka Halwa, apple kheer, orange kheer, apple ka halwa, lauki ki barfi, farali aloo poori, Farali jeera aloo, farali arbi stir fry and more.
Collection of farali or fasting recipe
Ingredients
1 Cup Barnyard Millet or Samak Rice
1 Tsp. Jeera or Cumin Seeds
Rock Salt to Taste
1 Tsp. Lemon Juice
2 Tbsps. Desi Ghee
2 Tbsps. Coriander, Chopped for garnishing
How to make Samak Jeera Rice Recipe:
Wash and soak barnyard millet in water for 15-20 minutes. Drain the water and keep aside. Take a non-stick pan and add ghee. Add cumin seeds and saute till to splutter. Add barnyard millet and roast in ghee just for 1 minute. Add 3 cups of water and rock salt and mix well. Cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium flame till to cooked. Add lemon juice and coriander leaves for garnishing and mix well. Remove from the flame and serve hot samak jeera rice as side dish.
Samak Jeera Rice Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Barnyard Millet or Samak Rice
- 1 Tsp. Jeera or Cumin Seeds
- Rock Salt to Taste
- 1 Tsp. Lemon Juice
- 2 Tbsps. Desi Ghee
- 2 Tbsps. Coriander, Chopped for garnishing
Instructions
- Wash and soak barnyard millet in water for 15-20 minutes. Drain the water and keep aside.
- Take a non-stick pan and add ghee. Add cumin seeds and saute till to splutter.
- Add barnyard millet and roast in ghee just for 1 minute. Add 3 cups of water and rock salt and mix well.
- Cover and cook for 10 minutes on medium flame till to cooked.
- Add lemon juice and coriander leaves for garnishing and mix well.
- Remove from the flame and serve hot samak jeera rice as side dish.
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I have been really tempted to pick up barnyard millet, but never tried it since I am not sure how much my folks would take it… looks like a nice option if we want to replace rice…
Looks like rice rava upma but a healthier one.
Incredible jeera rice with samak, wowwing here.. Too good Preeti, what a lovely twist to the usual jeera rice.
I am using barnyard millet this week and loving it. Very flavorful way to serve it.
Beautiful bowl of samak rice. What a great recipe to enjoy during fasting!
I have never tried barnyard millet before as we get only 1 type of millet here in regular supermarket and it is not the section of the Indian market I have ever really investigated before – next time I will have to check what varieties of millet we get here
Great alternative to rice. This is perfect for the fast time and also for weight watchers. Great share Preeti.
That is such a simple yet so healthy & nutritious dish. I have recently started enjoying millet and this will be a great easy recipe to try.
I was looking to see what I can make for my lunch and now I know what to make. I love barnyard millet and this will be perfect for my afternoon lunch 🙂
I havent tried this millet yet, but the dish is tempting me to try soon. Good one
Now this is one brilliant twist Preeti, will surely try this myself..I have the millet and have only used it in south indian style dishes..
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