Postal Millet Lemon Rice Recipe-Lemon Honey

Step 1: To begin making the Lemon Millet Recipe, make sure you have some cooked millets ready

Step 2: It helps using a day old millet as the grains will be separated out well

Step 3: To cook millets, add the cup of millets in a pressure cooker, add 1-1/2 cups of water and pressure cook for couple of whistles

Step 4: Once cooked the millets should be grainy

Step 5: Keep the remaining ingredients handy, as this recipe will be made in a jiffy

Step 6: Heat oil in a heavy bottomed pan or kadai, add the mustard seeds, the urad dal and peanuts

Step 7: Allow them to crackle and the dal and the peanuts to get roasted well until it gets a golden brown color

Step 8: Do this on low to medium heat else they will get brown faster than you want them to and the peanuts will remain raw

Step 9: Once the dal is golden brown and roasted, add the curry leaves, ginger, green chillies, turmeric powder and stir for a few seconds

Step 10: Add carrots and saute for about a minute or two, till the carrots are softened

Step 11: Once the carrots are softened, add the cooked foxtail millet, sprinkle some salt and give it a good stir until all the ingredients have combined well and the millets gets well coated

Step 12: Turn the heat to low, cover the pan and allow the lemon millet to steam along with the seasonings for a couple of minutes

Step 13: After a couple of minutes, squeeze the lemon juice and give the millet a good stir

Step 14: Check the salt and spice levels and adjust to suit your taste

Step 15: Turn off the heat and stir in the chopped coriander leaves and serve

Step 16: Serve Foxtail Millet Lemon Rice Recipe along with Elai Vadam Recipe and tomato onion raita, or plain yogurt