Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice)

Step 1: To begin making Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice), we first start with cooking the foxtail millets

Step 2: Wash the foxtail millets under running tap water nicely, drain and transfer it to the pressure pan

Step 3: Add around 2 cups of water, season with salt and pressure cook for 4 whistles and keep aside

Step 4: Once cool, fluff up the cooked millets with a fork

Step 5: Now to prepare the tomato rice, heat oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds and let it crackle

Step 6: Add in the curry leaves and let it splutter

Step 7: Roughly pound the garlic cloves, ginger and fennel seeds using a pestle and mortar and add it to the pan, let it cook for a minute

Step 8: Add the sliced onions and saute until it turns translucent

Step 9: Now, add the tomatoes, green chillies, kashmiri red chilli, turmeric powder, season with salt and mix well

Step 10: Let this tomato mixture cook until it turns soft and mushy, this will take around 10 minutes

Step 11: Once the tomato mixture is cooked well and is thickened to a paste consistency, add in the cooked foxtail millets and gently toss everything together

Step 12: Close it with a lid, cook for 5 minutes and let the foxtail millet absorb all the the tomato mixture flavour into it

Step 13: Serve the Thinai Thakkali Sadam Recipe (Foxtail Millet Tomato Rice) along with Tomato Onion Cucumber Raita Recipe and Elai Vadam Recipe for lunch