Apr 24 2007
Boiled Foxtail Millet : Korrannam
Korrannam = Annam made of Korralu. Nothing but boiled foxtail millet.
Korralu = Foxtail Millet. So there is your daily dose of “Telugu”.
You can get as creative as you want with these grains. But I will start with the most simplest preparation of all. The one I know from my grandmothers. Yes, back to the basics.
–procedure—————————————
- Take water 2.5 times the amount of foxtail millet. Boil the water separately in a pan. We call this “esaru pettatam”. As in giving the water a headstart to boil the foxtail millet.
- Rinse the foxtail millet thoroughly. Add the millet to the water that is boiling.
- Cook until tender and add around 1 tsp of salt. There “Korrannam” is ready. Serve hot. It does not taste very good after cooling down. I can vouch for that.Â
I chose to serve “korrannam” with buttermilk and cut raw mango pickle (Indian style made with prolific use of ginger paste, red chilli powder and mustard powder)Â – the exact same way my grandparents know.
Korrannam + Majjiga + Mamidikaya ooragaaya
Not only this I also made Mirchi ka Salan. It tasted absolutely great with Mirchi ka salan on the side 
A sumptuous meal, I say.
I bought Foxtail Millet from Wholefoods Grocery Store. Here are the nutritional facts for “millet” in general. Some interesting facts about foxtail millet consumption here.
Look what Indira writes about Foxtail Millet.
Before signing off I am glad to share with you all the 100th post of Vindu
wow
thats beautiful
and healthy too
with pickle i feeling like eating all of it now
Congratulations on the 100th post. Wishing you many more thousands of posts and looking forward to all the tasty recipes from you.
I’ll take the mango pickle. the mirchi ka salan and the buttermilk and r-u-n….
Ok, maybe I’ll try the foxtail millet. I came v close to buying it at Wild Oats the other day.
100th post, eh? Sorry I missed that earlier. Congrats!!
my looks very nutritious and yummy. must admit never had this one before. thanks for the recipe
Hi,
I like your blog very much.
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Hi Mythili,congratulations on 100th!:))
I don’t recognize the name but it is what we call Jola in K’taka.We make rottis with that flour.This looks like almost like Italian polenta! I love the photo.Looks great.
hi ur recipe is very interesting…i never heard of it…anywayz…cool recipe……cool site…
Anu – Thanks and look at who is talking ….with all those gorgeous pictures and interesting recipes your blog is really really beautiful !! And pickle can do that to oneself!
Nrcima – Thanks
Manisha – Wait !!! Take everything… there.. that’s better. And thanks a lot sweetie.
Sreelu, Vanishree – Thank you so much.
Asha – Thank you… yes and it also looks more like cous-cous. The grains are smaller than those in the photo.
Shanti – Thank you. Do try it and let me know.
Mythili – Amazing,beautiful .
I like your way of expressing, you are very creative. Keep it up.
I like your blog so much. I am not much into cooking, but looking at all these interesting,healthy recipies, now I am all ready to experiment in kitchen.
Thanks so much sweetie for such a wonderful blog. Brings back so many childhood memories.
Keep posting more and more…..
Hey sweetie, congratulations…. 100th post… wow, we should go out and celebrate over some jasmine martinis eh?
Sunita – Thanks so much!!!
Sig – We MUST celebrate. How often do you come to the Eastside? Curious? We could go out for some drinks?
Let me know what you think and we can discuss this offline.
mythili, congrats on your 100th post. it’s our 100 post anniv too at jugalbandi. that makes us cyber twins (triplets, to be more accurate), i guess. what a great 100th post. looking forward to hundreds more.
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Congrats Mythili on 100th post, you are doing a great job keeping your blog interesting and colorful. Keep it up.
Veena.
Mythili, I work in Redmond, so I come to the eastside everyday
. I’d love to meet up, send me an email.
Mythili – congratulations on your 100th post. The Korrannam looks delicious!
Congratulations on 100th post
Will look forward for more and more….
Bee – Yes we are fb (food blogging) triplets !!! Yay!!! Thanks for the wishes hon:)
Veena – Thank you so much .. your words are always great encouragement for me.
Sig – Done. Check your email.
Mandira – Thanks, thanks and thanks. And I am long due a “green blog project” post … this is my mom’s contribution and I really want to present it .. I will do it this weekend
Chandana – Thank you so much honey
mythili, congratulations on the 100th post. i think this is my first time here.
Reena – Welcome and I hope you like it here. Thanks for your wishes. You have a lovely blog and the mocktail is awesome
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