Samvat rice also known as sama rice or samak ke chawal or barnyard millet. It’s an ancient grains which are gluten free as well as diabetic friendly. Millets are rich in protein and anti-oxidant grains. Samak grains are allowed during fasting days and also known as vrat ke chawal.
You can use sama grain in various dishes like kheer, khichdi, upma, chillas, dosas, idli, tikkis and many more. You can substitute samak rice with regular rice or rava.
To make samak rice kheer, just cooked washed samak in milk with dry nuts and cardamom powder. You can serve chilled or warm whatever you prefer. The taste and texture are familiar to rice kheer.
Sama Chawal ki Kheer | Barnyard Millet Pudding
Preparation Time: 10 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes Servings: 4 Category: Sweets Cuisine: Indian Farali Cooking Method: Simmering
Ingredients 1 Liter Milk 2/3 Cup Samak Rice/ Barnyard Millet 1/2 Cup Sugar Few Strands of Saffron 2 Tbsps. Almonds, Finely Chopped 2 Tbsps. Raisins 1 Tbsp. Pistachios 1/2 Tsp. Cardamom Powder
Instructions Clean and wash the samak rice in water. Drain the whole water and keep aside. Boil the milk in heavy bottom pan. When milk starts boiling, add samak rice in milk. Stir it and cook on low flame. Stir continuously to avoid stick at the bottom of the pan. Wash and soak the raisins in water for 10 minutes to remove dust. Cut the pistachios and almonds into small pieces. Add saffron, nuts and cardamom powder into milk. Now milk consistency becomes thicken and rice and milk combines together. Add sugar and stir it. Cook for 5 minutes more till to sugar dissolves. Now kheer is ready to serve. Garnish with more nuts and serve chilled.
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