Kodo Millet Pulao/Arikelu Pulao (In Rice Cooker)

Prep & Soak Time:15min
Cook Time: 30min
Total Time: 45min
Yield: 2-3 Servings

Ingredients

1 Cup Kodo Millet/Arikelu (you can also use your choice of millet)
1/2 Cup Mixed Vegetables (chopped french beans, chopped carrots, green peas, sweet corn)
1 Medium Sized Tomato, chopped
1 Medium Sized Potato, peel & cut into cubes
1 Medium Sized Onion, thinly sliced
1 Tspn Red Chilli Powder or 2-4 Green Chillies, slit on one side ( i used red chilli powder)
Salt to Taste
1/8 Tspn Turmeric Powder
1/2 Tspn Gingergarlic Paste
1/4 Tspn Black Cumin Seeds(Shahjeera)
1 Small Cinnamon(Dalchini) Stick
2 Green Cardamom(Ellachi) Pods
1-2 Bay Leaves
Few Curry Leaves (Karivepaku)
2 Cups Water
1/4 Tspn Garam Masala Powder
1 Tblspn Oil

Directions

• Wash kodo millet under running water & transfer to a rice cooker (drain water completely before adding). Add 2 cups of water into kodo millet & allow it to soak for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a pan on medium flame, add shahjeera, ellachi, bay leaves, dalchini, curry leaves & saute for a minute. 
• Now add sliced onion & saute until they turn translucent. 
• Now add the veggies, potato & mix well. Saute for 3-5 minutes. 
• Add gingergarlic paste, salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, garam masala powder & saute for a minute. 

• Turn off the flame & transfer into a rice cooker containing kodo millet, water. Mix everything well & cover with a lid. 

• Turn on the rice cooker & if needed select the correct cooking option according to your rice cooker.

• Once the kodo millet pulao is cooked, rice cooker shuts off. 
• Serve kodo millet pulao immediatetly.

Note:

• You can also use pressure cooker by following same directions. Just pressure cook for 2-3 whistles on a medium flame & turn off the flame.
• You can follow same directions for making pulao using barnyard millet, little millet, proso millet, foxtail millet.