14/05/2025
'Millets', most spoken topic of Health Industry
1. Is it just a fad?: Not at all. Millets are a part of ancient wisdom, finds its mention in yogic science and yajurveda. They are thousands of years old, known for its nutritional value.
2. Which millets are good?? Each millet offers its unique therapeutic property and nutrition profile. Hence adding diversity is important. Also we need to consider medical issues, intolerances too.
3. Can I eat millets everyday?: Yes safely but do not overdominate 1 millet in the diet..also keep adding variety of other important wholesome grains like barley, oats, rajgeera, buckwheat, local rice and so on.
4. I get bloated after eating millets, shall I still continue to eat?: No. If you are intolerant to certain millets which may result in stomach pain, bloating, acidity etc, you must avoid.
Also many a times, when we eat millets for the first time (or when the diet is only about wheat rice for many years), it takes time to build the appropriate gut microflora to digest, absorb and assimilate millets. So instead of getting into complete elimination, start adding small quantities and observe the symptoms. Allow some time for the body to help you digest newly introduced millet.
5. I am comfortable to carry phulkas in tiffin as millet roti gets too hard by afternoon lunch time: Not true
You have to excel your skills in handling millets. Depending on quality of the millet, how freshly it's ground etc, the texture of the final product may come out different. So we must change the recipe e.g. Instead of millet roti, try chilla. Use whole millets, soak with dals and make dosa or idli.
In Maharashtra, we cook the millet flour, knead and then roll out millet dough just like normal chapatis (the method is called 'Ukad'). That's exactly what I have done today and they just puff like normal chapatis. Now this keeps the rotis super soft whole day.
Think Millets, Love Millets💝
