Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 14 Serving

In our quest to find gluten-free, whole foods Jowar is an excellent alternative to rice and wheat.

Andhra Pradesh has a popular dish called the Jonna Sankati or Jowar Sankati. It is usually a dumpling made of millet flour. Here we used broken Jowar/ Sorghum to prepare it.

Wholesome, filling and healthy. It is very easy to make.

Ingredients

• Sorghum (Jowar) Grits/ Sorghum rawa: ½ cup
• Water: 2 cups
• Rock Salt: to taste
• Sorghum flour: 1 tbsp

Method

• In a heavy-bottomed vessel, boil water with salt.
• When the water boils, add Sorghum grits as you continuously stir to avoid lumps from being formed.
• Use a whisk to stir to ensure lumps are broken.
• Cover and cook for around 20 minutes, stirring frequently
• Once the sorghum is cooked the mix will look more opaque. And soft on chewing.
• Mix one tablespoon sorghum flour with ¼ cup water and stir it into the cooked sorghum.
• Cook for a few more minutes. Turn off the flame and keep it covered for 10 minutes.
• The sankati is ready to be served in a thick porridge form or once cooled can be shaped into dumplings with a wet palm.
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• Serve with spicy chutney like chana-curry-leaves-chutney-oil-free
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• or spicy curries like vegetable-spicy-curry-thiruvadarai-kootu-oil-free

Wellcure Tip:

• If you don’t have sorghum grits readily available, you can make them yourself with whole sorghum grains.
• Soak sorghum in adequate water for 2 hours.
• Drain and spread on a dry cloth and allow it to dry for around 20 minutes.
• Place the soaked, dried sorghum in a mixie and pulse until the grains are broken into grits.
• Use a winnowing action to remove any loose husk.
• Store the grits in a dry container in a refrigerator and use it as and when needed.

Eating guide:

• Food group: Millets.
• Millets are gluten-free, rich in fiber and high on nutritional value. They are a good option to add variety to your meals or when you want to go grain-free.
• Replace them in recipes that call for rice.

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