Samo Tikki/ Barnyard Millet Pattis

Recipe: Samo Tikki / Barnyard Millet Pattis

Samo tikki / Barnyard Millet Pattis are gluten free, vegan, delicious and healthy too. A good way to get the family to enjoy the nutritional value of barnyard millet. Known as sama chawal, samo, moriyo, kuthiraivali.

What Is Samo?

Samo is what is known as barnyard millet in English. It can be easily confused with little millet as it looks so similar. When not hulled, barnyard millet has a tiny black spot.

How Come We Can Eat Barnyard Millet During Fasting And Not The Other Millets?

Barnyard millet, sama is not a true millet. It is a variety of grass, whose seeds we consume. The scientific name is Echinochloa esculenta. Other varieties of millets are classified as grains.

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This week’s theme FARALI FARMAISH  has been suggested by Kalyani who blogs at Sizzling Tastebuds. Kalyani’s guideline for the theme is pretty simple –  prepare a dish that our family enjoys during any fasting day. And let me tell you if you were to go from north to south, east to west in India, you’d probably land up fasting everyday as there are so many fasting days.

For this week’s theme I made Samo Tikki or Barnyard Millet Pattis. A good way to use up leftover samo (sama, moriyo) khichdi which we so commonly make for fasting days.

 

Memories: Fasting Days

Ever since I was a kid, there were only two main fastings in our family, the Jaya Parvati Vrat whereby girls kept a 7 day fast for good husbands and the fortnightly Ekadashi fast. More than procuring a good husband, the Jaya Parvati vrats were followed because of the different nuts and dried fruits that my mum would give me in a nice home stitched silk potli. It was also easy as all my friends too fasted.

When I got married, the only fast observed by my hubby’s family was Ekadashi. There are so many other fasts that the Gujarati community follows but the belief was that Ekadashi fast is way above the rest. By no means am I a religious person, but God fearing yes. I don’t follow certain traditions blindly and stick to the ones that I believe in. For example, I remember my aunt telling me that if I didn’t follow the sitla satam fasts all my kids would come down with chicken pox. But then isn’t chicken pox a part of growing up? We all get it at some stage of our childhood.

Samo Tikki/Barnyard Millet Pattis

Last Wednesday was Ekadashi Day and it would have been the usual meal mentioned above, but because of the theme, I decided to make a long forgotten snack.  I would purposely make more samo khichdi so that in the evening I could serve the family some samo tikki or barnyard millet pattis. My kids were not very fond of samo khichdi but they would devour the tikki with some yogurt. So for the Ekadashi that just went by informed hubby that I am making something different. Therefore, Samo tikki it was.

Present Scenario:

When the whole family was together, cooking on Ekadashi was like preparing a feast as we had to take care of everyone’s taste and favourites. Make their favourite and they will fast happily is the motto my mother in law and I adopted. As of today, do my sons keep the fast? No they don’t, but my daughter does occasionally.  Hubby tries to fast whenever possible except when we are travelling. With just the two of us at home now, Ekadashi meals are much simpler now. Hubby enjoys samo khichdi, potato curry and a glass of chaas. We try to consume fasting salt or sendha namak only once so evening time its usually fruit or a glass of milk.

Ekadashi Fast:

What is Ekadashi Fasting?  Also known as Agheeyaras, Ekadashi in Sanskrit is 11. Every 11th day of the lunar calendar, meaning that in a month there would be two 11th days. On the first 11th the moon is waxing or  growing and the second half the moon is waning or shrinking. These two days are considered spiritually important by the Hindus and is observed by full or partial fasting.

By this I mean whereby no grains, pulses, beans are consumed. Root vegetables, fruits, pumpkins, dairy products like milk, paneer and yogurt, herbs etc can be consumed. Its best to fast the whole day consuming only water. However, if that is not possible then the above mentioned foods can be eaten.

When my kids were young my mother in law would encourage us to make Ekadashi fun by making different kinds of food. That way the kids felt they were getting a special treat and loved fasting. While grains and pulses are not allowed, one is allowed to use samo,(sama, barnyard millet, which by the way is not considered a true millet), buckwheat, tapioca balls (sabudana), amaranth (rajgira)and water chest nut (singhada) flours.

Read more about Ekadashi here.

Some Ekadashi | Fasting Recipes you may want to try out:

Now before I go into the whole procedure of making Samo Tikki/ Barnyard Millet Pattis, there are so many different Fasting Day Recipes. Every state of India will have a particular dish for a particular fast. As I mentioned before for our family Ekadashi is very important so I have a variety of dishes that can be prepared for that fast.

• Upvas Thalipeeth/ Ekadashi Thalipeeth
• Ekadashi /Farali Thepla
• Thandai Makhana Phirni
• Rajgira Thalipeeth
• Fig and Amaranth Cookies
• Nduma Pattis/ Taro Root Patties
• Farali Kuttu Khichdi/Buckwheat Khichdi
• Buckwheat Breakfast Pudding
• Date Coconut Energy Balls
• Amaranth Fruity Pudding/Rajgira Kheer
• Dulce de Leche Baked Yogurt /Bhapa Doi
• Makhana and Paneer Salad
• Sabudana Vada – made in an appe pan 
• Lemongrass Fruity Tea
• Farali Uttapam
• Honeydew Melon Sorbet
• Farali Rotli
• Farali Dokhra
• Buckwheat Farali Panakes/Uttapam
• Coconut Barfi
• Raw Banana and Paneer Kofta Curry
• Strawberry Frozen Yogurt
• Cassava in Coconut Milk
• Moriyo Khichdi/ Sama Khichdi
• Samo/ Moriyo Kheer
• Sabudana Khichdi
• Sabudana Kheer
• Farali Kadhi
• Shrikhand
• Sweet Potato Tikki
• Sweet Potato Shaak
• Sukhi Bhaji/ Farali Bateta nu Shaak
• Javvarisi Carrot Payasam/ Sago Carrot Pudding from Kalyani’s blog is going to be the dish I want to prepare for the forthcoming Ekadashi.

Ingredients Required For Samo Tikki/ Barnyard Millet Pattis

• Samo – also known as barnyard millet, moriyo, samvat ke chawal, bhagar, shyama rice, Kuthirai valli, Odalu, Kavadapullu. Cooked samo is required for this recipe. You can cook it or use leftover samo khichdi.
• Potato – boiled, peeled and mashed
• Amaranth Flour – rajgira or water chestnut flour(singhada atta) or arrowroot flour to bind the mixture together.
• Green Chilli – either chopped finely or minced
• Fresh Ginger – minced
• Fresh Coriander – washed and finely chopped
• Salt – usually a special salt called Sendha namak or Rock Salt is used during fasting days
• Sesame Seeds – some people use sesame seeds during fasting, some don’t. If you don’t then omit it.
• Cashew Nuts – chopped or can use peanuts.
• Raisins – I love to add them, but this ingredient is optional
• Cumin Seeds – jeera
• Lemon Juice – add according to your taste
• Sugar – optional. As I had added raisins, I omitted the sugar
• Chutney of your choice to serve the tikki with

 

Dietary Tips:

• Gluten Free
• Vegan
• Satvik
• Vegetarian
• Millet Recipe

Watch How To Make Samo Tikki | Barnyard Millet Pattis

 

 

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