Site icon Mayuri's Jikoni

Samo Tikki/ Barnyard Millet Pattis

mayurisjikoni
Jump to Recipe - Print Recipe

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.

Sharing This Recipe With FoodieMonday/ Bloghop Group.

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.

Ingredients Required For Samo Tikki/ Barnyard Millet Pattis

 

Dietary Tips:

 

 

 

 

Watch How To Make Samo Tikki | Barnyard Millet Pattis

 

 

Print

SAMO TIKKI/BARNYARD MILLET PATTIS

A gluten free, vegan snack made from healthy millet and potato. Shallow fried and delcious, best to enjoy Samo tikki with some green chutney and masala tea.
Course Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Indian
Keyword barnyard millet pattis, gluten free pattis, leftover moriyo recipe, samo tikki
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 12 pieces

Ingredients

  • 2 cup samo /barnyard millet cooked
  • 1 cup mashed potato
  • 3-4 tbsp amaranth flour
  • 1 tsp green chilli paste
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • ¾ -1 tsp sendha namak (rock salt)
  • 1-2 tbsp lemon juice
  • ¼ cup fresh coriander chopped
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tbsp sesame seeds
  • ½ tsp sugar optional
  • 8-10 cashew nuts roughly chopped
  • 1 tbsp raisins
  • some oil for shallow frying

Instructions

PREPARATION OF SAMO TIKKI |BARNYARD MILLET PATTIS

  • Add the cooked samo to a mixing bowl.
  • Add all the remaining ingredients except for oil.
  • Mix it well.
  • Grease your hands with some oil and take about a tablespoonful of the pattis mixture. Shape it into a disc or patti.
  • Repeat the above step with the remaining mixture. If the mixture sticks to your hand, just rub your palms with some oil.
  • Heat about 4-6 tbsp oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
  • Gently place the number of tikkis that can fit in your pan.
  • Let it cook till it becomes golden brown. Flip them over and cook the other side till they become golden brown.
  • Don't be in a hurry to flip them as they may break.
  • Repeat with the remaining shaped tikki.
  • Serve hot tikki with some chutney of your choice.

Notes

  • Adjust spices according to your taste.
  • You can deep fry the tikki if you want to. Make sure the oil is hot enough before adding the tikki. Fry them till they are golden brown.
  • If you find the mixture is too soft and not pliable, add some amaranth flour.
  • To cook barnyard millet or samo, take about 1 cup of it. Wash three four times. Allow it to soak in double the amount of water, i.e. 2 cups. Pour the mixture in a saucepan and cook over medium heat. Can add a bit of salt but remember to adjust the amount for the pattis. Cook till the millet is soft and the water has evaporated. Allow the cooked millet to cool down completely before using it for the tikki mixture.
  • Use potatoes that are soft and floury. Not the sticky type.

Pin for later:

 

A little request:

If you do try this recipe then please either

Exit mobile version