Organic Millets: Little Millet

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Why is it good? 

1. Improves heart health: Little millet is rich in magnesium and potassium. They help regulate blood pressure and reduce cholesterol levels.
2. Enhances digestion: Little millets are a great source of dietary fibre. This improves gut microbiome health, helps smooth bowel movements.
3. Supports weight loss: High fibre makes you full faster, preventing you from overeating. Also, slow digestion ensures you retain your energy for much longer.
4. Low Glycemic Index (GI): Little millet has a GI of about 50. Normal wheat and rice have 60-70. This means little millet is a great for prevention and control of Type-2 diabetes.
5. Promotes brain activity: Little millet is rich in iron and B-vitamins. These help improve oxygen supply to the brain, thus enhancing cognitive and memory functions.
6. Great detox: High in antioxidants - phenolic acids and flavonoids. These help flush out toxins and promote overall health.
7. Helps improve bone and muscle strength: Little millet is rich in calcium, phosphorus and magnesium. These help strengthen bones, joints and aid muscle development.
8. Great grain to prevent lifestyle diseases: Regular consumption of little millet helps reduce risk of obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol and hypertension.

Why should you use Little millet? 

1. Texture: Hard and nutty. Great substitute for normal rice. Almost the colour of brown rice when cooked.
2. Small and hard grains.
3. Smells neutral No pungency.
4. Cooks easily, if you’ve soaked it overnight for 8+ hours.
5. Digests easily, when cooked after soaking. Children and adults.
6. Absorbs taste of accompaniments. Blends easily with dal, sambar, kadhi, rasam and plant-based curds.
7. No-hustle storage: Store in a clean, dry container away from sunlight like your normal grains. 

How do you use little millet? 

1. Little millet is a great substitute for rice. Prepare all your accompaniments as-is - dal, curry, sambar, rasam, plant-based curd etc. and consume with little millet.
2. Prepare rice dishes such as khichdi, pulav, pongal, lemon-rice, coconut-rice etc. Only replace rice with overnight-soaked little millet. 
3. Prepare sweet dishes - kheer, sweet rice, pongal etc. Only replace rice with little millet.