Native Food Store Millet Flakes 500g - Samai (Little Millet)

Hostel mornings, a steel plate of flakes stirred through with curd and a pinch of salt.

• What: Samai aval, little millet flakes
• Pack: 500 g
• Brand: Native Food Store, Chennai, since 2016
• Best for: Curd aval, quick upma, lunchbox

Little millet, also called samai (Tamil) · chama (Malayalam) · save (Kannada) · samalu (Telugu) · kutki (Hindi) · sava (Marathi).

What it is

Native Food Store was started in Chennai in 2016 by P. Vishnukumar, an engineer by training, as a one-stop shop for millets and millet-based products. Samai is little millet, a tiny grain grown in the hills of Tamil Nadu and the Deccan, and here it is flaked for the aval tin.

The flakes are fine and quick to soften, which suits a fast upma or a cold curd-and-salt breakfast with a tempering on top. Choosing between Native Food Store millet flakes? Samai for fine and quick; kuthiraivali for the softest; cholam for pale and mild.

Tip: For curd aval, rinse, rest five minutes, then mix with thick curd and salt and pour a mustard and curry leaf tempering over it.

Goes well with: Heera Curry Leaves, Heera Black Mustard Seeds, 777 Cut Mango Pickle

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