Native Food Store Millet Rava 500g - Kambu (Pearl Millet)

A village aunt's kambu upma, grainier than rava upma, and gone before the chutney was ground.

• What: Kambu rava, pearl millet cracked coarse
• Pack: 500 g
• Brand: Native Food Store, Chennai, since 2016
• Best for: Upma, kanji, kichadi

Kambu, also called kambam (Malayalam) · sajje (Kannada) · sajjalu (Telugu) · bajra (Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali) · bajri (Marathi, Gujarati).

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. Kambu, pearl millet, is the grey grain of dry Tamil and Rajasthani fields, and this is it broken to a coarse rava.

It cooks like wheat rava but drinks more water, and the upma comes out grainy and grey-green with an earthy, nutty taste. Choosing between Native Food Store rava? Kambu for earthy and coarse; ragi for a darker, softer upma; makka cholam (maize) for a sweeter, yellow bowl.

Tip: Dry-roast the rava first until it smells nutty. Skip this and the upma turns pasty.

Goes well with: Native Food Store Millet Rava - Ragi (Finger Millet), Udhaiyam Chana Dal, Heera Black Mustard Seeds

Pearl millet (kambu) rava

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