Grains & Millets articles from COWBERRY

Foxtail millet vs quinoa: korralu is not quinoa. Quinoa carries a full IFCT 2017 entry and a GI of 52; foxtail millet has no IFCT 2017 entry and a recorded GI of 89. Numbers, taste and cooking compared.

Foxtail millet in Kannada is navane; in Hindi kangni or kakum, in Tamil tenai, in Telugu korra or korralu, in Marathi kang or rala, in Gujarati kang. Every regional name with its source.

Kangni benefits, one source at a time: a gluten-free grain with protein, fibre, polyphenols and micronutrients, one recorded GI of 89, and no composition table in the standard tables. Side effects, daily amount and how to eat it.

Dalia protein per 100g is 10.8 g, inside 342 kcal with 69.1 g of carbs, 8.8 g of fibre and a GI of 48 on plain boiled bulgur, its closest tested form. Full dalia nutritional value per 100 g and per katori, against whole wheat and rice.

Daliya meaning in English is broken wheat: IFCT 2017 prints wheat, bulgur for dalia, and names it Dalia in Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Odia, Assamese and Urdu, with the Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil names in the table.

Is dalia good for weight loss? A katori of cooked dalia holds 137 kcal with 3.5 g of fibre and 4.3 g of protein, and fibre trials tie higher fibre intake to lower bodyweight. Here is the serving math and a simple dalia meal plan.

Is dalia good for diabetes? Plain broken wheat carries 8.8 g of fibre per 100 g, its closest tested form (boiled bulgur) has a GI of 48, and a 40 g katori holds 27.6 g of carbohydrate and 137 kcal. Here is the portion rule, the better and worse ways to eat it, and the whole-grain studies.

Rajgira nutrition per 100 g from IFCT 2017: 356 kcal, 13.3 g protein, 61.5 g carbs, 7.5 g fibre, 8 mg iron, 162 mg calcium, and no tested GI. Plus calories per roti, katori of cooked rajgira and laddu, and rajgira beside wheat and quinoa.

Dalia benefits in 10 points: 8.8 g of fibre, a GI of 48 (boiled bulgur), 10.8 g of protein, iron and the whole-grain studies, with honest side effects, the daily portion and how to eat it.

Rajgira in English is amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus); in Hindi ramdana, in Gujarati rajagaro, in Tamil keerai vidai. All ten IFCT 2017 language names, plus what quinoa, ragi, kuttu and kangni are not.

Is rajgira good for weight loss? It can be, as a counted swap for refined flour. Calories, protein and fibre per 100 g, what one rajgira roti gives, how rajgira sits against kuttu and quinoa, and what to avoid.

Rajgira benefits, one nutrient at a time: 13.3 g protein, 7.5 g fibre, 8 mg iron, 162 mg calcium and 270 mg magnesium per 100 g (IFCT 2017), no gluten, no tested GI. Then the side effects, how much to eat and how to cook it.