Generally, we prefer to eat wheat rotis in our daily life, millet rotis are eaten in many places, but sorghum is also very beneficial for the body. Although sorghum rotis are mostly eaten in small quantities, sorghum is such a grain that its effect is cooling, along with this, it plays an important role in losing weight.
Sorghum is high in fiber, which proves to be very effective for diabetic and high blood pressure patients. Since sorghum is high in fiber, it is also useful for weight loss. Eating sorghum flour roti or roti does not make you feel hungry for a long time. People who suffer from water retention and swelling benefit from eating sorghum roti.
Sorghum resembles medium black soil, its plans are 3-4 cubits high. There are many varieties of sorghum like chopri, juwae, gundari juwar,kamalparu sorghum.
Nowadays, people resort to dieting to lose weight. People follow the diet plan suggested by the dietician. They spend hours and hours in the gym, even starve. After which the weight is reduced only slightly. When you stop doing all these activities, the weight starts increasing again. However, you can lose weight even on a full stomach.
Your diet plays a very important role in weight loss. The most important thing in which is flour i.e. grains. You should avoid consuming things made from wheat and flour. Instead, you should use barley, millet or sorghum flour. Eating rotis made from sorghum flour helps in weight loss.
People in Maharashtra eat a lot of jowar roti. It is called ‘Bhakkar’ in Marathi. Eating jowar roti provides the body with healthy carbohydrates, which fills your stomach and also helps in weight loss.
- Sorghum contains potassium, phosphorus, calcium and iron.
- Sorghum also provides relief from diseases like diabetes, heart and cancer. Sorghum is rich in magnesium and calcium, which strengthens your bones.
- Sorghum is rich in calcium, iron and protein. So eating sorghum gives energy to the body. Sorghum is a gluten-free grain. If you are a person with gluten intolerance, then you can eat sorghum. It is beneficial for the body.
- The carbohydrates of ordinary wheat increase blood sugar levels, but if you eat sorghum flour, the complex carbohydrates do not increase blood sugar levels immediately. A diabetic patient should include this grain in his diet.
Sorghum flour is rich in fiber. Eating this keeps the digestive system perfect. It fills your stomach easily and you avoid overeating. Sorghum contains healthy fibers which strengthen metabolism. It makes it easy to lose weight.
Healthy recipes:
Sorghum pulao:
Wash the sorghum overnight in water and soak it in the cooker for six to eight whistles. When the grains are cooked, heat the butter and oil in a pan. Then add cumin seeds, dugri, ginger, chilli paste, carrots, capsicum, coriander, cumin seeds, cumin seeds. Add the boiled sorghum, cumin seeds, all the spices and mix until the grains start to separate. Add coriander leaves and it is ready.
One bowl sorghum
Two tablespoons carrots, finely chopped
Two spoons of capsicum
Two spoons of cinnamon
Remove two spoons of tomato seeds
A teaspoon of chili paste
Half teaspoon of ginger paste
Two cloves, two cinnamon sticks, six peppercorns
One spoon of butter and one spoon of oil
Half a teaspoon of mustard
A teaspoon of red masala
Half a spoon of coriander cumin
Half a spoon of salt
Half a teaspoon of cumin.
Sorghum salad:
- 1 cup sorghum.
- 1 cup cucumber (chopped).
- 3/4 cup cherry tomatoes (chopped).
- 1/2 cup raw mango (chopped).
- 1 cup onion (chopped).
- 3/4 cup capsicum (chopped).
- 2-3 hot chilies (chopped).
- 3/4 cup carrots (chopped).
- 3/4 cup green onion leaves (chopped).
- Sea salt as per taste.
- 3-4 teaspoons sesame oil (cold pressed).
First soak the sorghum for 6-7 hours, add salt and 3 times the amount of water and boil it on low heat for 45 minutes. Mix the chopped salad in a wide bowl. Let the sorghum cool. Mix the sesame oil and mustard oil in the salad.
Mix sorghum in it, keep it aside for a while and serve.