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Paspalum scrobiculatum, commonly called kodo millet or koda millet, [1] [2] [3] is an annual grain that is grown primarily in Nepal (not to be confused with ragi (finger millet, Eleusine coracana)) [4] [5] and also in India, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, and in West Africa from where it originated.
Little millet (Panicum sumatrense) is believed to have been domesticated around 5000 BC in Indian subcontinent and Kodo millet (Paspalum scrobiculatum) around 3700 BC, also in Indian subcontinent. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] Browntop millet ( Urochloa ramosa ) was likely domesticated in the Deccan near the beginning of the third millennium BCE and spread ...
Kodo millet: Paspalum scrobiculatum: কোডো (Kodo) কোডো (Koḍo) ... Marathi Oriya Punjabi Sinhala Tamil Telugu Tulu Urdu Konkani Meitei Maithili Rajasthani
Kodo millet, a primary food of the Baiga. Baiga cuisine primarily consists of coarse grains, such as kodo millet and kutki, and involves very little flour. Another staple food of the baiga is pej, a drink that can be made from ground macca or from the water left from boiling rice. They supplement this diet with food from the forest, including ...
It is usually made from kodo millet (kodo) or rice; different grains produce different flavors. [2] It is made by distilling a chhaang, a brewed alcoholic drink. [3] The Limbus and Kirati people, for whom it is a traditional beverage, [4] drink tongba and raksi served with pieces of pork, water buffalo or goat meat sekuwa. [5]
Tongba: Limbu style, hot millet beer Tongba is actually the name of the vessel that holds the fermented millet beverage known as mandokpenaa thee. [4] Tongba is prepared from brown finger millet (Eleusine coracana, also known as ragi in India or kodo in Nepal) grown in hilly regions, and it is cooked and combined with traditionally cultured khesung, which is a microbial colony or starter culture.
Both Echinochloa frumentacea and E. esculenta are called Japanese millet. This millet is widely grown as a cereal in India , Pakistan , and Nepal . Its wild ancestor is the tropical grass Echinochloa colona , [ 3 ] but the exact date or region of domestication is uncertain.
Finger millet is a short-day plant with a growing optimum 12 hours of daylight for most varieties. Its main growing area ranges from 20°N to 20°S, meaning mainly the semiarid to arid tropics. Nevertheless, finger millet is found to be grown at 30°N in the Himalaya region (India and Nepal).