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Hindi English Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi ... Foxtail millet: Setaria italica: কণী (Kôni) কাউন (Kāun)
Foxtail millet is an annual grass with slim, vertical, leafy stems which can reach a height of 120–200 cm (3 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in).. The seedhead is a dense, hairy panicle 5–30 cm (2 in – 1 ft 0 in) long.
Setaria viridis is a species of grass known by many common names, including green foxtail, [1] green bristlegrass, [1] and wild foxtail millet. [1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Setaria italica. [1] It is native to Eurasia, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species and is closely related to Setaria faberi, a ...
The Classic of Rites lists soybeans (菽), wheat (麥), proso millet (黍), foxtail millet (稷) and hemp (麻). [4] Zheng Xuan in his commentary on The Rites of Zhou has rice (稻) instead of hemp. [4] Millet, beans, and wheat were widely recognized as part of the five grains and the debate was mainly about the inclusion of hemp or rice.
In the Zhengluo region of China, two millet species (foxtail millet and proso millet) were grown, enabling the people to survive the cooling of the global climate around 2200 BC. [31] Chinese myths attribute the domestication of millet to Shennong, a legendary Emperor of China, and Hou Ji, whose name means Lord Millet. [32]
Common millet is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Panicum miliaceum (proso millet), referred to as a common millet in recent decades; Pennisetum glaucum (pearl millet), the most commonly cultivated millet; Setaria italica (foxtail millet), historically referred to as common millet
The besan laddu served in the Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, India, has been called "the most famous temple laddu." The Maa Tarini Temple in Ghatgaon, India serves laddus made from coconut and khoa. The special laddu at the Subramaniya Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur, India is made from foxtail millet. [1] [14]
Rice or foxtail millet is soaked for at least 2 hours before being drained and boiled, usually at a ratio of 1 part grain to 10 parts water. [3] [4] It is simmered until sodden and mushy, then strained through a double sieve. [4] The sieved gruel is then warmed again and served with two small dishes of salt and cheongjang (clear soup soy sauce ...