Samo seeds or Barnyard millet kheer is a creamy, sweet blend of samo seeds / barnyard millet and milk, with the richness of nuts and fresh cardamom flavour.

What is Barnyard millet called in hindi ?

Samo seeds / Sama seeds / sama grains / samvat grains are a few names of barnyard millet in hindi. Barnyard millet or Samo seeds is a little mighty grain.

Barnyard millet in hindi is known by a few of these names.

This grain is the main ingredient of this Vrat kheer are samo seeds / barnyard millet .

These are tiny, white, round grains belonging to the millet family.

Cooking with Samo seeds (Barnyard millet ) during fasting

In India, as cereal grains are not consumed during fast, samvat is one of the very popular ingredients, used to cook variety of dishes during Navratri.

While cooking any rice based dish during fasts, Samo seeds / samvat or sama grains are used instead, as these do not belong to the rice family but act as an healthy alternative, and taste really good.

Vrat Samo seeds kheer/Barnyard millet rice pudding, is one of the, sweet dishes that are prepared during the navratri fasts.

It tastes just like the regular rice kheer/pudding that we regularly cook.

Are Samo seeds gluten free ?

Samo seeds or samvat is not true rice but is a millet. The best thing is that Samo seeds are Gluten free!

Yes, so people looking for gluten free options can surely add this healthy Indian dessert or other samo seeds recipes in their menu.

Unlike regular rice, Barnyard millet cooks quite easily, so the kheer does not take as much time to cook, as regular rice kheer.But believe me, it tastes just as good, or even better I guess.

Steps to cook Samo seeds Kheer (Barnyard millet pudding)

To start with ,soak the Samo seeds in water for almost 1/2 hour. This ensures lesser cooking time.

Drain and keep aside.

In a separate deep bottomed, heavy pan, bring milk to boil. I prefer using whole milk in this, as it gives a very creamy consistency. You can use skimmed milk as well.

To make this vegan you can use any plant based milk like coconut milk, or oat milk.

Once the milk is boiled, lower the heat, and add samo seeds/ barnyard millets.

Let it simmer on slow heat for about 15-20 minutes. Keep stirring in between, making sure it does not stick to the bottom of the pan.

You will get to know , that it has reached the desired consistency, when the milk is creamy, and the samo seeds are very soft. These grains and milk will form a very creamy consistency.

Now,add chopped nuts of your choice. I added cashews, pistachios and raisins. You can make this without nuts as well, or add almonds/ blanched almonds and melon seeds.  Mix the nuts well.

Add cardamom powder (or you can crush 5-6 cardamoms and add those).

At last, add sugar and mix well.

Serving samvat rice vrat kheer

You can have this vrat kheer hot or warm, or chilled. I love it chilled, but I really don’t mind it warm as well.

To chill this refrigerate it for a few hours.

It tastes really creamy and luxurious.

This stays good for 4-5 days if refrigerated.

You can garnish this with chopped nuts, edible gold or silver foil, or rose petals.

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Other vrat/ fasting recipes on the blog-  pumpkin halwa.

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