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Nitheen Kumar

High Nutritional Components In Little Millets Kutki Sama

Little Millet (Panicum miliare), one of the small millets, is called kutki in Hindi, sava (Marathi), gajro (Gujrati), same (Kannada), samai (Tamil), and samalu (Telugu).

Little millet is suitable for people of all age groups. Little millet is grown throughout India and is a traditional crop. It is a relative of proso millet but the seeds of little millet are much smaller than proso millet.

It is mostly consumed as rice. Any recipe that demands staple rice can be prepared using little millet. It has the smallest grains, so it cooks faster than other millets.

Little millet is commonly available across the country as a whole grain. Millet flour can be procured from certain sources or more commonly could be made at home. Practically devoid of grain storage pests, the little millets have indefinite storage life.

High Nutritional Components In Little Millets Kutki Sama
High Nutritional Components In Little Millets Kutki Sama

Minor millets, with their low carbohydrate content, slow digestibility and low water-soluble gum content have been attributed to improve glucose metabolism. The grains release sugar slowly in the blood and slow down glucose absorption. The dietary fiber and resistant starch in minor millets exhibit hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic effects.

Little millet has a significant role in providing nutraceutical components such as phenols, tannins and phytates along with other nutrients.

Samai dosa, porridge, paddu and payasam from little millet are few traditional recipes in different millet growing states in India.

Nutrient Composition of Little Millet

Nutritional information on Little millet versus other millets (per 100g of raw millet)

Protein (g)  Fiber (g)  Minerals (g)  Iron (mg)  Calcium (mg) 
Sorghum 
10
4
1.6
2.6
54
Pearl millet  
10.6
1.3
2.3
16.9
38
Finger millet  
7.3
3.6
2.7
3.9
344
Foxtail millet 
12.3
8
3.3
2.8
31
Proso millet 
12.5
2.2
1.9
0.8
14
Kodo millet 
8.3
9
2.6
0.5
27
Little millet 
7.7
7.6
1.5
9.3
17
Barnyard millet 
11.2
10.1
4.4
15.2
11
Teff 
13
8
0.85
7.6
180
Fonio 
11
11.3
5.31
84.8
18
Brown top millet
11.5
12.5
4.2
0.65
0.01

Nutrient composition of millets compared to fine cereals (per 100 g):

Food gain
Carbo-hydrates (g)
Protein (g)
Fat (g) 
Energy (KCal)
Crude fibre (g)
Mineral matter (g)
Ca (mg)
P (mg)
Fe (mg)
Finger millet
72
7.3
1.3
328
3.6
2.7
344
283
3.9
Kodo millet
65.9
8.3
1.4
309
9
2.6
27
188
0.5
Proso millet
70.4
12.5
1.1
341
2.2
1.9
14
206
0.8
Foxtail millet
60.9
12.3
4.3
331
8
3.3
31
290
2.8
Little millet
67
7.7
4.7
341
7.6
1.5
17
220
9.3
Barnyard millet
65.5
6.2
2.2
307
9.8
4.4
20
280
5
Sorghum
72.6
10.4
1.9
349
1.6
1.6
25
222
4.1
Bajra
67.5
11.6
5
361
1.2
2.3
42
296
8
Wheat (whole)
71.2
11.8
1.5
346
1.2
1.5
41
306
5.3
Rice (raw, milled)
78.2
6.8
0.5
345
0.2
0.6
10
160
0.7


Nutritional Value of Millet

Millet is counted on around the world to provide basic nutrition for many developing nations. Every 100 grams of millets contain 378 calories of energy, 4.2 grams of total fat out of which saturated fat is 0.7 grams, total carbohydrate content is 73 grams, dietary fibre is 8.5 grams, protein content is 11 grams, folate is 85 mcg, niacin is 4.720 mg, Pantothenic acid is 0.848 mg, Riboflavin is 0.290 mg, Thiamine is 0.421 mg, Vitamin B6 is 0.384 mg, Vitamin E 0.05 mg, Tocopherol alpha is 0.05 mg, Vitamin K is 0.9 mcg, Calcium is 1%, Iron content is 17%, Copper is 38%, Magnesium is 28%, Manganese is 82%, Phosphorus is 28%, Potassium is 4%, Selenium is 4%, Zinc is 11%.







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