Pearl Millet Banana Muffins #MuffinMonday

These pearl millet banana muffins and absolutely delicious with all the benefits from millets. Millets have a nutritional palette that is different from other grains. Regular intake of these millets helps in being healthy and balanced weight. Pearl millet aka Kambu (in Tamil)or Bajra (in Hindi) are included in the diet commonly and flatbreads made of these are very prevalent in Indian cuisine. We substitute this for rice. To make it even more fun for kids I make muffins more often with millets and they vanish very quickly. I try to include bananas in millet muffins as they supply the necessary potassium for our body, as a substitute for eggs, and finally, in this form, my daughter would accept bananas without an unhappy face (she doesn't like bananas):-) This is a tasty and healthy breakfast option.

This is my recipe for #MuffinMonday hosted by Stacy. This is my first recipe in the group. I am very happy to be a part of this group and it is great reading each and every blog. Absolutely fun!

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page.

I am posting this for Srivalli's Bake-A-Thon 2020. We share recipes for baked food 3 days a week - Monday, Wednesday, Friday - all through the month.

Ingredients

Makes 12 regular sized muffins

Banana - 1 cup, mashed
Salt - 1/4tsp
All-purpose flour - 3/4 cup

Pearl millet flour - 3/4 cup

Brown sugar - 3/4 cup ( packed)
Oil - 1/4 cup
Vanilla - 1tsp
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1/2 tsp
Walnut -4 tbsp ( optional)
Flaxseed - 2 tbsp
Milk - 1/4 cup

Method

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Add milk to flax seed and let it gel. Whisk the bananas, brown sugar, vanilla, flaxed egg, and oil. Mix the all-purpose flour, pearl millet flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 

Add the banana mixture to the flour, and mix quickly. Fold in the nuts if using. Line a regular muffin tin. Distribute equally into the muffin tins making sure to pour only to 3/4 the level. 

Bake for 18 minutes. Cool. Serve.

Here is a link to the muffin recipes shared for December 2020.

• Banana Mini Muffins from Food Lust People Love
• Chocolate Avocado Walnut Muffins from Palatable Pastime
• Cinnamon Applesauce & Raisin Rye Muffins from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Easy Snickerdoodle Muffins from Making Miracles
• Eggnog Muffin Tops from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Pearl Millet Banana Muffins from Magical Ingredients (You are here!)

• Sourdough Apple Oatmeal Muffins from Zesty South Indian Kitchen

Tips

If you are making mini muffins, adjust the baking time. Make sure the toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Any type of millet flour can be used. I have used finger millet, barnyard, and foxtail millet too in this recipe and it works great.

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