Sensory details of Finger Millet and Pearl Millet
Natural ways of finding the standard quality in Millets
Generally, Millets have a unique aroma. But often, people misunderstand that almost all millets have the same scent. Since the packed millets are polished and processed before they reach the customers, people misunderstand that it does not have any particular scent. My classmates and I discussed this, where most of us believed that all the millets, such as Jowar, Ragi, Bhajra, has the same aroma.
The primary reason behind this misconception is Polishing the Millets; when the millets are polished, they will lose their aroma and colour. Since I have an agricultural background, I have access to natural procedures where people do not use machines to polish and test the millets' quality. At least for Ragi and Pearl Millet, these natural ways of buying and testing the quality are still followed in a few places
Finger Millet- Ragi
Padmavathi, who owns an agricultural land in Ealgiri village, Tirupattir mentioned that generally, the quality of Ragi is measured based on its colour and weight, the reddest coloured Ragi is considered the healthy and best quality and also to test the quality, people compare by taking two different handfuls of ragi which are cultivated in foreign lands, so the most weighed ones are considered to be the standard quality which can be stored for a longer time.
Pearl Millet- Kambu
She added that similarly, the quality of pearl millet is also measured in the same manner, the Pearl Millets develop black shades when it is about to expire, and they cannot be stored for a more extended period, so these are a few sensory ways in which people could measure the quality and standard of the millets.
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