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Order 100% Organic Saamai (Little Millet / Sama / Kutki) Rice and other Organic Unpolished Millets (Exclusively Vacuum Packed) Online from Sweet Karam Coffee
Sweet Karam Coffee is happy to partner with Namma Nellu to bring 100% organic unpolished millet varieties to your home. (More about Namma Nellu below)
We get the maximum nutrients only via "unpolished" variety of millets.
Saamai- The Cool, Little Millet
Saamai- popularly known as Little Millet has been part of our food cycle since time immemorial. Saamai roughly translates to lesser known. It is smaller in size compared to other millets , hence the name Little Millet. This humble millet has gathered lesser attention than it deserved.
Samai/Little Millet grows well even in poorest soil/lesser rainfall as well as water logging. Little Millet produces cooling effect to body, hence called as €˜Cool Food€™.
Health Benefits of Saamai / Little millet / Kutki:
- Samai the highest amount of fiber. Its crude fiber content is nearly twice that of other cereals.
- Samai is rich in phenolic compounds that show antioxidant activity.
- This millet is an excellent source of Iron.
- Samai is also gluten free
- Samai has a low to medium glycemic index contains slow digesting carbs and dietary fiber that takes longer time for glucose to enter the bloodstream and help control blood sugar levels.
- Samai is rich in magnesium that helps improve heart health.
- It also contains phosphorus which helps with weight loss, body tissue repair after strenuous workout and energy production.
- Samai detoxifies the body
- It aids in treating respiratory conditions such as asthma
- This millet is a rich source of the essential amino acids
- It contains a high amount of lecithin and is excellent for strengthening the nervous system.
There is no reason to ignore the little millet which offers bigger benefits. Samai tastes almost the same as rice and can be substituted in place of rice. Spending in healthier options like millets would go a long way promoting nutrition for the family.
Organic products help us, the society we live in and farmers who produce it. Sweet Karam Coffee understands the need between quality conscious customers and brings the healthy , natural products to your table.
About Namma Nellu:
- India is endowed with very exceptionally rich biodiversity in rice. So rich that it will take you 500 years to taste all native varieties of rice just once if you eat one rice a day!
- Since 1995 Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) an NGO has been conserving traditional rice varieties and documenting and researching their agronomic properties.
- Through the years they have realised that these varieties are important not only for their agronomic properties (flood/drought resistance, pests/disease resistance, suitability to various soil types and ecosystems etc.) but also their value in terms of nutrition, culinary traditions and therapeutic value.
- The numbers and extent of cultivation of these varieties have been declining sharply and many of these varieties are threatened with extinction.
- Namma Nellu through Sempulam Sustainable Solutions is involved in helping these farmers market these varieties. Systematic monitoring of organic cultivation of these varieties is ensured. Farmers are paid a premium price at the point of purchase itself. Namma Nellu provides branding and marketing support and ensures the customer organically cultivated traditional varieties.
- Namma Nellu also procures region-specific rice varieties from across India from genuine organic farmers. Along with its huge range of traditional organic rice varieties, organically cultivated pulses and millets are also procured directly from farmers and supplied to the consumers.
- During the course of its work for the last 27 years on indigenous seed conservation, the Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (CIKS) has collected more than 100 indigenous varieties of rice suitable for cultivation in Tamil Nadu.
- Several indigenous paddy varieties have a low Glycemic Index (GI) and this is of crucial importance in a population with a high and increasing incidence of diabetes.
Organic is not a trend, it is the traditional way to live healthy.
Food is happiness and happiness is exploring the traditional and natural products.
