Samak Rice: Sama ke chawal, also known as Barnyard Millet, Samak, Samo, Varai, or Samvat, or "Vrat ke Chawal," is a small-grained millet commonly used during fasting periods like Navratri, Sankasti or Ekadashi in India. Sama ke chawal is used not only to make plain rice, pulao, and khichdi, but also idli and kheer. This bhagar recipe (samvat rice pulao or vrat ke chawal) is also a great choice as a light nutritious meal, so enjoy this gluten-free and wholesome millet even on non-fasting days. Bhagar also known as sama ke chawal or samak ke chawal is a filling and nutritious millet that is served on vrat or Hindu fast. I am sharing with you a quick millet recipe that is gluten-free and a perfect replacement for rice. Sama Rice Pulao is a delicious flavoursome pulao recipe made with sama rice (or samak ke chawal). Sama Rice is known by many other names like samvat rice, vrat rice, samak ke chawal, bhagar rice, sanwa, jungle Rice & samo etc. This grain belongs to millet family and is called ‘Barnyard Millet’ in english.
