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Millet (Eleusine coracana) is an annual plant in the Poaceae family and an important cereal in India and Africa. Millet is a tall erect grass with an appearance strikingly similar to maize. The plants will vary some what in appearance and size, depending on variety, and can grow anywhere from one to 15 feet tall. Generally the plants have coarse stems, growing in dense clumps and the leaves are grass-like, numerous and slender, measuring about an inch wide and up to more than 6 feet long. Common name of Millet (Eleusine coracana) are Tailabon, Finger millet, African millet, Ragi, Koracan, Koracan, Hong mi, Chi ke. Millet can be ground and cooked into cakes, puddings or porridge. The grain is made into a fermented drink (or beer) in many parts of Africa. The straw from finger millet is used as animal fodder. Millet is especially valuable as it contains the amino acid methionine, which is lacking in the diets of hundreds of millions of the poor who live on starchy staples such as cassava, plantain, polished rice, or maize meal. Nutritive value of Ragi per 100 g
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