Editing Finger millet (section)

=== In South and Far East Asia ===

In [[Nepal]], a thick dough (''ḍhĩḍo'') made of millet flour (''kōdō'') is cooked and eaten by hand. The dough, on other hand, can be made into thick bread (''rotee'') spread over flat utensil and heating it.  Fermented millet is used to make a beer [[chhaang]] and the mash is distilled to make a liquor (''rakśi''शी). Whole grain millet is fermented to make [[tongba]]. Its use in holy Hindu practices is barred especially by upper castes. In Nepal, the National Plant Genetic Resource Centre at Khumaltar maintains 877 accessions (samples) of Nepalese finger millet (kodo).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bastola |first1=Biswash Raj |last2=Pandey |first2=M. P. |last3=Ojha |first3=B. R. |last4=Ghimire |first4=S. K. |last5=Baral |first5=K. |date=2015-06-25 |title=Phenotypic Diversity of Nepalese Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.) Accessions at IAAS, Rampur, Nepal |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/IJASBT/article/view/12413 |journal=International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology |language=en |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=285–290 |doi=10.3126/ijasbt.v3i2.12413 |issn=2091-2609|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LI-BIRD |title=Released and promising crop varieties for mountain agriculture in Nepal |url=https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Released_and_promising_crop_varieties.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.bioversityinternational.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Released_and_promising_crop_varieties.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In Sri Lanka, finger millet is called ''kurakkan'' and is made into ''kurakkan roti'' – an earthy brown thick roti with coconut and ''thallapa'' – a thick dough made of ragi by boiling it with water and some salt until like a dough ball. It is then eaten with a spicy meat curry and is usually swallowed in small balls, rather than chewing. It is also eaten as a porridge (kurrakan kenda) and as a sweet called 'Halape'. In northwest Vietnam, finger millet is used as a medicine for women at childbirth. A minority use finger millet flour to make alcohol.