Millet Idli dosa Recipe | Little Millet Idli Dosa | Samai Idli Dosa

Millet Idli dosa Recipe | Little Millet Idli Dosa | Samai Idli Dosa recipe with step-by-step pictures and instructions. Millet idli dosa is a good alternative to idli/dosa made with rice. This is no rice recipe where I have used only millets and urad dal. Poha is added for softness but you can skip them too. 

Millets have a lot of health benefits and it is good to take them in moderation. I love making recipes like this instead of eating directly. You can use them in a variety of rice like sambar rice, pulao, curd rice, etc. This yields soft idlis and crispy dosas. Serve them with chutney or sambar. 

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Millet Idli dosa Recipe | Little Millet Idli Dosa | Samai Idli Dosa

Narmadha

Millet idli dosa is a good alternative to idli/dosa made with rice. This is no rice recipe where I have used only millets and urad dal.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Ingredients

  

• Millet 2 cups
• Urad dal ½ cup
• Poha ½ cup
• Fenugreek seeds ½ tsp
• Ice water for grinding
• Oil for making dosa

Instructions

 

• Take Millet, urad dal, poha, and Fenugreek seeds in a bowl.
• Wash them 2-3 times and soak for 4-5 hours.
• Drain the water and take in mixer.
• Grind them in batches to smooth batter adding little ice water.
• Transfer to a bowl, add salt and mix.
• Close it and allow it to ferment for 6-8 hours.
• Mix the batter gently and fill the idli moulds. I use cloth to make idlis.
• Heat water in idli pan and once it boils, place the idli plate.
• Steam for 10-12 minutes in medium flame
• Sprinkle little water and remove from the cloth.
• Add little water to the same batter.
• Heat dosa pan and spread the dosa.
• Drizzle oil to it
• Once it is cooked, fold the dosa and remove it from the pan.
• Crispy dosa is ready.

Notes

Using good quality urad dal and fermentation is very important for soft and fluffy idli.

Use ice water for grinding to reduce the heat while grinding.

I used my mixer to make the batter. You can use grinder too

Same batter can be used of Idli as well as dosa.

Consistency of the batter should be little thick for idli and you can add water for dosa batter.

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How to make Millet Idli Dosa with step by step pictures

Take Millet, urad dal, poha, and Fenugreek seeds in a bowl. Wash them 2-3 times and soak for 4-5 hours.

Drain the water and take in a mixer.

Grind them in batches to smooth batter adding little ice water.

Transfer to a bowl, add salt, and mix.

Close it and allow it to ferment for 6-8 hours.

Mix the batter gently and fill the idli molds. I use the cloth to make idlis. Heat water in idli pan and once it boils, place the idli plate.

Steam for 10-12 minutes in medium flame. 

Sprinkle little water and remove it from the cloth.

Add little water to the same batter. Heat dosa pan and spread the dosa. Drizzle oil to it

Once it is cooked, fold the dosa and remove it from the pan.

Crispy dosa and soft Idli are ready.

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