Short Grains Idli Dosa | Siru Dhaniya Idli Dosai

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Yes, yet another idly and dosa recipe. I wrote this post, all about idly and dosa where I mentioned about the difference rice varieties. This is a no-rice idly/dosa recipe. This dosa is prepared with four short grains namely Fox Tail Millet (Tinai), Barnyard Millet (Kudiraivali), Kodo Millet (Varagu) and Little Millet (Samai). Instead of regular urad dal, I went with the black urad dal and I didn’t remove the husk while washing. This is a fiber and protein filled, nutrient rich idly and dosa.

I mentioned in pongal post regarding this restaurant in Chitlapakkam called Pasumai where they use only short grains. I tried couple of dishes and I didn’t find the taste difference at all. Those made me to try Quinoa and Fox Tail millet pongal. Luckily I was able to find all these millets in the local Indian grocery stores here. Then I wanted to try with idly and dosa. So I started to substitute 2 cups of rice with either of these millets. This time I decided not to use rice at all and instead of 4 cups of rice, I went with 1 cup of these millets and 1 cup of black urad dal.

The main thing that fascinated me about these millets is their nutrients per 100gms Look at their protein and fiber content. No wonder they are called as Gods Own Crops.

Nutrient Source : http://www.milletindia.org/

Crop / Nutrient	Protein(g)	Fiber(g)	Minerals(g)	Iron(mg)	Image
Foxtail millet	12.3	8	3.3	2.8
Barnyard millet	11.2	10.1	4.4	15.2
Kodo millet	8.3	9	2.6	0.5
Little millet	7.7	7.6	1.5	9.3

Ingredients:

• Tenai / Fox Tail Millet – 1 cup
• Kudiraivali / Barnyard Millet – 1 cup
• Saamai / Little Millet – 1 cup
• Varagu / Kodo Millet – 1 cup
• Black Urad dal – 1 cup
• Vendiyam – 1 tbsp
• Water for soaking
• Salt as required.

          Steps:

• Soak these in water for 4 to 5 hrs and grind them.
• Add the salt and let it ferment. That’s is the batter is ready.
• I use same batter for both idly and dosa. For dosa I add water to make the consistency thinner.

 

Short Grains Idly Dosa | Siru Dhaniya Idly Dosai

Idly Dosa batter prepared with millets namely Little miller, fox tail millet, kodo millet, barnyard millet and black urad dhal. A healthy and protein filled breakfast.

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Prep Time: 5 hrs

Cook Time: 30 mins

Author: Srividhya G

Ingredients

• Tenai / Fox Tail Millet - 1 cup
• Kudiraivali / Barnyard Millet - 1 cup
• Saamai / Little Millet - 1 cup
• Varagu / Kodo Millet - 1 cup
• Black Urad dal - 1 cup
• Vendiyam - 1 tbsp
• Water for soaking
• Salt as required.

Instructions

• Soak these in water for 4 to 5 hrs and grind them.
• Add the salt and let it ferment. That’s is the batter is ready.
• I use same batter for both idly and dosa. For dosa I add water to make the consistency thinner.

Notes

If you don't only two of these millets lets fox tail is easily available in amazon too. So you can add 1 cup of fox tail and 1 cup of quinoa and 2 cups of rice.

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