Ingredients
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Instructions
Cooking Steps
Step 1: To begin making the Barnyard Millet Idli And Dosa recipe, keep the ingredients ready
Step 2: Wash the Millets multiple times to get white grains and get rid of the dust and soak them separately for 4 hours
Step 3: In a bowl combine, sabudana, poha, urad dal and methi seeds and soak in water for 4 hours
Step 4: Now transfer the soaked and drained Barnyard Millet to the mixer and grind it coarse, use water as required to make an idli -dosa batter, to form a dropping consistency batter
Step 5: Transfer this into a glass bowl and set aside
Step 6: Next transfer the other bowl of soaked and drained ingredients which include-sabudana, poha, urad dal and methi seeds into the mixer with water as required
Step 7: Grind the mixture into a smooth paste
Step 8: Transfer this batter mixture into the Barnyard Millet batter add salt and mix both very well
Step 9: Allow the batter to ferment for 8 hours in a warm place
Step 10: After 8 hours of fermentation the batter is ready to use
Step 11: For Barnyard Millet Idli Once you have the fermented batter, grease the Idli Steamer Plates with a little oil
Step 12: Pour spoonfuls of the batter into these moulds
Step 13: Do make sure you fill the idli batter only half way through as they will rise up to the top when steamed
Step 14: Once all the plates are filled, place the filled idli racks one above the other making sure the holes are facing the filled portion
Step 15: Prepare the idli steamer with a little water in the bottom
Step 16: Place the filled idli racks in the steamer
Step 17: Place the steamer on high heat and steam the idli’s for 10 minutes
Step 18: After 10 minutes of steaming, turn off the heat
Step 19: Open the steamer and insert a knife or a pick to test whether the idli's are cooked
Step 20: If nothing sticks then the idlis are perfectly steamed
Step 21: Now you can remove the idli from the steamer
Step 22: Have a small bowl filled with water
Step 23: Dip a spoon in the water and then scoop the ragi idli out starting from the edges
Step 24: Dipping the spoon in water helps in the easy removal of idli from the plates
Step 25: The wholesome homemade soft idlis are now ready to be served
Step 26: For Barnyard Millet DosaHeat a dosa tawa on medium flame, pour a ladleful of dosa batter over the skillet and spread the batter evenly using a spiral motion from inside out
Step 27: Pour a teaspoon of oil/ghee around the edges and increase the heat and cook the dosa for couple of minutes until the bottom of the dosa begins to get a light brown colour and appears cooked from the sides
Step 28: Close the lid to cook the Dosa
Step 29: The Dosa can be cooked on both sides if required Serve Barnyard Millet Idli And Dosa along with Mixed Vegetable Sambar and Capsicum Chutney for breakfast or for lunch
Step 30: for an Indian Diabetic Meal, serve Barnyard Millet Idli And Dosa along with Karnataka Style Moolangi Chutney Recipe and Coimbatore Style Drumstick Sambar Recipe for a complete meal