DEVAKOTTAI SAMAYAL ARAI

I am happy to share yet another recipe with Pearl Millet. I have used whole pearl millet for this recipe. It is high in fibre and amino acids and is naturally gluten free if consumed as a  whole millet instead of flour. Follow the link to learn more about the goodness of pearl millet.  Let's see how to make the batter for making this idli.  You will need Pearl millet - 1 cup Parboiled rice - 1/2 cup Raw rice / Sonamasoori rice - 1/2 cup Black gram / Urad dal - 1/2 cup Fenugreek / Methi seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt - 1 1/4 tsp Ina a bowl take the millet, rice, dal and methi seeds together, wash 2 to 3 times and soak them in enough water overnight. In the morning, make a thick batter (like idli batter) by grinding it in a wet grinder. Add the salt and mix well and let it ferment for 10 to 12 hours.  In the picture below, you can see the tiny bubbles in the batter, which means that the batter has fermented.  Now, heat a pan and pour a laddle of batter and spread it out, l...

Today, I am here with yet another recipe for healthy finger millet idli . In this recipe, I have substituted Idli rice completely with Brown Rice and Finger Millet Flour / Ragi flour. You won't believe me!! It was delicious. You would have prepared dishes like Ragi Modhe, or popularly know as kalli, and also maybe you have prepared Ragi Roti. But this is a new recipe with a combination of ragi/ finger millet flour and brown rice.  We will need the following ingredients to prepare this healthy idli. Ragi flour - 1 cup Brown rice - 1 cup Urad dal - 1/4 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt - 2 1/4 tsp Rinse the urad dal and add fenugreek seeds and soak in water separately. Then in another bowl, take the rice, rinse and soak separately. You have to soak these for atleast 4 to 6 hours. If you want, you can also soak the fenugreek seeds in a small bowl, in warm water. Then in a wet grinder or a mixer, grind the urad dal separately and take it in a bowl. Then grind the brown rice in the gri...

I am planning to post some breakfast recipes using millets. Today I am going to share the recipe to make Saamai / Little Millet Idli and Dosa. It is always better to substitute a portion of the rice in a recipe with some millet. That is how I have substituted little millet in my ususal idli recipe You will need  Idli rice / Parboiled rice - 1 cup Litlle millet - 1 cup (I have used parboiled little millets, you can use either parboiled or polished millets as per your choice) Urad dal - 1/2 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt - 1 1/4 tsp (the calculation is 1/2 tsp for 1 cup of grain) P Water - to soak the ingredients Idli cooker or any stainless steel cups to steam Take a bowl add the idli rice,urad dal and the little millet and rinse 2 to 3 times and add the fenugreek seeds and soak in water. I soaked them and kept it in the refrigerator overnight. In the morning, grind everything together like you would for idli batter. Add salt and mix well before fermenting.  Allow it to fer...