Little Millet Dosa – Dosas made using the healthy little millets.
Millets, gluten-free grains rich in nutrients, have high fiber content and essential vitamins and minerals. Traditionally integral to the Indian diet, millets fell out of favor over time but are now experiencing a resurgence due to their recognized health benefits. Various types of millets offer similar nutritional advantages. Commonly utilized millets include pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi), sorghum (jowar), and barnyard millet (samak).
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What is Little Millet
Little millet is a small-grained millet that holds significant nutritional value. It is a gluten-free grain rich in fiber, vitamins, and minerals, making it a wholesome addition to any diet. It is known as Kutki in Hindi, Same in Kannada, Samai in Tamil and Samalu in Telugu. Little millet is versatile and can be used in making variety of dishes from porridge, kheer, idli, dosa to baked items.
Little Millet Dosa
Little Millet Dosa is made using little millets, udad dal, methi seeds and a small quantity of brown rice poha. The dosa tastes similar to the dosa made with rice and hence taste-wise there is no compromise besides being healthier than the dosa made with rice.
List of ingredients to make Little Millets Dosa
Little Millets (Kutki)
Split black gram (udad dal)
Fenugreek seeds (methi seeds )
Brown rice poha
Step-wise recipe with pictures
In a large bowl, add little millets, udad dal and methi seeds. Add water and wash well.
Drain the water. Add more water and keep the ingredients soaked for 6 to 7 hours.
Soak brown rice poha for 1 hour. After 7 hours, drian the water and transfer soaked ingredients to a mixer jar.
Ad soaked brown rice poha. Add little water and blend to a fine paste.
In a mixing bowl or vessel , add the batter . Add salt and mix well. Cover and keep aside for fermentation for 10 to 12 hours.
After 12 hours, the batter would be fermented. This batter can be used to make dosas as well as idlis. For making idlis, the batter needs to be a bit thicker. For dosa, we need the batter of thinner consistency. So, you can remove as much batter as is required in a large bowl. Add some water and mix well.
Heat a dosa pan. Drizzle some drops of ghee/oil on the pan. Spread the ghee/oil on the pan using a tissue paper. The tawa should be hot before pouring the dosa batter on it. Pour a ladle of dosa batter and spread it in a circular motion to form a thin dosa.
Drizzle a tsp of oil or ghee around the dosa and cook the dosa on low flame. When the dosa has cooked well and turns crispy, remove the dosa off the heat.
Make dosas similarly with the remaining batter.
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Little MIllet Dosa
Ingredients
- 2 cups of little  millet (kutki)
- 1 cup of split black gram (udad dal)
- 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds (methi)
- ½ cup of brown rice poha
- salt to taste
- Oil/ghee for cooking dosas
Instructions
- In a large bowl, add little millets, udad dal and methi seeds. Add water and wash well. Drain the water. Add more water and keep the ingredients soaked for 6 to 7 hours.
- Soak brown rice poha for 1 hour.
- After 7 hours, drain the water and transfer soaked ingredients to a mixer jar.
- Add soaked brown rice poha. Add little water and blend to a fine paste. Â
- In a mixing bowl or vessel , add the batter . Add salt and mix well. Cover and keep aside for fermentation for 10 to 12 hours.
- After 12 hours, the batter would be fermented.
- This batter can be used to make dosas as well as idlis. For making idlis, the batter needs to be a bit thicker. For dosa, we need the batter of thinner consistency. So, you can remove as much batter as is required in a large bowl. Add some water and mix well. Â
- Heat a dosa pan. Drizzle some drops of ghee/oil on the pan.
- Spread the ghee/oil on the pan using a tissue paper.
- The tawa should be hot before pouring the dosa batter on it.
- Pour a ladle of dosa batter andspread it in a circular motion to form a thin dosa.
- Drizzle a tsp of oil or ghee around the dosa and cook the dosa on low flame.
- When the dosa has cooked well and turns crispy, remove the dosa off the heat.
- Make dosas similarly with the remaining batter.
- Serve dosa with chutney/sambar.
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