Recipe: Eating on a Dime Barnyard Millet Idli

Recipe: Eating on a Dime Barnyard Millet Idli Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Barnyard Millet Idli. Millet idli dosa has been in my to try list for a long time. Millets like kuthiraivali, samai, varagu can be easily replaced for rice and I know it will turn out good. But took so long for me to try.

But the difference I noted in barnyard millet idli is, it is a little denser than our regular rice idli.

Lentils, fenugreek seeds and millet (as a replacement to rice).

The key step in making really soft idli is grinding the lentils to perfection.

You can have Barnyard Millet Idli using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Barnyard Millet Idli

1. You need 2 cups of water.

2. It’s 1 tbsp of chana daal.

3. You need to taste of salt.

4. It’s 1 cup of barnyard millets.

5. You need 1/2 cup of urad daal.

6. It’s 1 tsp of fenugreek seeds.

7. You need of grated carrot for garnishing.

When you grind the pre-soaked black gram lentils the batter should be airy, fluffy and light.

Barnyard Millet idli is a healthy and delicious variation to the regular rice idli.

Here, as the name suggests, Barnyard millet (also known as Kuthiraivali in Tamil, Vari che Tandul in Marathi, Sama Chawal in Hindi, Moraiyo in Gujarati) is used instead of rice to make idli.

Barnyard millet also known as kuthiraivali arisi (tamil)/ odalu (telugu) is a millet variety that is small in size, white in color, round in shape bigger than semolina/ sooji.

Barnyard Millet Idli instructions

1. Soak barnyard millets over night and also urad dall, Chana Daal, fenugreek seeds for 3 to 4 hours.

2. Grind barnyard millets coarsely. Grind urad dall, chana daal, fenugreek seeds together into a thick batter separately..

3. Add millets batter and urad Daal batter and mix well and leave it for 8 hours for fermentation..

4. When the mixture fermented add salt and take the greased Idli stand add grated carrot and pour required quantity of batter into the moulds.

5. Steam them for 20 minutes or until done.

6. Serve hot with peanut chutney and sambar..

Barnyard millet is rich in fiber, iron and is also less in calories making it healthier than rice.

Barnyard millet with a taste similar broken rice can be used to prepare variety of dishes like idli, dosa, pulao, upma.

Idli is a popular South Indian breakfast usually made with rice and lentil.

I can have idli for all three meals in a day or even for snacking :).

The recipe I'm sharing today is for Kuthiraivali idli which is another variation for the usual idlis as I have used barnyard millet instead of rice.