How to Tips Tasty Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli

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How to Tips Tasty Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli. Yes Kambu idli is soft, spongy and lightly grey in color (color from pearl millet) that is super delish to taste and super healthy as well. Kambu idli needs a spicy side dish as it tastes little bland by itself. Do try making it and kickstart you day with healthy breakfast.

Rich in iron, fibre and other minerals, pearl millet is a nutritious grain, with low glycemic index.

I try to incorporate it in the form of rotis, idlis or dosas.

The idli batter recipe that I'm sharing below comes out.

You can have Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli

  1. You need 1 cup of Pearl millet/Kambu.

  2. It’s 1 cup of Idli rice.

  3. Prepare 3/4 cup of urad dal.

  4. You need 1/8 tsp of methi seeds.

  5. It’s To taste of Salt.

Pearl millet idli, dosa recipe without rice ( Kambu idli dosai in Tamil, Bajra Idli dosa in Hindi, Sajjalu Idli dosa in Telugu, Sajje idli dosa in Kannada, Kambam Idli in Malayalam) with step by step pictures and video.

After a long time, I am happy to share a millet recipe in my website.

First grind urad dal until smooth and fluffy.

Add ice water gradually while grinding to get it light and airy.

Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli step by step

  1. .Clean rice and millet and soak in water.Soak urad dal and methi seeds together.

  2. .First grind dal mix to a fine paste with some water.Transfer it to a big container..

  3. Then grind rice-millet mix finely.Transfer it to the same container..

  4. Add salt and mix the batter well.Leave it overnight for fermentation..

  5. Next morning mix the batter well, pour into idli plates and steam it..

  6. When done remove from plate and serve hot with your favourite chutney, sambar..

Using a blender grind dal to a fluffy consistency, followed by poha and grains.

Priya , Ur millet idly idea is very nice, kambu can be made a s adai also whn soaked along with black urad, green gram, toor , chanadal and very little idly rice, have u ever tried sama idly? it is called sanwa millet or bhagar.

Kambu/Pearl Millet/Bajra is a very common and abundantly available millet, because India is one of the largest producers of Kambu.

I have posted earlier Kambu recipes like Kambu Dosai, Kambu Puttu and now I going to share with you all a very healthy and tasty Kambu Idli.

With detailed pictures and tips to get perfect crisp dosai Kambu Dosai is a nutritious, healthy and easy to make instant dosa variety with bajra flour or pearl millet flour.