Foxtail Millet Idli and Dosa Recipe | Thinai Idli and Dosa | Millet Recipes | Startup Cooking

FOXTAIL MILLET IDLI AND DOSA RECIPE | THINAI IDLI AND DOSA | MILLET RECIPES | STARTUP COOKING

Foxtail millet or Thinai Idli  is light, fluffy, steamed and healthy breakfast made with foxtail millet and urad dal. Millet contains enormous amount of fiber. They are gluten-free grains and hence it can be consumed by everyone. Millets are super natural foods for weight loss also. Follow my step-by-step photo recipe to prepare Thinai Idli. If you like this recipe, share it, tweet it or pin it. Please do try and share your comments.

RECIPE FOR THINAI IDLI AND DOSA

Course             : Main

Cuisine            : South India

Author             : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time        : 10 min

Soak Time        : overnight

Ferment Time  : 12-18 hours

Cook Time       : 15 min

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cup foxtail millet | thinai

• 1/2 cup urad dal

• 1/4  tsp fenugreek seeds

• salt as needed

• water as needed

PROCEDURE

• in a mixing bowl, add foxtail millet

• wash thoroughly in running water for 3-5 times

• soak in water for overnight

• in another mixing bowl, add urad dal

• wash thoroughly in running water for 3-5 times

• add fenugreek seeds in urad dal

• soak in water for overnight

• add urad dal in wet grinder

• grind to a smooth, light and fluffy batter, sprinkle water at regular intervals

• wipe and transfer to a storage container

• now add soaked millets in the wet grinder

• grind millets to a slight thin paste, by adding little water

• tranfer the millet batter into the urad dal batter

• add salt

• mix well

• cover and ferment in warm area for 12-18 hours

• after 12-18 hours, you can see the raised fermented batter

• mix well

• now grease the idli plate with little oil

• pour one ladle full of batter in each hole

• cover and cook for 10-15 minutes

• remove idli from the pan

• serve hot with any chutney

• similarly, we can make dosa from this batter

• for crispy dosa, use cast iron pan. Take one ladle full of batter in a bowl, add little water, mix well and pour it in the center of the pan and spread it in a circular motion.

• cook for 1-2 minutes

• drizzle a tsp of oil around the dosa

• after a minute, flip over to other side and cook evenly

• serve with any chutney of your choice

• tastes good.

FOXTAIL MILLET IDLI AND DOSA WITH STEP-BY-STEP PHOTO RECIPE

Take foxtail millet in a bowl

take urad dal in another bowl

add fenugreek seeds, wash and soak in water for overnight

wash millet and soak in water for overnight

add soaked urad dal in wet grinder

grind urad dal to a smooth, light and fluffy batter, sprinkle water at regular intervals

wipe and transfer the urad dal batter into a container. add soaked foxtail millet into wet grinder

grind to a slight coarse batter, not too coarse not too thin

wipe and transfer foxtail millet batter into urad dal batter, add salt

mix well, cover and ferment in warm area for 12-18 hours

 

fermented foxtail millet batter ready

grease idli plate with a tsp of oil

pour one ladle full of batter, cover and cook for 10-12 minutes

Thinai Idli Ready

serve with any chutney of your choice

Heat a cast iron pan, take one ladle full of batter in the center of the pan and spread it in a circular motion, drizzle a tsp of oil

once color changes, flip over to otherside of the pan and cook till done

Crispy Dosa Ready