Healthy Recipes

Foxtail Millet Dosa

Ingredients-

• 200 gm  foxtail millet
• 1 1/2 teaspoon fenugreek seeds
• 80 gm urad dal
• Salt as required
• Refined oil as required

Preparation Method

Wash the foxtail millet and urad dal under running water. Now, take two bowls and pour water in both. Add the foxtail millet in one and urad dal with fenugreek seeds in the other, and soak them for 6 hours or overnight.

When they are both properly soaked, transfer them to a blender and blend it into a smooth batter. You can drizzle water to help the process, then, add a little salt according to taste. Transfer the batter into another bowl and let it ferment for 6 hours. The fermented batter is the one used to make the Dosa.

 

Now, take a tawa over medium flame and heat it. When the tawa starts heating, grease it with oil and then pour the batter using a ladle. Spread the batter in a circular shape with the ladle and allow it to cook for 10-15 seconds.

Then, dribble some oil over the edges of the dosa and carefully flip it upside down. Allow it to cook till both sides turn golden brown in colour. Repeat the process till all batter is used.

Serve with sambar and chutney

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Organic Proso Millets Upma

Ingredients:

1 cup proso millet, 2 ½ cups water, 2 tbsp oil, ½ tsp mustard, ½ tsp cumin,1 tsp gram dal, 1 tsp urad dal, 1 tbsp chopped ginger, 1 big onion, 1 spring curry leaves, 3 green chillies, 2 red chillies, 1 carrot, 1 pinch asafoetida, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp lemon juice, Coriander leaves.

Preparation:

Rinse Proso Millets two to three times well with clean water. Soak for 20 minutes.

Recipe to make Organic Proso Millets Upma:

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds and cumin seeds.Let them splutter and add gram Dal and urad dal. Fry the lentils to golden brown color. Add onion, curry leaves and green chillies. Saute onions for few minutes and add finely chopped carrots. Cook carrots for few minutes by sauteing. Put a pinch of asafoetida. Pour water and add salt. Mix and let the water come to full boiling. You can cover and boil the water. When water is boiling, add soaked millets and mix well. Cover with a lid and cook for ten minutes in low heat. High flame cooking may burn the bottom. After ten minutes, water is fully absorbed and millet becomes soft. If there is more moisture in the upma still, wait for few more minutes to get it absorbed. Finally, add a few drops of lemon juice, mix and switch off.

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