Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, bajra idli (kambu/pearl millet idli). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Bajra Idli (Kambu/Pearl Millet Idli) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Bajra Idli (Kambu/Pearl Millet Idli) is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook bajra idli (kambu/pearl millet idli) using 4 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Bajra Idli (Kambu/Pearl Millet Idli):
- Take Millet Pearl / Bajra / Kambu -
- Prepare Rice Idli -
- Make ready Urad dal -
- Make ready Salt - (or as needed)
Kambu (Pearl Millet or Bajra) Idli is easy to digest and makes for a healthy breakfast or even a light dinner," says Anandalakshmi. To make the kambu idli or dosai, mix the fermented batter gently and make. Pearl millet is known as Bajra in Hindi and Punjabi, Bajri in Gujarati and Marathi, Sajje in Kannada, Kambu in Tamil, Sajjalu in Telugu and Kambam in Malayalam. Pearl Millet is known by many different names Sajje in Kannada, Kambu in Tamil, Bajra in Hindi, Sajjalu in Telugu, Kambam in Malayalam and Pearl Millet in English.
Steps to make Bajra Idli (Kambu/Pearl Millet Idli):
- Wash pearl millet, idli rice and urad dal each separately for 2-3 times
- Soak each of them separately for 4-5 hours in fresh drinking water
- In a mixer, first grind the urad dal with the soaked water into a nice, smooth batter. Ensure the batter doesn't become watery
- Take out the urad dal batter in a big vessel.
- In the same mixer jar, grind idli rice with the soaked water into a coarse batter. The batter should be thick
- Take out the idli rice batter into the same big vessel.
- In the same mixer jar, grind pearl millet with the soaked water into a coarse batter. The batter should be thick
- Take out the pearl millet batter into the same big vessel.
- Mix all the three batters nicely. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too thin. It should be in a thick pouring consistency
- Add the required salt and mix well
- Keep this batter aside for fermentation for atleast 8-10 hours (preferably overnight)
- Grease the idli moulds with a drop of oil and pour a ladle full of the batter into each of the moulds
- Steam the idlis for 10 minutes
- Switch off and wait for atleast 5 minutes before demoulding the idlis
- Serve with sambhar, chutney or idli chutney powder
After trying a handful of millet recipes I wanted to try Kambu dosa….googled around but most recipes used idli rice and I wanted. Kambu dosai recipe - Pearl millet is known as Bajra in Hindi, Kambu in tamil and sajjalu in Telugu. These kambu dosa / bajra dosas are made with whole grains and are healthy, good in taste and texture. These make a very nutritious Breakfast with good amount of protein, carbs, minerals and iron. Side dish for IDLI / dosa.
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