Millet Idli(with millet flour)

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Most of my blogger friends have been posting on this millets idli, dosa. I was so impressed and wanted to try it. I somehow couldn’t find millets in market. Maybe I am not looking at the right place. Or I would forget to buy it.

But when ever we visit Indian store we always find the millet flour pack readily available. When Ragi idli/Dosa can be made with ragi flour, why not millet idli with millet flour. So I gave it a try and we liked it. Here is the recipe..

Ingredients:

Millet Flour : 1 cup

Idli Rice : 1 cup

Urad dal : 1/2 cup

Salt : 1 tablespoon

Water : as needed to grind batter

Method:

• Soak idli rice for 5 hours. Urad dal for 45 mins to 1 hr.
• In a grinder or mixer, grind urad dal to a fine batter. Then add rice and grind it. (make sure water is used as required for idli batter)
• Once it turns to be a soft batter, remove and in a medium mixing bowl, add the batter with millet flour, salt.
• If needed mix water and make sure not to have lumps. Also make sure the batter is not too thick nor runny.
• Allow it to ferment for 8 hours in a warm place.
• In a idli maker, grease idli plates with oil. Pour batter and steam for 10 to 12 mins in high.
• Remove idli’s from idli plate and serve.

Serve it with any gravy or chutney.

I served with Vengaya kose, a chettinad gravy which is prepared for breakfast. Recipe to follow soon.

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Spinach Phulka/Palak Phulka(with multigrain atta)

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I have been asked to include more of spinach in my food these days. I have so many spinach recipes and always wanted to try spinach phulka’s. This is not a new recipe though 😉 Just that I have tried assembling multigrain atta with all the flours that I have.

I did some googling to find out how to make multigrain atta at home. Almost everyone gave the same proportion. I had all the flours available at home except for channa dal flour. I just replaced channa dal with Bajri flour/Millet flour. The proportion is whole wheat flour is 2.5 cups and other grains totaled to 1 cup.  So here is how I made it.

Wheat flour : 2.5 cups

Oats Flour : 1/4 cup

Maize flour :1/4 cup

Bajri Flour/Millet Flour : 1/4 cup (replace by Channa dal flour)

Ragi Flour/Finger Millet Flour : 2 tablespoons

Soy Flour : 2 tablespoons

Mix all these together to get multigrain atta at home 🙂

 

Now getting back to palak phulka

Ingredients:

I have not given measurements, as we can easily play around just like any other Phulka’s

Multigrain atta

Spinach

Garlic

Pepper Powder or Green Chili

Cumin Powder

Salt

Water

Method:

• Wash spinach , grind it with garlic and very little water to make a fine paste. If you are using green chili grind along. ( I have used pepper powder)
• In a medium bowl, mix multigrain atta, the ground spinach, pepper powder, cumin powder, salt.
• Make a soft dough out of it.
• Rest it for 15 mins.
• Next make balls out of this dough. Then roll the balls dusting a little flour into round shape with a rolling pin.
• Heat a griddle, when hot place these phulka’s and cook well on both sides.
• Transfer to the roti puffer and cook both sides.
• You can also use oil or butter to cook instead of roti puffer.
• Serve with any of your favorite gravy or yogurt.