Pearl Millet (Bajra) pancake (dosai)

in vegan •  7 years ago  (edited)

A bright and sunny sunday morning, and I feel like having a hearty vegan breakfast. Thankfully I had made the batter for this dosai last night.
For those who are not familiar with dosai it is a common sounh indian breakfast made from rice and lentils. Rice and lentils are soaked for a few hours then ground together in a blender and fermented.
This recipe replaces rice with millets which are healthier. I have used pearl millet for this recipe. For those who do not know what is Pearl millet here is a whikipedia page about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_millet
Also replacing rice with millets supposedly helps with weight loss. The link below gives a brief overview of diffrent types of millets and their benifits
https://truweight.in/blog/food-and-nutrition/millet-weight-loss-recipes-health-benefits-side-effects.html
On to the recipie:

Ingredients:

Pearl Millet (Bajra)flour : 2 cups
Urad dhal :1/2 cup
fenugreek seed (or powder) : 1/2 teaspoon
Salt : 1-2 teaspoon or to taste
Yeast : a pinch (optional)

  1. Soak Urad dhal (more info on Urad dhal in the notes) and fenugreek seeds together for around 1 hour.
  2. Grind this together into a fine paste with the addition of 1/2 cup of water.
  3. Slowly add 2 cups of Pearl millet flour and blend by adding up to 1 cup of water.
  4. Pour this mixture into a big bowl and add salt and a pinch of yeast and mix everything together. Add yeast only if the weather is really cold and the batter cannot ferment on its own.
  5. Close the bowl and keep it aside for at least overnight or 8 hours.
  6. Heat a flat griddle, spread some oil on it and pour dosa batter as shown in the video. Cover it with a lid let it cook for around 1 minute, once u can see it has browned you can remove it.
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how to spread a dosa is shown in this small video I made:
https://d.tube/v/dhivya/6p5ahjkk

Enjoy the dosas hot with chutney. Some chutney ideas from my mom's food blog
http://kalakkalsamayal.blogspot.de/2015/05/chutney.html

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Some information on Urad dhal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigna_mungo

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