Hello everybody, welcome to our recipe page. Today I will show you how to make a distinctive dish, Barnyard Millet Idli. This is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Barnyard Millet Idli Recipe. Millet idli dosa has been in my to try list for a long time. Millets like kuthiraivali, samai, varagu can be easily replaced for rice and I know it will turn out good.
You can cook Barnyard Millet Idli using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
When you grind the pre-soaked black gram lentils the batter should be airy, fluffy and light.Barnyard millet also known as kuthiraivali arisi (tamil)/ odalu (telugu) is a millet variety that is small in size, white in color, round in shape bigger than semolina/ sooji.Barnyard millet is rich in fiber, iron and is also less in calories making it healthier than rice.Barnyard millet with a taste similar broken rice can be used to prepare variety of dishes like idli, dosa, pulao, upma.
But the difference I noted in barnyard millet idli is, it is a little denser than our regular rice idli.Lentils, fenugreek seeds and millet (as a replacement to rice).The key step in making really soft idli is grinding the lentils to perfection.
Idli is a popular South Indian breakfast usually made with rice and lentil.I can have idli for all three meals in a day or even for snacking :).The recipe I'm sharing today is for Kuthiraivali idli which is another variation for the usual idlis as I have used barnyard millet instead of rice.For this recipe I wanted to try adding more millet then rice.It came out extremely soft and tasty.