Jowar Dosa/Idli Recipe
Jowar is a gluten-free and protein-rich millet which is now touted as a healthier alternative for maida. It is also known as white millet, this grain is rich in nutrients and vitamins that help in weight loss, reducing diabetes and much more.
Ingredients
- 2 cup Jowar/Sorghum Millet
- 1/2 cup Urad dal
- 1 tbsp Methi Seeds
- 1/4 cup Poha
- Salt as required
- Water for soaking and grinding
- Ghee or Oil for roasting
Instructions
- In to a bowl, Add 2 cups of whole jowar millet grain, in to that add 1/4 cup of urad dal, add 1tbsp of methi seeds.
- Add in some water to the bowl and rinse it a couple of times or till water looks transparent to remove dust or dirt particles from jowar grain and urad dal.
- Let them soak about 6-7 hours or overnight. After this you can see both of jowar grains and urad dal are nicely soaked. Then rinse them about a couple of times again and drain the water.
- In another bowl, take 1/4cup of poha, add in some water, let it soak for about 10-15 minutes.
- Now, add the jowar grains with urad dal to a mixer jar. By this time poha will be nicely soaked. Now add the soaked poha to the mixer jar.
- Add in water enough to grind the ingredients to make a fine paste.
- Once ground, pour the batter in to a mixing bowl and cover it with a lid and let it rest for about 7-8 hours or overnight for perfect fermentation.
- After 7-8 hours, you can see the batter is nicely fermented. Now mix it gently.
- To make jowar idli, add in some water to an idli steamer and place it on flame. Grease idli moulds with some ghee or oil, pour the batter into each mould.
- Once steam comes in from the steamer, place the moulds in to steamer, cover it with a lid and let them to steam for about 10-15 minutes on low to medium flame or until it is done.
- Allow the idlies to cool down a bit, and let them tranfer to a serving plate. You can enjoy this super soft idlies with any chutney you like.
- Now, to make crispy jowar dosa from this batter, heat a dosa tawa and grease it with ghee.
- Once the tawa is nicely greased, reduce the flame to medium and pour the prepared jowar millet batter in to the pan and spread evenly as thin as possible to make it super crisp.
- Drizzle in 1/2tsp of desi ghee on dosa. Allow the dosa to get roasted on low flame, once roasted flip it over carefully.
- After about a minute, the dosa will be ready to serve. You can enjoy it with any chutney you like.