Little millets sponge dosa (samai )

Little millets sponge dosa

I intended to prepare batter for millet masala dosa but found the batter good for making Sponge dosas too .

So this is my two in one recipe . Biggest advantage , grinds well in mixie , grind all together . The colour is on the pale side on account of millets

Ingredients :

2 cups little millets

1 cup udad dal

3 tbsp chana dal ( only if you plan to use this batter for masala dosa also )or else skip chana dal .inspite of adding chana dal, i got super spongy dosa as you can see in the pic

1/2 cup poha , washed and soaked for 15 minutes before grinding .

1/2 tsp methi seeds

Method

1. soak millets after washing few times, with washed udad dal, methi seeds, for 8-10 hours. It is recommended that millets be washed and soaked for longer hours to get maximum nutrition . You can also presoak millets after washing many times till you get clear water, and soak overnight, other ingredinets can be soaked for lesser time .

2. Grind all , including poha in a mixie to a smooth thick batter .

3. Allow to ferment overnight or 8 hours .

4. The batter is ready for use after fermentation .

5. Grease a dosa pan, and drop batter in small ladlefuls without spreading , it will get porous , cover and cook for moist spongy dosa.

6. Dont flip if you want a nice spongy top. add oil around edges.

7. serve with chutney, sagu or sambar.

for making thin paper dosas, add 2 tbsp rice flour to same batter and spread dosa as we do normally , you will get good paper dosas too .

Little millets sponge dosas

Sponge dosa

Millet sponge dosa

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