Idli is one of my comfort foods and there cannot be a healthier breakfast than this. What’s not to love about an idli?! It is healthy – even with rice and lentils – power house of essential carbs and proteins, steamed without a drop of oil, easy on the stomach but at the same time, perfectly filling – it is one of the best breakfast options in the whole world. And with our recent addition of millets into our diet, I decided to switch to Millet Idli instead of rice idlis.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Foxtail Millet
- 1-1/2 cups White Urad Dal (Split)
- 1 teaspoon Methi Seeds (Fenugreek Seeds)
- Salt , to taste
Instruction:
- To begin making the Foxtail Millet Idli Recipe, we will wash and soak the millets in water in a separately bowl and urad dal along with methi seeds with enough water in another bowl overnight or keep soaked for at least 8 hours. Soak each of them separately.
- To make the batter, drain the excess water soaked millets and urad dal.
- Blend the urad dal along with just enough water to make a thick and very smooth batter.
- Transfer the batter to a large bowl in which we will set it aside for fermentation along with ground millet.
- Next blend the foxtail millet with just enough water to make a smooth batter.
- Add this to the urad dal batter, add 2 teaspoons of salt and stir well to combine.
- Ferment the batter for 5 to 6 hours or overnight.
- Once the batter is fermented, gently stir and be careful to not release the air pockets.
- You can make regular sized idlis or also use the mini idli stand. Grease the idli molds with a little oil and spoon the foxtail millet idli batter into the molds.
- Prepare the idli steamer with a little water in the bottom.
- Place the filled idli racks in the steamer. Place the steamer on high heat and steam the idli’s for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes of steaming, turn off the heat. Open the steamer and insert a knife or a pick to test whether the idli’s are cooked. If nothing sticks then the idlis are perfectly steamed.
- Now you can remove the Foxtail millet idli from the steamer. Have a small bowl filled with water.
- Dip a spoon in the water and then scoop the ragi idli out starting from the edges. Dipping the spoon in water helps in the easy removal of idli from the plates.
- The wholesome homemade pillow-soft foxtail millet idli is now ready to be served.
- Serve the Foxtail Millet Mini Idli Recipe along with Sambar, chutney to enjoy your morning breakfast.
