Recipe: Appetizing Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli

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Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli. Kambu idli is a simlpe and delicious steamed idli that one can consume it for breakfast. This is an ideal recipe for diet concious people. These are very soft and pufffy idlies.

Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli Pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) is the most widely grown type of millet. It has been grown in Africa and the Indian subcontinent since prehistoric times. The center of diversity, and suggested area of domestication, for the crop is in the Sahel zone of West Africa. You can cook Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli

  1. You need 1 cup of Pearl millet/Kambu.
  2. Prepare 1 cup of Idli rice.
  3. Prepare 3/4 cup of urad dal.
  4. It's 1/8 tsp of methi seeds.
  5. Prepare To taste of Salt.

Pearl millet is known as Bajra in Hindi and Punjabi, Bajri in Gujarati and Marathi, Sajje in Kannada, Kambu in Tamil, Sajjalu in Telugu and Kambam in Malayalam. Pearl Millet is known by many different names Sajje in Kannada, Kambu in Tamil, Bajra in Hindi, Sajjalu in Telugu, Kambam in Malayalam and Pearl Millet in English. After trying a handful of millet recipes I wanted to try Kambu dosa….googled around but most recipes used idli rice and I wanted. Pearl millet is a healthy cereal with all these health benefits.

Kambu / Pearl Millet Idli instructions

  1. .Clean rice and millet and soak in water.Soak urad dal and methi seeds together.
  2. .First grind dal mix to a fine paste with some water.Transfer it to a big container..
  3. Then grind rice-millet mix finely.Transfer it to the same container..
  4. Add salt and mix the batter well.Leave it overnight for fermentation..
  5. Next morning mix the batter well, pour into idli plates and steam it..
  6. When done remove from plate and serve hot with your favourite chutney, sambar..

Pearl millet is well-known in rural area. Now it is popular in urban area also as it is available in every super market. Soft, steam cooked idli (இட்லி) can be easily prepared with pearl millet as the main ingredient. Kambu Adai is a very healthy and tasty adai variety which is made of Pearl millet (Kambu) along with dals and spices. Serve with jaggery & Slurp! கம்பு தோசை-Kambu (Bajra) Dosai