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Millet Dosa | Foxtail Millet Dosa | Healthy and Easy Dosa Recipe
Millet Dosa
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Millets are a healthy source of various nutrients. In this recipe, I am using Foxtail Millets in place of rice and making it a healthier breakfast option.
Prep time: 12 hours
Cooking time: 10 minutes
Number of servings: 4 persons
Ingredients
Foxtail Millet – 1 cup
Urad Dal – 1/4 cup
Chana Dal – 1 Tbsp
Fenugreek seeds – 1/2 Tsp
Poha/Beaten Rice – 1/4 cup
Water
Salt to taste
Oil/Ghee
For Stuffing
coconut oil – 1 Tsp
Mustard Seeds – 1 Tsp
Urad Dal – 1 Tsp
Chana Dal 1 Tsp
Curry Leaves – 7-8
Green Chilli – 1
Onion – 1 (medium size)
Potato – 2 (medium size)
Coriander Leaves – 1 Tbsp
Salt – As per Taste
Turmeric – 1/4 Tsp
Method
1. Soak the millet,urad dal,fenugreek seeds and chana dal for 6 hours
2. Soak the beaten rice for 30 minutes before grinding
3. Grind everything to a fine batter and mix well together
4. let the batter ferment for 8 hours
5. After fermentation,add salt and mix well.
6. In a pan add coconut oil and add mustard, urad and chana dal.
7. Let them crackle, then add curry leaves and green chilli and saute for few second.
8. Now add onion and saute for 1-2 minute
9. Add boiled Potatoes and mix well.
10.Add salt and turmeric and mix well.
11.Cook for 1-2 minute and add coriander leaves.Now stuffing is ready.
12.Put ladderful of Batter on hot tawa and shape it in dosa, put ghee and roast for 1-2 minute.
13.Put stuffing in middle and dosa is ready to serve.
14.Serve it with chutney/sambhar
Accommodating millets in your daily food routine can be benefitting in many ways.
High in nutrition:
Non-glutinous acid free millets are a good source of nutrients such as copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and manganese. Which are excellent for maintaining a healthy life. A balanced diet full of nutritional properties will also help eradicate the risk of heart problems and other such life endangering diseases.
Less calorie count:
When trying to lose weight, millets are viable a choice to a healthy weight reduction, as their calorie count is very low. Even for the people who are calorie conscious and trying to eat in a manner, that will help them maintain their energy levels throughout the day without constantly feeling famished.
Improves immunity:
Weaker immunity can and will be fatal. The weaker the immune system, the more you are inclined towards experiencing health issues time and again. This is due to the serious deficit of protein in the system. Adding millets to your diet on a regular basis will help your body gain back all the protein, that your system was short on.
Satiates Hunger:
Many carbohydrates such as rice and wheat are easy to breakdown once consumed, leaving a person hungry within few hours of their meal. This makes people resort to unhealthy eateries to satiate their hunger. Millets have harder structures and does not breakdown easily in the digestive system, keeping you far enough away from unhealthy eating habits.
Reduces Sugar-levels :
Due to its low glycemic index, millets are an ideal food to consume to preempt diabetes from ever occurring in non-diabetic people. It  especially aids in keeping type-2 diabetes under control.
Aids heart problems:
Millets contain essential fats, just the right amount to give our body natural fat. This helps prevent excess fat from depositing over muscles which and avoid high cholesterol, heart strokes, and other heart related disease. Millets are the immediate best alternatives to replace with their unhealthy peers, reducing the risk of cardiovascular diseases by a good measure.
Millet are the only grains that contain all the vital nutrients. From proteins to minerals to vitamins, millets have it all. Millets helps you switch to a lifestyle that’s healthy and long lasting.