Pearl Millet is highly nutritious and is highly recommended for people with different age groups. It can be also given for infants as weaning food and is also good for lactating mothers as well.
It contains good amount of iron and zinc and soaking, fermentation helps to increase its absorption capacity of the body. I used Sprouted Pearl millets to prepare idlis because sprouting will double the health benefits. So try to use Sprouted grains in cooking recipes whenever you can. This recipe also contains urad dal which is power packed with protein and different minerals. It is ideal for breakfast for toddlers and for younger kids and gives good amount of energy.
Now let us go through the recipe details,
Ingredients:
Urad dal - 1 cup
Pearl Millet - 1 cup
Salt - as per your taste
Water - as required
Process:
1. For sprouting pearl millet:
Wash the pearl millet twice with plain water and soak them in enough water for a minimum of 12 hours or overnight. Then transfer the millets into a clean cotton cloth and tie it closely. After two to three days depending on the climate you stay, you can see an inch size sprouts.
2. After the sprouts get ready or on the day before you want to prepare idlis, soak urad dal in a large bowl for minimum of 6 to 8 hours. Then grind the urad dal into a smooth paste by adding enough water.
3. Grind the little pearl millet little coarsely as shown in the picture below. This step is important to get soft idlis.
4. Now combine both the batters into a large bowl and add enough salt. Mix well the batter with hands and allow it to ferment overnight. Winters may take long time to ferment so plan accordingly.
5. After fermentation the batter will rise and you can notice small air bubbles in the batter because of the aereation.
6. Now take idli steamer and fill the idli plates with fermented batter. Now steam the idlis for upto 12-15 minutes and switch off the flame. After 5 minutes take out the idlis from the plate and serve them with any chutney of your choice.
For other millet recipes check the links below:
SIMPLE COCONUT CHUTNEY:This simple coconut has few ingredients and can be made in a very less time. It is very nutritious too.
Let's see the process now..
Ingredients:
Coconut - half shell
Groundnuts - half cup
Sesame seeds - half cup
Green chilles - 6 to 8(depending on your taste)
Jeera seeds - 1 teaspoon
Garlic - 6 to 8 cloves
Salt - as required
Process:
1. Take a pan and dry roast groundnut seeds and when it roasted upto 90 percent you can add sesame seeds and dry roast them. Transfer to a plate after dry roasting.
2. In the same add green chillies first and fry them in 1 spoon of oil. I used cold pressed sesame oil in this recipe. Later add garlic and after switching off the flame add cumin/jeera seeds.
3. Now grind sesame seeds and groundnuts into fine powder and transfer to a container. Later add coconut pieces and green chillies mixture and make into a fine paste by adding enough and salt.
4. Now combine the powder and the coconut mixture and our easy to make, delicious coconut chutney is ready to be served with any breakfast recipe of your choice.
For other chutney recipes go through the links below
"Hope you got an idea on how to make your daily food nutritious and simple. Give your feedback and suggestions in the comment section below"
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