I love dosas and try to make varieties of them . Today i have one super healthy No Rice dosa made using horse gram and little millets … that’s ” Horse Gram Dosa / Horse gram millets dosa ” . These are crispy, tasty and like regular dosa’s you can easily shape them.. thick or thin .
Millets are not only healthy but tasty too . So these days i try to include millets in our diet in various ways . This Horse gram millets dosa is one such healthy recipe . Do follow this step by step recipe to make horse gram millets dosa .. i am sure you will love it ….
Also check other healthy dosas like kodo millet dosas , dalia dosa , ragi dosa …
Horse gram is a healthy bean that’s rich in protein. I learnt this Horse gram dosa from my mom. We call it as hurali dose . . These dosas turn slight brown in colour (acquired from horse gram ) giving the dosas more appealing look . Typically they use horse gram and rice to make these dosas . But i omitted rice and added same proportion little millet ( saame rice ) .. and the out come was really awesome.
Millets proves that healthy food can very much satisfy our taste buds.With the goodness of millets , power-packed protein from horse gram .. .. .these dosas make one great healthy breakfast option .
Few points to note while making Horse gram Dosa :
- You can replace little millet with any other millet and follow the same recipe.
- Instead of millets you can use same proportion rice .
- you can grind the batter little coarse and make idlis out of it …
- You can do thick or thin dosa.
So are you ready to make a note of this healthy tasty dosas .. here you go ….
HORSE GRAM LITTLE MILLETS DOSA / HURALI DOSA / KOLLU SAMAI DOSA
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Horse Gram / Huruli
- 2 cup Little millet / samai / saame akki
- 1 tsp Methi /Fenugreek Seeds
- 2 tbsp Thick Beaten rice /Poha/Avalakki
- Salt to taste
- Oil to make dosas
Instructions
- Take little millet , horse gram and methi in a bowl . Wash nicely and soak for about 5-6 hours . Just 30 mins before grinding , wash and soak poha with rest of the ingredients.
- In a mixer / grinder , grind all the soaked ingredients adding very less water . if you intend to use same batter to make both idli dosa grind medium smooth . Transfer to a container , add salt and mix well . Set aside overnight / 6-10 hrs for fermentation
- Morning the batter would have fermented well. Mix well before pouring into greased idli moulds / making dosa .
- Heat a tawa. Grease with oil.Pour a laddle full of batter..Spread it in circular direction .Drizzle few drops of oil or ghee around it.Cover and cook on medium flame for abt 1-2 mins.No need to flip over and cook . Once its done, the dosas come out easily from the tawa
- Fold and serve
- Crispy Horse gram millet dosa accompanied with chutney or sambar or chutney powder of your choice.
Healthy and Yummy Dosa!!
Never thought of this idea of making horse gram into dosa. Hats off
Nice idea. I will also try this recipe one day.
without urad dal can we prepare dosa with good taste ?
Ya horse gram is the replacement for urad dal in this recipe
Smitha , i just love your recipes !
Thx Sujatha …
I don’t have little millet..can I replace it with quinoa??
I havent tried with quinoa .. but i am sure you can use
Great Health Dosa Recipes, healthier than we usually prepare from rice flour. Will definitely give it a try!
Can v use sprouted horse gram ?
And will d outcome be same ?
yes you can use .. it may turn little soft so add little extra millet
Very nice, helpful recipe. Thank you so much.
Enjoyed dosa