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    Kambu Dosa Recipe / Bajra (Pearl Millet) Dosa Recipe

    March 26, 2015 By Aarthi 28 Comments

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    Kambu Dosa or Bajra dosa made by soaking whole pearl millet grains and grinding to a batter. This dosa needs no rice and is highly nutritious.

     
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    1. Kambu Dosa Recipe | Bajra Dosa | Pearl Millet Dosa Recipe
    2. Bajra Dosa Step by Step

    Kambu Dosa

    This is one dosa which i made recently and i was surprised how the textured turned out even with no rice. Loved it to the core and it is perfect for breakfast or a light lunch or for dinner as well. Taste great with any chutney, sambar or anything.

    About this Recipe

    The most common type of millet is pearl millet, also known as Kambu; in Tamil. It has been cultivated since prehistoric times in Africa and the Indian subcontinent. The Sahel zone of West Africa is the crops centre of diversity and suggested area of domestication. Recent archaeobotanical studies have confirmed the presence of
    domesticated pearl millet in northern Malis Sahel zone between 2500 and 2000 BC.

    In West Africa, pearl millet is a major cereal crop. It is also widely grown in eastern and southern Africa and in semiarid to arid areas of India. The current domestication theory holds that it originated in the northern–central Sahel region of West Africa.

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    Ingredients for Kambu Dosa Recipe :

    Pearl Millet / Bajra /Kambu :
    Pearl millet is ground into flour and used in the production of breads, cookies, muffins, chapatis, and biscuits. It lasts no longer than 15 days. Dried bajra grains are ground into a flour that is light brown to greyish in colour and has a nutty flavour.

    Whole Urad dal :
    When cooked, urad has an earthy flavour and an unusual mucousy texture.

     
    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
     
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    Kambu Dosa Recipe | Bajra Dosa | Pearl Millet Dosa Recipe

    Kambu Dosa or Bajra dosa made by soaking whole pearl millet grains and grinding to a batter. This dosa needs no rice and is highly nutritious.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 10 mins
    Total Time 20 mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine Indian
    Servings 4 servings

    Ingredients
      

    • Pearl Millet / Bajra ./Kambu - 1 cup
    • Whole Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - ½ cup
    • Fenugreek Seeds / Vendayam / Methi - ½ tsp
    • Salt - 1 tsp
    • Water as needed
    • Oil for pan frying

    Instructions
     

    • Soak fenugreek seeds and urad dal separately and the millet separates in a bowl with water. Let them soak for 4 to 6 hours.
    • First take urad dal in a blender and make it into a puree, add little water at a time.
    • Now transfer this in a large container, take millet in the same mixer and puree again. Pour this into the container.
    • Add in salt and mix well. Cover and let it ferment overnight.
    • Next day, give the batter a good mix and make dosa, drizzle oil around the sides and cook till golden on the bottom.
    • Flip over and cook again.
    • Serve.
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    Bajra Dosa Step by Step

     
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    Measure your ingredients

     

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    Take urad dal in a bowl

     

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    add in fenugreek seeds

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    cover with water

     

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    Take pearl millet in a bowl

     

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    cover with some more water

     

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    let them soak for 4 hours

     

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    now time to grind

     

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    start by grinding the urad dal

     

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    make it into a smooth puree

     

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    look how how smooth it is

     

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    pour it in a large container

     

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    now in the same blender in which you pureed the dal, 
    leave some dal mix in this, it helps to 
    blend the pearl millet well

     

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    add in pearl millet

     

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    puree again

     

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    this wont be too smooth, but that doesn't matter

     

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    pour it into the dal mix

     

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    mix well

     

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    add some salt

     

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    mix well

     

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    cover it and let it ferment overnight

     

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    now how much it has risen

     

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    can you see the fermentation in this picture

     

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    this fermentation will give you a well coloured dosa

     

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    give this a good mix

     

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    heat a tawa

     

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    spread the batter over it thinly

     

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    drizzle some oil over it

     

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    cook till the bottom is well coloured

     

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    flip over and cook for few more sec

     

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    fold it 

     

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    serve

     

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    Enjoy
     
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Anonymous

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      Your recipes are wonderful, love them all. Dosa looks so healthy and delicious. By the way can we use Bajra flour store brought instead of whole millet.

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    2. kalai vani

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      Can we make idli with this batter

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    3. Tejaswitha Vijaysingh

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      super healthy dosa ll definitely try.

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    4. kalai vani

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      Please mention the measurement of millet and urad dal

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    5. kalai vani

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      Please mention the measurement of kombu and urad dal if grinding in grinder

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    6. kalai vani

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      Have the batter fermented well without mixing with hands

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    7. uma

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      Hi Arthi
      I am a regular visitor of your blog.
      Your recipes are crystal clear with step wise
      Pictures. Can we make idli with this kambu
      batter?

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    8. sindhuja

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      Healthy dosa..

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    9. sumi

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      Woov...Nice yummy and healthy pearl millet dosa, the one i have been searching for so long. Thanks for posting.

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    10. Gayathri Magesh

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      Hi
      can we use Kambu flour instead of kambu

      Thanks

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    11. mahek Kulkarni

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      Hi
      First time on your blog
      I am adding you to my side bar
      Thanks for this wonderful pictorial recipe . A sure try for me.
      I am known to be a Dosa Maker in the family .. I love being innovative while making a Dosa.
      I am sure this will be yummy.
      What difference do you find in using half or whole udad dal.

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    12. Aarthi

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      @mahek Kulkarniwhole urad dal, make the best dosa. it makes the batter ferment better

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    13. Anonymous

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      @Gayathri Mageshyes i think u can

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    14. Sheba

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      Hi Aarthi..
      always come to your blog for finding varieties..a great blog u have...

      Can we use this batter for making idli?

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    15. Aarthi

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      @kalai vanino idli batter will be diff proportion

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    16. Aarthi

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      @kalai vaniit is mentioned in writen recipe

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    17. Aarthi

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      @kalai vaniye it has fermented well

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    18. Aarthi

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      @kalai vanisame measurements

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    19. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousyes you can use bajra flour too

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    20. Aarthi

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      @Shebaidli batter is diff proposition. will share it soon

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    21. Kavitha

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      Can we use barnyard millet too??

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    22. Aarthi

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      @Kavithayes u can use any millets

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    23. Anonymous

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      Hi Aarthi,
      If we are using bajra flour, how much is the quantity??

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    24. Aarthi

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      @Anonymoussame level..

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    25. Anonymous

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      Hi a art hi,
      I love this dosa , I make sure I make this once a week .... its without rice and I get to make my son eat millet this way thank u .....

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    26. Arc

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      Thanks for ur recipe! Will try it

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    27. Deepa

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      Hi Aarthi.. I have kambu kurunai ..shud i measure same quantity?

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      • Aarthi

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        yes u can measure the same level.

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