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You are here: Home / Idlis and Dosas / Kambu Dosai Recipe – Bajra / Pearl Millet Dosa

Kambu Dosai Recipe – Bajra / Pearl Millet Dosa

August 7, 2014 by Sharmilee J 13 Comments

Kambu Dosai Recipe

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 my kambu dosa recipe to use only kambu replacing rice so the handbook my neighbour lended me helped me here….I was convinced withe the recipe as it had only kambu and urad dal exactly the recipe I wanted so tried it immediately.The dosas came out lacy and crispy too as you can see in the pics, and with your favourite chutney you will surely not miss our regular dosas.

You can serve it with tomato chutney / red coconut chutney too.Now lets get on to Kambu Dosa Recipe.

Kambu Dosai Recipe

Kambu Dosa Recipe

Preparation Time:24 hrs | Cooking Time : 5 mins / dosa | Makes:6 dosas
Recipe Category: Breakfast | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Pearl Millet – 1 cup (I used broken kambu)
Urad Dal – 1/4 cup
Fenugreek Seeds – 1 tsp
Salt – to taste

Method:

  1. Rinse and wash urad dal and pearl millet seperately.Soak urad dal and fenugreek seeds in a bowl, then in a seperate bowl soak kambu.Let it soak for atleast 5-6 hrs.How to make millet idiyappam - Step1
  2. Add kambu first to the grinder and while its coarse add urad dal+fenugreek seeds and grind it a smooth batter adding required water.Sprinkle water then and there to avoid sticking.Collect it in a container
    How to make millet idiyappam - Step2
  3. Add required salt,, close the container with a lid. and ferment it overnight,set aside in a warm place.Then the next day you can see the batter has rised, then add little water to make it little runny so that its easy to spread.
    How to make millet idiyappam - Step3
  4. Heat dosa tawa, then take a laddle full of idli dosa batter – In medium flame add the dosa batter to the dosa tawa and keep spreading in circular motion outwards.Drizzle oil,when the dosa gets slightly browned turn over to other side and cook for few seconds then flip over and fold it.
    How to make millet idiyappam - Step3

Your dosa is ready! Serve with idli podi / any chutney of your choice.

My Notes:

  • If you want to add idli rice then you can add 1/8 cup urad dal and 1/8 cup idli rice for 1 cup of pearl millet.This yields more crispy dosas.
  • Fermenting time totally depends on your locations climatic conditions.
  • You can refrigerate the batter and store and use it.
  • I used broken kambu, you can use whole kambu too.
  • I used my cast iron dosa tawa , you can use non stick dosa tawa too.

Kambu Dosai Recipe

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  1. ஸ்வர்ணரேக்கா says

    August 7, 2014 at 12:06 pm

    i too do the same thing. only kambhu and ulundhu with varamilagai… nice combo when had with curd. nice pictures

    Reply
  2. Vaishnavi says

    August 7, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    Hi sharmi…nice idea for a healthy breakfast….can you please tell me how many dosas this will yield

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      August 8, 2014 at 1:19 am

      This makes 6-7 dosas Vaishnavi

      Reply
    • Vaishnavi says

      August 9, 2014 at 6:22 am

      Thanks

      Reply
    • Vaishnavi says

      August 9, 2014 at 6:22 am

      Thanks

      Reply
    • Grace says

      April 16, 2020 at 3:13 am

      I tried this dosa. But dosas are sticky even in nonstick pan. Please suggest some idea

      Reply
      • Sharmilee J says

        April 30, 2020 at 6:15 am

        this is just like our regular dosa only…did you ferment well? Was ur tawa treated well before use?

        Reply
  3. traditionallymodernfood says

    August 8, 2014 at 7:25 pm

    Crispy and healthy dosa:-)

    Reply
  4. Noodlehead says

    September 3, 2014 at 5:49 am

    We had this for breakfast today and it was excellent. We all enjoyed it a lot including my 1 yo baby. Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe. It will feature often in my breakfast menu 🙂

    Reply
  5. Joy Christy says

    April 15, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Tried this yesterday and dosa turned out just perfect . Thanks.

    Reply
  6. Sathya Mathan says

    July 30, 2015 at 5:46 pm

    can we use other millets for this recipe sharmi….

    Reply
    • SHARMILEE J says

      July 31, 2015 at 1:54 am

      Yes you can try with other millets too….

      Reply
  7. Anjana Rao says

    January 6, 2016 at 3:42 pm

    loved the recipe…

    Reply

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