Mappillai samba rice idli dosa is one of traditional healthy breakfast/ dinner recipe. In this recipe I have used 50% Mappillai samba rice 50% regular Idli rice. I haven’t tried with 100%. Also I have used grinder to grind the batter. you can do it in Mixie / blender too. I have used traditional Idli maker but you can make idli in idli cooker too. Using same batter you could make uttappam.
What is Mappillai Sambar Rice?
Mappillai Samba Rice is Tamil Nadu native rice. It is translated literally as “bridegroom rice”. It is red in color but different from Red rice. Mappillai samba rice is rich in Iron, Zinc and Fiber.
How to Ferment Idli batter
There are many ways you can ferment the batter. If you live in tropical place like Singapore you can just leave it on counter top for 4-6 hrs. However soaking rice, urad dal overnight gives good batter that result in soft idli. If you are in colder place you can place grinded batter in closed warm place or preheated oven or under oven light
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Ingredients for making Mapillai samba Idli/ Dosa:
- Idly rice- 1.75 cup
- Mappillai Samba rice -1.25 cup
- Urad dal – 3/4 cup
- Fenugreek seeds-1/4 teaspoon
- Salt to taste
- Oil for cooking dosa
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Step by step instruction to make Mapillai samba idli/ dosa
Step 1: Wash and soak rice or Mappillai Samba rice together for 6-7 hrs or overnight
Step 2: wash and soak urad dal & fenugreek seeds together for 6-7 hrs or overnight
Step3: Grind urad dhal till fluffy by adding cold water at regular intervals. Remove it Grind rice with required water(add water at regular interval)Add urad dal batter, salt and grind for 2 more mins.
Step 4: Remove it. Let it ferment for 5-7 hrs
Step 5: Heat water in Idli pan. pour batter.
Step 6: Cook for 10-13 mins or till inserted stick comes out clean.
Step 7: Let it cool down for a min. Remove it. Serve hot
Step 8: heat dosa pan. Pour the batter and spread outward to get nice crisp dosa. Drizzle oil around it. Let it cook till dosa browned slightly
Step 9: Once done remove it and serve hot
Notes
- Make sure you don’t add lot of water
- Grind the Urad dal by adding water little by little to get fluffy batter
- You can try with full measurement of Mappillai samba rice
- Dosa came out super crispy
- You can apply ghee for dosa instead of oil
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Health benefits of Mappillai Samba rice
- It has high in fiber which can helps for easy digestion.
- Apart from Iron and Zinc, it contains magnesium, phosphorus, molybdenum and manganese.
- This native rice seems to be full of antioxidants which slows down aging process
- The pro-anthocyanins observed in this rice assist in the reduction of cholesterol
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Mappillai Samba Rice Idli dosa
Ingredients
- 1.75 cup Idly rice
- 1.25 cup Mappillai Samba rice
- 3/4 cup Urad dal
- 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds
- Salt to taste
- Oil for cooking dosa
Instructions
- Wash and soak rice or Mappillai Samba rice together for 6-7 hrs or overnight
- wash and soak urad dal & fenugreek seeds together for 6-7 hrs or overnight
- Grind urad dhal till fluffy by adding cold water at regular intervals. Remove it Grind rice with required water(add water at regular interval)Add urad dal batter, salt and grind for 2 more mins.
- Remove it. Let it ferment for 5-7 hrs
- Heat water in Idli pan. pour batter.
- Cook for 10-13 mins or till inserted stick comes out clean.
- Let it cool down for a min. Remove it. Serve hot
- heat dosa pan. Pour the batter and spread outward to get nice crisp dosa. Drizzle oil around it. Let it cook till dosa browned slightly
- Once done remove it and serve hot