Barley dosa recipe, South Indian breakfast recipes

Barley dosa| Barley dosai recipe with video and step by step pictures, a healthy, crispy dosa recipe, made using barley and millets. Dosa is a most staple dish in the South Indian Kitchen. We make it for breakfast and dinner too. We generally make dosa batter using Idli rice and urad dal. Recently i got a pack of Barley as i was advised to take Barley water. Barley water has a lot of health benefits and taking Barley water is the best way to hydrate the body in summer. I thought i will try out some recipe using barley and decided to make dosa. To my surprise it turned out so crisp and yum. And kids too loved it. If the recipe is kids approved then it has to be posted right! Do try this at home and let me know how it turned out.

Do check out my

1. Bamboo rice dosa
2. Ragi Rava dosa

Barley dosa recipe

• Recipe Cusine: Indian
• Prep Time: 10 Hours
• Cook time: 5 mins per dosa
• Serves: 7-8 dosas
• Author: Jeyashri
• Recipe Category:Breakfast| Dinner
• Description: Barley dosa| Barley dosai recipe with video and step by step pictures, a healthy, crispy dosa recipe, made using barley and millets

     Barley  1/2 cup
     Kodo millet (varagu) or Idli rice   1/2 cup
     Urad dal  1/4 cup
     Poha | aval  1 tblsp
     Oil   to make dosa

Method  :

• In a wide bowl add barley, millet (can use little millet or barnyard millet too) or idli rice, urad dal and aval.
• Wash and soak them in water for 4-5 hours.
• You can keep it overnight too.
• Drain the water and grind into a smooth paste.
• I used mixie jar for this, if the quantity is more you can use grinder too.
• Transfer this to a bowl and add salt.
• Mix well with hands and keep it aside for 5-6 hours.
• Generally millet batter will ferment so fast than the usual batter. 
• Add little water to adjust the consistency.
• Mix well
• Heat a dosa pan.
• Pour a ladle of dosa batter and spread on the tawa.
• Drizzle little oil on the top. 
• Once it is cooked on one side, flip to the next side.
• Cook for few seconds and take it out from the pan. 
• Repeat this for the rest of the batter.
• Crispy dosa is ready to serve. 
• Serve with any chutney of your choice. 
• We had with Onion chutney. 

   
    

                    Video of how to make Barley dosa

                          

Method with step by step pictures :

• In a wide bowl add barley, millet (can use little millet or barnyard millet too) or idli rice, urad dal and aval.
• Wash and soak them in water for 4-5 hours.

• You can keep it overnight too.
• Drain the water and grind into a smooth paste.
• I used mixie jar for this, if the quantity is more you can use grinder too.

• Transfer this to a bowl and add salt.
• Mix well with hands and keep it aside for 5-6 hours.
• Generally millet batter will ferment so fast than the usual batter. 

• Add little water to adjust the consistency.
• Mix well
• Heat a dosa pan.
• Pour a ladle of dosa batter and spread on the tawa.
• Drizzle little oil on the top. 

• Once it is cooked on one side, flip to the next side.
• Cook for few seconds and take it out from the pan. 

• Repeat this for the rest of the batter.
• Crispy dosa is ready to serve. 
• Serve with any chutney of your choice. 
• We had with Onion chutney.