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Soak all the millets in a bowl with necessary water.
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After 15 minutes do remove the stones as shown in the video, discard those water, wash two or three times and allow to soak.
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Wash and Soak the rice varieties separately.
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After 3 hours of millets and rice soak, do wash and soak urad dal and fenugreek in a separate bowl.
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1 hour later start grinding the millets and rice combo.
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What I do is , the rice and millets are 8 cups in total. so i add 6 cups in first batch and in the second batch 2 cups of remaining rice millet mixture goes with urad dal mixture.
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Once they soaked up everything increases in volume just explaining how I do usually.
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Grind the rice and millet mixture ie 1st batch to coarse texture and not so fine (35 - 40 minutes in grinder).
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For the second batch add the remaining soaked millets and rice mixture first, after 5 minutes add the dal and fenugreek mixture.
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Grind this batch to very smooth texture say 45- 50 minutes in grinder.
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Add salt and mix all the ground batter evenly, you can split it in 2 or 3 bowl as needed (yes need enough room to ferment).
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Cover the batter and allow it to ferment in warm place for 6 to 8 hours and in winter maximum 12 hours but not more than that.
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You can use Instant Pot to ferment this batter.
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Later make Idli or Dosa or Paniyaram / Appe as desired and serve like shown here with Sambar dolloped with ghee and chutneys (Curry Leaves and Peanut Chutney) .
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Store the remaining batter in refrigerator for up to 7 days.