Mint-Bengal gram/Brown Rice/Quinoa Dosa/Crepe

Know what you Eat- Mint is a strong diuretic and therefore, helps in eliminating toxins from the body. When included in the diet on a regular basis, mint reduces the growth of bacteria and fungus in the body. The antifungal properties associated with mint help in curing asthma and other allergic conditions. Bengal gram, brown rice and quinoa all the three are low in glycemic index. Bengal gram and quinoa are high in protein, quinoa is an extremely nutritious seed. It has a protein value that is extremely high (12-18%) and the protein it supplies is complete protein, meaning that it includes all nine essential amino acids.

Cooking Time - 20 mins
Preparation Time - 15 mins
Serves - 4(Makes around 14-16)

Ingredients

Bengal gram(Channa dal) - 3/4 Cup
Brown Rice - 3/4 Cup
Quinoa - 3/4 Cup
Mint - 1 bunch
Onion - 1
Salt - 1 tsp or to taste
Green Chilli - 2 or to taste
Ginger - 1 inch piece
Oil

Method

1) Soak Channa dal, brown rice and quinoa for 4 hours.
2) Once soaked, rinse the above ingredients add green chilli, ginger,salt and grind to a fine paste addding little bit of batter. The batter shouldn't be too thick or too watery.
3) Rinse mint thorougly, drain and chop into fine pieces. Remove hard stalks if any before chopping. (The mint i used here was home grown so it was very tender and without any hard stalks).
4) Add chopped onions and mix thoroughly.
5) Heat a griddle and once it is hot pour the batter and spread evenly into a round shape.
6) Pour a tsp of oil around the dosa, once the dosa is well cooked remove, flip and cook the other side also.
7) Once cooked on both sides transfer to a serving plate and serve with chutney or sambar of our choice.

Event Participation

This dish is our contribution to SWC – Cooking with Greens, hosted by Sowmya, originally started by Lakshmi.

This dish is our contribution to JFI: Mint, hosted by Ashwini, originally created by Indira of Mahanandi.

This dish is our contribution to GYO(grown your own) hosted by Dee.

This dish is our contribution to Show me your Breakfast hosted by Divya Vikram

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Brown Rice-Buck Wheat-Mung Dal-Quinoa Dosai/Crepe

Know what you Eat: Buckwheat usually thought of as a grain, is actually the seed of a broadleaf plant related to rhubarb. While it is not a true grain, it is used like one in cooking, and it surpasses rice, wheat and corn on almost every measure of healthfulness. Unlike white rice, wheat and corn buckwheat ranks low on the glycemic scale.

The strong nutty flavor of buck wheat was little overwhelming in the multigrain muffin. But in this dosai nobody will believe its presence unless you tell them the ingredients. Now let us get on to the recipe.

Preparation Time : 20 mins
Cooking Time : 20 mins
Serves : 4

Ingredients

Brown Rice - 1/2 Cup
Buckwheat flour - 1/2 Cup
Quinoa - 1/2 Cup
Mung – 1/2 Cup
Chia powder – 2 table spoon
Green Chilly - 1
Ginger - 1 inch Piece
Onion – 1
Tomato – 1(medium)
Water
Salt to taste.
Oil

Method

1) Soak brown rice, moong and Quinoa for 2-3 hours.
2) Wash and rinse thoroughly and grind them along with green chilly, ginger, tomato and salt. Add water little by little while grinding, based on the need.
3) Soaking and rinsing the grains is very important or you will get a bitter taste from quinoa.
4) Add buck wheat and chia powder and add water to get dosa or pancake batter consistency.
5) Chop onion to fine pieces and add this and salt (if required) to the mixture.
6) You can also add chopped cilantro to this batter.
7) Now heat an iron griddle, take one big spoonful of batter and make it nice big dosa and pour 1 tsp of oil around it.
8) Once the side is well cooked turn the dosa and make sure the other side is cooked before removing it.
9) Serve it with sambhar or chutney as per your choice.

Event Participation

This dish goes to Show me your Breakfast event hosted by Divya Vikram.

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