
No long time soak needed and no idli rice required for this healthy Red Rice Sorghum Idli dosa Batter. With the same batter you can make soft idlis / paniyaram and crispy dosas as well. I mix all the millets in equal proportion with idli rice and grind batter in bulk for 10-15 days. But due to
rationed ingredients now I am experimenting and sharing several instant idli dosa batter varieties. This won’t come in instant since it needs fermentation. Also i have Red Rice based another multi millets based Idli dosa Batter Version do check HERE.

Red Rice Sorghum Idli dosa Batter Preparation
- Remove husk from rice and millets before start soaking.
- In a wide bowl add rice, millets and fenugreek seeds.
- Soak them in water for 15 minutes and discard the water.
- Also wash thrice or until you see clean water.
- Now with fresh water let it soak for at least 2 hours.
- Also soak urad dal in a separate container for 1.25 hours.
- 2 hours later even its cleaned and stone removed millets do try to check for stones as shown in the video before grinding/using.
- For that use stainless steel container and slowly filter the millets to other pan.
- If there are stones they stay at the bottom by doing so check the video at the end of the post.
- Once stone with the stone removing process keep aside.
- Now grind the urad dal with enough cold water.
- Grind them at intervals and do not heat the urad dal batter while grinding.
- It has to be grind to very smooth butter like texture and fall as stiff whipped cream like consistency as shown in the video.
- Once done transfer to a stainless steel or glass bowl.

- In the same jar grind the red rice and millets mixture in batches.
- Now pour the ground rice batter to the same urad dal stored bowl.
- Wash idli rava in a bowl and add it to this mixture (no need to soak).
- Add necessary salt and enough water, yes idli rava absorbs water so add water accordingly to the batter.
- In winter weather , place the batter covered with lid in warm place like oven (preheated at 200 F for 5 minutes) or microwave for fermentation and it takes at least 12 hours to ferment.
- In summer it takes 8 hours minimum to ferment.
- After fermentation (8-14 hours) mix the top of the batter gently as shown in video.
- Pour the batter in idli plates greased with oil or ghee.
- Steam them 10-12 minutes in boiling water and let the idlis cool a bit before taking out of the idli plates.
- For idli you need thick batter and dilute a bit while making dosa (refer video).
- Serve soft idlis or Crisp dosa with chutney and Sambar.
- Here I served with Peanut Chutney and Kadala Curry (Black Chana Curry).
Red Rice Sorghum Idli dosa Batter Ingredients
Ingredients
Red Rice/Kavuni Arisi/ Mappilai Samba – 1.5 Cups
Sorghum / Cholam / Jowar Grain – 1.5 Cups (I used mix of red and white variety)
Fenugreek Seeds – 1tsp
Urad dal – 1 Cup (For Mixie Version Refer Notes)
Idli Rice – 1 Cup or Idli Rava – 1 Cup
Salt – As Needed (2tsp)
Tips and Variations
- Instead of Red Rice you can use Brown Rice or Brown Basmati Rice, Raw rice or Idli rice or any millets like Samai/Ragi/Kambu/Kuthiraivalli/Thinai as replacement.
- If using wet grinder 3/4 th cup of Urad Dal is enough for this recipe.
- Instead of Idli Rava you can use Instant Rice Flour, also do grind the Red rice Milelts mixture to coarse texture as explained in video.
- If Using Idli rice soak them along with red rice and millets and do grind coarse.
- Instead of Idli Rava you can use coarse Semolina / Sooji/Rava to this recipe.
- Do fill 3/4th or less of batter to the pan for fermentation.
- Either in Winter or Summer , while fermenting do place a large tray underneath so if it overflows it will take care.
- I use Himalayan Pink Salt for my cooking.
- Since Sorghum/Cholam foams well i use 3/4th cup urad dal for this recipe (reduced dal version) and it works too.
- Replace whole grain Jowar millet with instant flour and do add while mixing with idli rava.

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Learn to make Red Rice Sorghum Idli Dosa Batter Mixie Version
- Red Rice – 1.5 Cups
- Sorghum / Cholam – 1.5 Cups I used mix of red and white variety
- Fenugreek Seeds – 1 tsp
- Urad dal – 1 Cup For Mixie Version Refer Notes
- Idli Rice – 1 Cup or Idli Rava – 1 Cup
- Salt – As Needed 2 tsp
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Remove husk from rice and millets before start soaking.
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In a wide bowl add rice, millets and fenugreek seeds.
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Soak them in water for 15 minutes and discard the water.
-
Also wash thrice or until you see clean water.
-
Now with fresh water let it soak for at least 2 hours.
-
Also soak urad dal in a separate container for 1.25 hours.
-
2 hours later even its cleaned and stone removed millets do try to check for stones as shown in the video before grinding/using.
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For that use stainless steel container and slowly filter the millets to other pan.
-
If there are stones they stay at the bottom by doing so check the video at the end of the post.
-
Once stone with the stone removing process keep aside.
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Now grind the urad dal with enough cold water.
-
Grind them at intervals and do not heat the urad dal batter while grinding.
-
It has to be grind to very smooth butter like texture and fall as stiff whipped cream like consistency as shown in the video.
-
Once done transfer to a stainless steel or glass bowl.
-
In the same jar grind the red rice and millets mixture in batches.
-
Now pour the ground rice batter to the same urad dal stored bowl.
-
Wash idli rava in a bowl and add it to this mixture (no need to soak).
-
Add necessary salt and enough water, yes idli rava absorbs water so add water accordingly to the batter.
-
In winter weather , place the batter covered with lid in warm place like oven (preheated at 200 F for 5 minutes) or microwave for fermentation and it takes at least 12 hours to ferment.
-
In summer it takes 8 hours minimum to ferment.
-
After fermentation (8-14 hours) mix the top of the batter gently as shown in video.
-
Pour the batter in idli plates greased with oil or ghee.
-
Steam them 10-12 minutes in boiling water and let the idlis cool a bit before taking out of the idli plates.
-
For idli you need thick batter and dilute a bit while making dosa (refer video).
-
Serve soft idlis or Crisp dosa with chutney and Sambar.
- Instead of Red Rice you can use Brown Rice or Brown Basmati Rice, Raw rice or Idli rice or any millets like Samai/Ragi/Kambu/Kuthiraivalli/Thinai as replacement.
- If using wet grinder 3/4 th cup of Urad Dal is enough for this recipe.
- Instead of Idli Rava you can use Instant Rice Flour, also do grind the Red rice Milelts mixture to coarse texture as explained in video.
- If Using Idli rice soak them along with red rice and millets and do grind coarse.
- Instead of Idli Rava you can use coarse Semolina / Sooji/Rava to this recipe.
- Do fill 3/4th or less of batter to the pan for fermentation.
- Either in Winter or Summer , while fermenting do place a large tray underneath so if it overflows it will take care.
- I use Himalayan Pink Salt for my cooking.
- Since Sorghum/Cholam foams well i use 3/4th cup urad dal for this recipe (reduced dal version) and it works too.
- Replace whole grain Jowar millet with instant flour and do add while mixing with idli rava.
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