Oats Roti

Today's recipe is another alternative to Oats Porridge. This roti is prepared with powdered oats. Little whole wheat flour is added to bind powdered oats. Very much healthy recipe indeed. Try this recipe once, instead of regular roti. Over to the recipe..

Yields : Around 6 roti

Preparation time : 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Oats                              - 1 cup
Whole Wheat Flour     - 1/3 cup
Salt                               - As needed
Water                            - For Kneading
Oil                                 - For Roti

Procedure:

Powder Oats. Take a bowl. Add powdered oats , whole wheat flour and enough salt to it. Add hot water and start kneading the dough. This roti will absorb more water than that of whole wheat flour roti. Cover the dough and rest it for 10 minutes. After that take a lemon size ball and roll it with the help of flour.

Heat Dosa pan.. place rolled out chapathi.. Cook it on both sides and serve with side dish of your choice. If you want spray some oil or ghee

Here is the link for veg side dish gravies

Here is the link for Non veg side dish gravies

Oats Veg Uppuma

Today's recipe is a tasty alternative to oats porridge.  Oats Veg uppuma.. Similar to Rava and Semiya we can also prepare uppuma using Oats. I have also added vegetables to make the dish much more healthier. Give this recipe a try, for a change... The recipe follows..

Recipe For : 2

Preparation Time : 20 minutes

Ingredients:

Oats                        - 1 cup
Carrot                      - 1 (medium size)
Fresh Peas            - Handful
 Big Onion              - 1
Green Chillies        - 2
Chopped Ginger    - 2 tsp
Turmeric Powder   - a pinch
Salt                          - As required
Mustard seeds       - 1/4 tsp
Channa dal            - 1/4 tsp
Urad dal                  - 1/4 tsp
Curry Leaves         - few
Oil                            - 1 tbsp
Water                       - 2. cups

Procedure:

1. Dry roast oats till it leaves a beautiful aroma. See to that you don't burn it. After that take it out in a plate. Chop Big onion lengthwise. Slit Green Chilies. Chop carrot into little bigger pieces. Boil carrot and peas. Finely chop Ginger.
2. Heat oil in  a pan.
3. When the oil is hot, add mustard seeds, urad dal and channa dal.
4. When they splutter, add chopped onions,Ginger, slit green chilies and curry leaves.
5. After the onions turn translucent, add cooked carrot and peas.
6. Add all the water, turmeric powder and salt.
7. When the water boils , reduce the flame and add oats in small instances so that no lumps are formed.
8. wait till the water evaporates and serve with sambar and Chutney Of your Choice.oats 

Oats - Godhumai Maavu Uthapam (Oats- Wheat flour Uthapam)

Another healthy Breakfast, which is fully packed with nutrients. This uthapam is prepared with Oats and Whole wheat flour. Vegetables are also added to make it much more healthy. And one more good news is that, it doesn't require any Fermentation. Here goes the easy and healthy recipe..

Yields : 5 Uthapam

Preparation Time : 30 minutes

Ingredients:

Whole Wheat Flour            - 1 cup
Oats                                     - 1/2 cup
Yogurt                                 - 1/4 cup
Big Onion                            - 1 (small)
Carrot                                   - 1 (small)
Chopped Cabbage                - a handful
Capsicum                              - 1/2
Salt                                        - As required
Gingelly Oil                          - As required
Coriander Leaves                  - few

Procedure:

• Chop finely Big onion,Carrot, Cabbage, Capsicum and coriander leaves. Powder oats.
• Take a bowl, Add whole wheat flour, powdered oats , yogurt and chopped vegetables to it.
• Add water in small instances and start preparing the batter. The batter should be of  uthapam  batter consistency. Add water accordingly. Add also enough salt. Let the batter sit aside for 15 minutes.
• Heat a dosai pan. Spray little oil to it. Add batter to the pan and expand it. Apply oil to it. Once the uthapam is done on both sides remove from the pan and serve it hot. I always prefer adding Gingely Oil for Dosai and Uthapam.
• Enjoy it with sambar and Chutney Of Your Choice.

Oats - Samba Rava Vegetable Idli

Oats - Samba Rava Vegetable Idli

Weekend is over..  What for Breakfast tomorrow?? Will tell you very much healthy Idli, which doesn't need any fermentation.

Yes its Oats Idli.. I have added also Samba Rava and Vegetables. Thus its a nutrition packed Idli.. It does n't need any fermentation. You can prepare this Idli in less than 20 minutes.

Here is that nutrition packed Idli..

Ingredients: (Recipe For 6 Idlis)

Oats                       - 1/2 cup

Samba Rava          - 1/2 cup

Yogurt                   - 3 tbsp

Chopped Carrot    -  few

Chopped Cabbage- few

Chopped Beans    - few

Mustard Seeds      - 1/4 tsp

Urad Dal               - 1/4 tsp

Channa Dal           - 1/4 tsp

Red Chilli             - 1

Cashew Nuts        - 3 (Optional)

Curry Leaves       - few

Salt                      - As required

Procedure:

• Powder Oats and Samba Rava in a Mixie and take out in a bowl.
• Add salt, yogurt and enough water to the bowl and mix to idli batter consistency.
• Take oil in a pan.  Add mustard seeds, Urad dal, channa dal, cashew nuts, red chilli and curry leaves.
• When they splutter, add all the chopped vegetables to the pan. Saute well.
• Add enough salt and add to the idli batter.
• Grease the idli moulds. Add batter to the mould and steam the idlis.
• Serve it hot. Serve with Chutney Of Your Choice.
• I am serving it with Sambar and Mint-Coconut Chutney.

Oats Veg Uttapam

Oats Veg Uttapam

A healthy, whole nutrients packed uttapam using oats. I have added vegetables to it. Hence its perfect for energizing breakfast. It doesn't need any fermentation. You can prepare this healthy breakfast in less than 10 minutes.. Here is the recipe..

Yields       : 25 Uttapam

Preparation Time : 15 minutes + time for Grinding

Ingredients:

Oats                     - 1 cup

Rava                    - 1/4 cup

Besan Flour         - 1/4 cup (Kadalai Maavu)

Carrot                  - 1 (small)

Cabbage              - 1/4 cup (Chopped)

Capsicum            - 1(small)

Butter-milk         - As required (need at least a cup of it)

Grated Coconut   - 2 tbsp (optional)

Salt                      - As required

Gingely Oil         - For Dosai

To powder:

Whole Pepper      - 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds        - 1/2 tsp (Seeragam)

Cashew Nuts        - 4 or 6 (Optional)

Procedure:

• Finely chop carrot, cabbage and capsicum.
• Powder everything under 'To  Powder'.
• Powder oats. Take a bowl. Add powdered oats, rava and besan flour.
• Add enough salt and butter milk. Mix everything to get a dosai batter consistency.
• Add powdered mixture and chopped vegetables to it. Your uttapam batter is ready,
• Heat a dosai pan. Spray some gingely oil to it. Add a ladle of batter to the pan. Expand it like uttapam. Add some more oil.
• When both sides are done, serve it hot with Chutney Of Your Choice.
• I served it with Tomato Garlic Chutney. 

Naalu Ainthu Dosai

Naalu Ainthu Dosai (Four ,Five Dosai)

'Naalu Ainthu Dosai', Very catchy name.. Isn't it?? Its a little variant of original adai dosai. As the name indicates, Add four or five other ingredients to rice. Soak it and grind it. These are the other five ingredients  we are adding to the rice, for the batter.

Red Brown Aval

Oats

Toor Dal

Channa Dal

Urad Dal

Hence its a balanced Dosai. This dosai needs only very few hours for fermenting. Even if you want to prepare for breakfast, soak the ingredients for 3 hours in the  before evening. Grind them n  place batter in fridge. Morning you can start preparing Dosais. This Dosai will be very soft instead of crunchy. So you can give also babies. 

Here is that healthy, Stomach satisfying , wholesome n tasty recipe..

Ingredients:

Oats                           - 1 cup

Red Flattened Rice    - 1/2 cup  (Red Aval)

Toor dal                    - 1 /4 cup (Thuvaram Parupu)

Channa Dal               - 1 /4 cup (Kadalai Parupu)

Urad Dal                   - 1/4 cup (Ulundham Parupu)

Par-Boiled Rice        - 1/2 cup (Pulungal Arisi)

Raw Rice                  - 1/2 cup (Paccharisi)

Red Chiili                  - 2

Ginger                        - 1 inch size

Grated Coconut        - 2 tbsp

Salt                             - As required

Gingely Oil                 - For dosai

For Seasoning:

Mustard Seeds          - 2 tsp

Cumin Seeds             - 1 tsp

Big Onion                 - 1

Coriander Leaves     - few

Curry Leaves            - few

Procedure:

• Soak Par-Boiled rice, Raw Rice,Toor Dal,Channa Dal, Urad Dal and Aval for 3-4 hours.
• When you are about to grind, soak oats separately.
• Grind rices, Dals n Aval for a while with red chilli n ginger. When they are half grinded, add oats. 
• Now grind everything into a smooth batter along with salt.
• Allow it to ferment for 2 hours. 
• Chop the big onions. Do  the seasoning and  add it to the batter. Add also grated coconut. Adding coconut is purely optional.
• Heat the Dosai pan. Add gingelly oil add the batter to the pan and expand it. Apply oil to it.. Once both sides are done, remove from the flame and serve it!!!
• Serve it hot with sambar and Chutney of your choice.
• I served it with Peanut Chutney.