Oats Idly

Ingredients:

Oats – 1 cup

Whole Wheat ravva – ½ cup

Curd (as per required to get dropping consistency) – 2 cups

Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp

Grated Carrot – 2 tbsp

Chopped onion – 2 tbsp

Green Chilly Slices – 1 tbsp

Cumin seeds – 1 tsp

Urad dal – 1 tsp

Chana dal – 1 tsp

Ground nuts – 1 tbsp

Cashew nuts (optional) – 8-10

Curry leaves – 5-6

Ginger slices – 2 tbsp

Coriander Leaves – 2 tbsp

Baking soda – 2 tsp

Oil -2 tbsp

Salt to taste

Method of preparation:

1. Heat a pan, add the whole wheat ravva and fry them till it turns to dark brown in color, saute continuously on a medium flame. Remove and keep aside.
2. In the same pan, add the oats and roast for a minute on a high flame.
3. Cool the Oats and wheat ravva and soak in enough of Curd for half an hour.  Keep aside.
4. According to quantity we can add curd to ravva to get dropping consistency like normal idly batter.
5. Heat oil in pan add mustard seeds, When the seeds start popping, add jeera, Chana dal,Urad dal, green chilli slices, curry leaves and add ginger slices saute for 2 min.
6. Add Ground nuts and Cashew nuts fry them well.
7. Above tempering add to the Oats batter.
8. Add chopped onions, grated coconut, grated carrot and coriander leaves to oats batter.
9. Before steaming the idly,  add baking soda to batter
10. Pour the batter on idly moulds, steam it for 8 to 10 minutes.
11. Hot hot yummy idly is ready to eat with ginger chutney or sambar.
12. Before serving, apply ghee on idly.
13. Taste depends upon quality of curd only.It is better to use thick and fresh curd .