Instant oats Idli recipe

Healthy and quick (instant) oats idli are always an instant hit at my house - they are steamed,they have oats and cracked wheat,no rice or starchy ingredients and they have veggies too...what else can one ask for?The texture and flavor of this idli rarely resembles the Ooey gooey nature of Oats ,which makes it more like rawa or semolina idli .....the hard part is to stop munching them.Lets have a look on the preparation.

  Ingredients

• Oats : 1 cup
• cracked wheat :1/2 cup
• yogurt : 1/2 cup
• carrot: 1medium size grated
• green chilies:3 or as per taste
• curry leaves and mustard seeds for tempering
• oil for tempering
• water : 1/2 cup or as required
• baking powder or baking soda
• salt as per taste

Recipe

• Start by dry roasting 1 cup of oats for few minutes,let cool and grind to a powder
• next dry roast 1/2 cup of cracked wheat also known as daliya for about 2-3 minutes until it gives out a nice aroma,keep this aside.
• In a separate pan add some oil .temper with mustard seeds,add  grated carrot,green chilies,a few curry leaves and saute for few minutes.let this cool .
• now take a large mixing bowl and bring togather the powdered oats,the roasted cracked wheat and the tempered veggies.
• add to this half a cup of yogurt, required amount of salt and 1/2 a cup of water ,mix everything well ensuring there are no lumps.
• finally add 1/3 tsp of baking powder or baking soda ,mix well.
• grease idli moulds ,pour the batter and steam cook for 10 to 15 minutes.

The oats and cracked wheat mixture in this recipe can be roasted ahead of time in 2:1 ratio and stored for an instant version of idli.serve it warm with your favorite condiment .

Here is a quick video tutorial:

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