Last Updated on January 2, 2018
I love making idlies for breakfast..I have quite few idli recipes in my blog. You can check out my ragi idli, rava idli, wheat rava idli, thinai idli. This shows my love for idlies, all because my hubby loves to have it so much, so i make it quite often. And to a change from normal idlies i try different idlies..
This is my oats version. I have a oats veg idli already in this blog. But this is a little different from that. It turned out so moist and fluffy, i like to have it with tomato chutney, but it equally taste good with sambar and coconut chutney..So give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you..
Preparation Time : 15 mins
Cooking Time : 8 to 10 mins per batch
Serves : 4
Ingredients:
Sooji / Rava - 1 cup
Carrots - 1 medium size grated
Green Chilli - 2 finely chopped
Coriander Leaves - 3 tblspn finely chopped
Curry leaves a sprig
Salt to taste
Baking Soda - ½ tsp
Water - as needed
For Seasoning:
Oil - 1 tsp
Mustard Seeds / Kaduku - 1 tsp
Urad dal / Ulundu Paruppu - 1 tsp
Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam - ½ tsp
Asafoetida / Kaya podi / Hing - ¼ tsp
Method:
Take oats flour in a bowl, add in sooji, curd, water, carrots, chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves and water. Mix well to a thick batter.
Make seasoning by heating oil and crackling all ingredients given for seasoning. Let them sizzle for a min.
Pour this over the batter and mix well.
Now add more water if the batter is too thick. It should be pouring consistency.
Now add in baking soda and mix well.
Grease a idli plate with oil. Pour ladleful of batter in each mould and steam it for 8 to 10 mins.
Once it is steamed, remove it and let it cool for 2 mins.
Now dip a spoon in water and slide under the idlies.
Serve this with any chutney of your choice.
Pictorial:
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| Take oats flour in a bowl |
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| add in sooji / rava |
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| Add in curd |
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| pour some water |
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| Add in salt |
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| Add in grated carrots |
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| Add in chopped green chillies, coriander leaves and curry leaves |
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| Heat oil in a tadka pan |
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| Add in cumin seeds, mustard and urad dal |
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| Add in asafoetida |
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| Pour it over the batter |
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| Mix well |
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| But now the batter is thick |
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| so add some water |
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| It should be thick buy pouring consistency |
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| Add in ½ tsp of baking soda |
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| mix well |
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| Grease idli moulds with oil |
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| pour idli batter in it, dont overfill |
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| place in idli steamer |
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| steam for 8 to 10 mins |
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| Remove it and let it cool for 2 mins |
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| dip a spoon in water |
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| run it under the idlies |
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| tada |
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| all done |
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| serve |
kalai
Hi arthi
Oats flour is available on market or u make it from instant oats? ?
Aarthi
@kalaii made it, check this out
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/07/homemade-oats-flour-recipe-oats-flour.html
Anonymous
Hi aarathi, lovely recipe. I want to make this for my 11 month old. Will it be ok if I skip adding baking powder?
knair
Can we use wheat rava instead of sooji?
Anonymous
Which rawa do you use? Bombay rawa or idli rawa?
Aarthi
@Anonymousit is bombay rava..
Aarthi
@knairyes u can use
Aarthi
@AnonymousSkipping baking soda will make the idlies hard and rubbery
Anonymous
Can we use enosalt skipping baking soda?
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes u can use eno salt instead of baking soda
Ash
Read ur blog ! Luv it..its relee helpful! All d ingredients r on d go..well done ! Good goin .. 🙂
Anonymous
Really its so healthy.. Checked ur all recipes...all r so tasty & healthy. Thanx alot for sharing with us..
Anonymous
You have told we can substitute with wheat rawa instead of sooji .if yes the proportions are the same .
Aarthi
@AnonymousYes same.
Anonymous
Nice recipe 🙂 thank u so much
DURGA
Can we use same batter for making dosas?
Aarthi
@DURGANo it wont work i think. but give a try and let me know
Sandhya Mohanasundaram
In the rava dosa recipe, I usually replace the rava with instant oats.. How I do it is: 1 cup oats (slightly fried and crushed coarsely), 1/2 cup maida and 1/2 cup rice flour.. It's crispy and nice...
Vidya Vaidyanathan
Hi AArthi,
I make oats dosa. I roast 1measure oats, 1 msr poha(aval), 1 msr rava separately and powder them with salt. This i store so that i can use whenever i want. To make dosa or rather uthappam, i add finely chopped carrots, beans, cabbage, capsicum, green chillies, curry leaves to it and soak for 15 min in curd. Then i prepare dosais. Very tasty and nutritious
Best regards,
Vidya Vaidyanathan
Anonymous
Hi,
Can I store the batter for a day or two- with all ingredients mixed except the soda bicarb?
My idlis turned out bitter, any idea why?
Thanks.
Aarthi
@AnonymousI am not sure whether you can keep for 2 days. You can keep this for few hours. thats it. Since it has curd, it will turn sour.
Veena
Thanks for your recipe...I wanted to use up the oats sitting in my pantry...however the idlis did not rise ...we're flat....I added both yogurt n eno...any idea what I could have done wrong?
Aarthi
@Veenai think u must have added too much eno, or the batter was too thin, it has to be thick
sangeetha
Hi aarti, I tryd ur oats idle, it came out rely rely well. So soft n tasted excellent. Got good appreciation frm huby n inlaw. Lov ur recipes.
lity li
Wow looking so yummy going to try this:-)
Microwave idli recipe
Priya Ramkumar
Tried this today and it came out well .. Thanks for the healthy and wonderful recipe.
Wafa
Can keep the batter in fridge fot next mitning???
Aarthi
yes u can. but add baking soda or eno right when you make it.
Wafa
Thank u for reply..