Make these Instant Oats Idli with Potato Sagu { Potato Curry}  and you are going to make them often!

I am aware that my posts have been a bit sporadic.. and every other post, I have been telling you how busy my week has been..And how unsettled my missy has been. But today I am not going to talk about anything like that.. As my week has been fairly good with lots of interesting activities and I am quite pleased with my routine.

I have never been a morning person all my life.. But now I am becoming a convert lately.. The family has always been off to bed early always as they all have to get to work and school.. But I have joined their wagon too. I hit the bed fairly early say half Ten, which is just not me and wake up by Half Six literally every single day including today ( Saturday).

This also means, I have been spending my days wisely between Recipe Shoots, Content writing and Social Media. as much as possible, I have tried not to do any night outs and spend the evenings with kiddos.

Waking up early also lets me prepare a quick or an elaborate breakfast like today.. I do deserve a pat on my back .Don’t you agree:))

Soon after I was up early this morning, I knew a special Idli Recipe has to be posted on my Instagram timeline to complete a 5 days Idli series… But what shall I make ? We love Rava Idli { Steamed Semolina Cake }at  home and these can be prepared instantly anytime with very few ingredients.. Keeping Rava Idly in mind, I decided to add one more healthy ingredient Oats twist to my  usual instant Rava idli recipe and made an Oats Idli.

The method and preparation for Oats Idli is pretty simple and just like Rava Idli / Semolina Idly there are a few basic steps to follow.

I had a few lovely Virtual friends asking my about my set up and board for this set up for Instant Oats Idli. Well, lovelies – This is a hand painted Board using just 4  wall paint colors and smudged them with a kitchen scrubber 🙂  Coming to the styling, we have such boring dull days with literally no sight of sun,  I prefer to use this board to brighten up my day and the mood of the images.

Did you notice my cozy stylish mug ? These are from Mason Cash’s Impression collection… I loved it..  They come in grey and brown and scream Autumn 🙂

OTHER SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPE IDEAS

You could also make some Ven Pongal and serve it along with some coconut  chutney and red bell pepper chutney.

Rava Pongal

Green Gram Waffles

INSTANT OATS IDLI RECIPE BELOW

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INSTANT OATS IDLI RECIPE

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

40 mins

 

Make these Instant Oats Idli and serve them with Potato Sagu. It is an instant recipe that requires no fermentation, no soaking.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: SouthIndian

Keyword: breakfast, idli, oats, southindian

Servings: 12 Idli

Author: Sandhya Hariharan

Ingredients

• 3/4 Cup Rolled Oats
• 3/4 Cup Semi Coarse Semolina
• 3/4 Cup of Greek Yogurt
• 1.25-1.5 Cups of Water
• Salt to Taste
• 1 Tsp Eno Fruit Salt or Baking Soda

Seasoning/Tempering

• 2 Tsp Ghee / Oil
• 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds
• 1/2 Tsp Cumin Seeds
• 1/2 Tsp Urd Dal
• 10-12 Cashewnuts roughly broken
• 5 Curry leaves roughly chopped

Garnish

• Handful of Finely chopped coriander leaves
• 1 Small Carrot, grated

Instructions

1. Blitz the Rolled Oats in a blender and set the Oats flour aside aside.
2. Heat Ghee in a pan, add mustard seeds, cumin seeds and urd dal. Once mustard begins to splutter, add curry leaves, cashewnuts. Fry them in low flame for 2 minutes. Add grated ginger, semolina and roast in low flame until you can feel the aroma.
3. Add Oats flour and roast in low flame for another 2 minutes. Next add some Grated carrots and coriander leaves and mix again. Transfer the flour mix to a Mixing bowl and set it aside to cool.
4. Add Salt, Greek Yogurt and about 1.25 Cups of water and mix well. A medium spoonable consistency must be achieved. If you think the batter is too thick, add a little more water is needed. Remember the batter should not be very thin. Set the batter aside and allow it to settle for atleast 10 minutes.
5. In the meanwhile, apply ghee/ oil onto the idly plate.
6. After 10 minutes, divide the batter into 2 portions if you have a smaller idly plate like mine. Add 1/2 the fruit salt in one portion and stir well. Spoon the idly batter onto the plates and steam them for approximately 12- 14 minutes. Check by inserting a fork in it. If the Idly's come out clean, we are ready to remove them from the plate.
7. Add the remaining fruit salt to the remaining batter portion and stir well. Repeat the process and make Oats Idly.
8. This recipe portion yields 12 Idly's. Serve them with Bombay style Potato Sagu.

Recipe Notes

Incase you have 12 portion Idly plate, you may mix all the Fruit Salt/ Baking Powder in a go and spoon the idly batter.