OATS IDLY !!!!!!!

I adapted this recipe from my sweet & cute FB friend Pallavi Nayak. & she got it from the blog KAMALAS CORNER. This is just like rava idly & takes no time to cook. Low in cholesterol & healthy too. I used only half quantity of these ingredients & made 8 idlies in m/w cooker. 

INGREDIENTS:-

curds - 400 ml
oats - 3/4 cup
bombay rava (sooji rava) - 3/4 cup
mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
urad dal - 1/2 tsp
bengal gram dal - 1/2 tsp
cashew nuts - few
coriander leaves, finely chopped - 1/2 cup
salt to taste
fruit salt - 1 tsp
curry leaves - few strands
oil for seasoning

METHOD:-

1. In a thick bottomed kadai, put the oil & when it is hot add mustard seeds, when it starts spluttering add urad dal+bengal gram dal+curry leaves & fry till dals become light brown.
2. Fry cashew nuts in little ghee till golden brown & keep aside.
3. Now add oats+rava to the seasoning & fry for few seconds or till it is hot to touch (need not fry for a long time).
4. Cool it. Add beaten curds & salt+ chopped coriander leaves & soak it only for 5 to 10 mins.
5. Put the ENO fruit salt on the top of idly batter & pour 1 tbsp of water on fruit salt. Then mix well. If necessary add little water & make the batter like idly batter.
6. Pour water in idly cooker & bring to boil. Grease idly plate & keep one cashew nut in the centre & pour idly batter over it & steam cook it for 8 to 10 mins. Make sure that the water boils well before keeping the idly stand in the idly cooker. ( but i cooked it in m/w cooker for 4 mins).
7. Serve hot with your choice of chutney.

Note:- 1.Before pouring the batter in the idly plate,  you can sprinkle little carrot gratings/tomato cut into small stripes in the idly plate & then pour the batter over it. You will get colourful idly. Also u can add a cup of cut vegetables like green peas, carrot, cauliflower to the batter & make vegetable idly also.
2. You can use pepper, jeera & finely chopped ginger while seasoning also.
3. If you are using whole oats, then just grind to a coarse powder like rava & then add it.
4. If u do not have fruit salt at home, add a pinch of cooking soda to the batter.

HAPPY COOKING :))))))))