Meena's Taste Mantra

Saamai Oats Idli | Vari Tandul Oats Idli | Samo Oats | Little Millet Oats Idli

In our pursuit to consciously eat healthy, we try as much as possible to include Millets in our diet. As a result Amma creates many interesting ways to substitute traditional recipe ingredients with Mighty Millets ! Healthy Oats is a wonderful blending to make this idli even more fiber enriched and nutrition packed!

Today Amma made these yummy idlis which can be easily made as an option during Fasts! Appa added a new dimension to these by relishing the same with Palak Kadhi.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Saamai | Vari Tandul | Samo | Little Millet

1 cup Oats

1 cup Dahi | Curd, thick

2 Green chilli, finely chopped

1"Adrak | Ginger, finely chopped

2 tbsp Carrot, finely diced

2 tblsp Green Bell Pepper, finely diced
To taste Salt

3/4 tsp Fruit Salt

1/2 tsp Olive oil, to grease Idli moulds

METHOD

Wash and soak Saamai Rice for an hour. Drain and keep aside.
In a pan dry roast the Oats taking care it does not get burnt for about 5 minutes. In a mixer pulse this roasted oats to get a rough powder. Transfer this into a mixing bowl.
Add soaked Saamai Rice, curd, green chilli, adrak, carrot and green bell pepper into the mixing bowl.
Grease Idli moulds with oil.
Mix all the remaining ingredients except Fruit Salt. Check for salt and adjust to taste. The consistency of batter should be thick.
Add Fruit Salt and mix well. This will loosen up batter due to the aeration process.
Pour spoonfuls of the batter into Idli mould as we normally prepare Idlis.
Keep the moulds in the steamer and steam for 15 minutes. In case using a pressure cooker, steam them for 15 minutes without the whistle.
Serve the healthy and nutritious Saamai Oats Idlis with any Sambar and Podi|Chutney|Thogaiyal.
These Idlis can be had just like that without any accompaniment too!!

For this quantity, we get 16 idlis. We relished it along with Thenga Chutney and Palak Kadhi.

We have used:

1. Quaker Oats
2. Borges Oilve Oil - Light
3. LG Hing Powder
4. Tata Salt Lite
5. Eno Fruit Salt - Regular

About C R Meena

(c) 2014 - 2016, Meena's Taste Mantra is the result of my ardent desire to share my recipes, with all who appreciate and celebrate food. These recipes are as a result of 60 years of cooking experience, influenced by tradition and exposure to various concepts, new recipes/ingredients and a passion for cooking - adapting to healthier alternatives.