Oats Rava Idli Recipe (Instant Oats Rava Idli)

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup oats flour, refer handy tip
• 1/2 cup rava (suji)
• 1/2 cup fresh dahi (curd)
• 2 tsp ghee
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai / sarson)
• 1 tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
• 1/2 tsp asafoetida (hing)
• 1/2 tsp grated ginger (adrak)
• 2 tbsp roughly chopped cashew nut (kaju)
• 2 tsp finely chopped green chillies
• 1 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
• salt (namak) to taste
• 1/2 tsp fruit salt

Steps

1. To make oats rava idli, combine the oats flour, semolina, curds and ¾ cup of water in a deep bowl and mix well. Cover with a lid and keep aside for 30 minutes.
2. Heat the ghee in a small non-stick pan and add the mustard seeds.
3. When the seeds crackle, add the cumin seeds and asafoetida and sauté on a medium flame for a few seconds.
4. Add this tempering and the remaining ingredients, except the fruit salt to the prepared oats-semolina batter and mix well.
5. Just before steaming, add the fruit salt to the batter and pour 2 tsp of water over it.
6. When the bubbles form, mix gently.
7. Put a little batter into each of the greased idli mould and steam in a steamer for 8 to 10 minutes or till the idlis are cooked.
8. Repeat step 7 to steam few more idlis.
9. Cool the oats rava idli slightly, demould and serve immediately with sambhar and coconut chutney.
10. To make ½ cup of oats flour, blend ½ cup of quick cooking rolled oats in a mixer to a fine powder.