Oats Kozhukattai

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I always prepare rice kozhukattai and wanted to make it with Oats. Many of my friends tells me that incorporating oats in everday routine is difficult for them. As most of us Indians like savory food for breakfast or snack. Here in US , Oats is usually taken in a sweet way. We adapting it, is a bit difficult….at least for South Indians I guess 😉 Do give this recipe a try. This will surely be treat for taste buds.

Ingredients:

Oats : 1 cup ( any kind, rolled oats or instant oats)

Water : 3/4 cup

Salt : 1/4 teaspoon

Oil : 1 teaspoon

Mustard Seeds : 1/4 teaspoon

Urad dal : 1/4 teaspoon

Curry Leaves : Few

Onion : 1/4 of a large

Green Chili : 1 small

Method:

• Dry roast Oats until nice aroma rises(It will take around 3 to 4 mins). Let it cool.
• Once cool, grind it to either fine powder or coarse powder. I made coarse powder.
• Heat oil in a pan. When hot add mustard seeds, urad dal. When it turns slight golden color, add curry leaves. (Chop curry leaves into pieces and put, so that it can merge well)
• When curry leaves splutter, add onion, green chili. Saute for 2 mins.
• Next add water and salt. Let it boil well.
• When it boils add the oats powder and mix. It will get cooked fast.
• Oats will come together soon. When it turns sticky enough, switch off and let it cool.
• Meanwhile grease idli plates and get idli pot also ready.
• When the oats is cooled down, grease your palm with oil.
• Make small balls and steam it for 10 mins in high.
• Serve with any spicy chutney, as oats is a little bland in taste.

This can be served as both breakfast and snack. I served it with spicy coconut chutney.

Few other Oats recipes for breakfast from my earlier post

Oats Upma

Oats Idli

Oats Uthappam

 

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Oats Barfi

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It has been long since I made some desserts at home. Wanted to try something quite healthy and easy. I have a huge pack of rolled oats and my hubby kept asking me to prepare something with it. I have been preparing oats uthappam all the time 😉 So made some of these barfi and came out very delicious.To avoid sugar, I have added jaggery. You can go ahead with sugar as well. Do give it a try.

Ingredients:

Oats Flour : 1.5 cups (take 1.5 cups of oats and grind to fine powder/Instant oats can also be powdered)

Almonds : 2 tablespoon

Cashews : 2 tablespoon

Walnuts : 2 tablespoon

Cardamom : 5 to 6 pieces

Raisins : 1 tablespoon

Jaggery : 3/4 cup( can reduce it to 1/2 cup/ also can be replaced by sugar)

Ghee : 3 tablespoon + extra to grease tray

Method:

• Grind almonds, cashews, walnuts, cardamom to fine powder.( I could get 1 cup out of this)
• In a pan, heat one tablespoon of ghee. When it is hot, roast oats flour and roast in low medium flame for 5 mins. (nice aroma would raise) Make sure not to over burn.Set aside.
• Heat another tablespoon of ghee. When hot, add the ground  dry fruits powder and roast in low medium flame for 5 mins. Make sure not to over burn. Set aside.
• Heat 1/2 tablespoon of ghee, add raisins and let it pop. Make sure not to over burn.
• Heat jaggery with one to two tablespoon of water (in case of sugar, add sugar and water) and when it melts, add roasted oats flour, roasted dry fruits powder, raisins.
• Cook in low flame. It mixes very fast and cooks within 5 mins. Add 1/2 to 1 tablespoon of ghee and cook.
• It combines well and will come to the center of the pan. Stop the flame.
• Now grease a tray with ghee.
• Pour this barfi mixture and level it.
• Let it cool for half hour to one hour.
• Then cut it to pieces and store in an air tight container.

With the same you can make ladoo’s. Just by forming small balls out of it. It is a great tea time snack.