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Showing posts with label O. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Buttermilk Oats

Ingredients:

Quick Cooking Oats : 1 cup
Milk : 3 cups (optional - can be replaced by water)
Buttermilk : 1 cup
Fresh ginger : 1 " piece
Green Chillies : 2
Mustard  seeds : 1/4 tsp
urad dal : 1/4 tsp
Asafotida Powder : a pinch
Oil
Salt

Method:

Mix milk/water with oats and cook for 3 to 4 minutes stirring now and then.
Alternatively, you can also cook oats in microwave oven.
Remove from stove and keep it aside.Allow it to cool down.
When it is cooled down,  add buttermilk into the oats along with salt. Mix well.
Heat oil in a kadai, then add mustard seeds and urad dal.
Once the mustard seeds starts spluttering, then add ginger and green chillies and saute for a min.
Add this seasoning to the Oats buttermilk mixture.
Garnish with grated carrot, coriander leaves and grapes or pomegranate pearls.

PS:

I normally use low fat buttermilk to prepare this.. u can even replace it with curd as well.
This is very gud breakfast for the weight watchers..

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Oats Dosa

Ingredients:

Powdered Oats : 3/4 cup (Grind the oats in a mixie)
Wheat Flour : 1/2 cup
Rava  : 1/4 cup
Curd : 2-3 tsp
Pepper : 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
For seasoning:
Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
Urad dal :1/2 tsp
Channa dal : 1 tsp
Jeera/Cumin seeds : 1 tsp
Green chillies : 2-3 (finely chopped)
Curry leaves : 10-15 ( finely chopped)
Ginger : 1"piece (finely chopped)
Onion : 1 (Finely chopped)

Method:

Mix Powdered oats, wheat flour and rava with required amount of water and curd to dosa batter consistency.
Heat oil in a pan,add mustard seeds, jeera, channa dal, urud dal, green chillies, curry leaves, ginger , onion , little salt and saute nicely till everything is mixed..
Add this mixture in the batter and leave it for an hour.
PS: If you are really in a hurry, you can use it as soon as mixed.
Prepare like normal dosas.. 

Oats dosa is ready to serve...