Last updated on October 11th, 2019
Instant oats idli is a perfect breakfast if you are looking for something healthy yet delicious and satiating. There is nothing like a plate of piping hot soft idli with sambar for breakfast. These instant idli with oats is a good choice when you don’t have idli batter handy yet want to have idli 🙂 A bonus here is it is good for weight watchers too. Here is how to make oats idli recipe.
This is a very quick oats idli recipe that can be prepared in a jiffy. You can mix up everything and let the batter to raise for 15 minutes. Once the batter is raised it takes 10-12 minutes for steaming the oats idli. Though I made these oats idli just like rava idli, I should say these were even more porous and spongy as you could see in the pictures. You should use quick cooking oats for this oats idli. This recipe uses fruit salt (eno). If you want to avoid eno just use sour curd and let the batter sit for 30 minutes.
To make oats idli recipe here I have used roasted and ground oats. Along with that roasted rava is also added,I have tried these oats idli recipe with and with out fruit salt. I liked both the versions. To make oats idli even more quick, you can roast and grind quick cooking oats in bulk when you have time and store airtight. You can do the same with rava too. When you have roasted and ground oats in hand you can make oats idli recipe,otas dosa recipe in a jiffy, you can also use ground oats as thickening agent for soups,roll the cutlets over it etc.
Serve oats idli with chutney or sambar.
Here is how to make oats idli recipe with step by step photos.
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How to make oats idli recipe
1. Dry roast the measured oats till aromatic and it slightly changes in color. Grind to a fine powder (rava like).
2. Dry roast the rava and remove it to a bowl. Add the oats powder to it.
3. Add the measured curd, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
4. Heat ghee in a pan and temper with mustard,gram dal,green chillies,cashew nuts and curry leaves. Add to the oats-rava batter.
5. Mix well and add 1/2 cup water. The batter should be slightly loose than idli batter. Set aside for 15-20 minutes. Add fruit salt just before steaming and mix well.
6. Grease the idli plate and fill each whole 3/4 level with batter.
7. Steam the idlis for 10-12 minutes,serve instant oats idli with chutney and sambar.
Instant oats idli recipe card below
Instant oats idli recipe | Indian oats recipes | Easy oats idli
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup quick cooking oats
- 1/2 cup rava
- 2 1/2 cups curd whisked smooth
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon fruit salt
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon gram dal
- 6-7 cashew nuts broken
- 2 green chillies
- 10-12 curry leaves
- 2 teaspoons ghee
Instructions
- Dry roast the measured oats till aromatic and it slightly changes in color. Grind to a fine powder (rava like).
- Dry roast the rava and remove it to a bowl. Add the oats powder to it.
- Add the measured curd and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and temper with mustard,gram dal,green chillies,cashew nuts and curry leaves. Add to the oats-rava batter.
- Mix well and add 1/2 cup water. The batter should be slightly loose than idli batter. Set aside for 15-20 minutes. Add fruit salt just before steaming and mix well.
- Grease the idli plate and fill each whole 3/4 level with batter.
- Steam the idlis for 10-12 minutes,serve instant oats idli with chutney and sambar.
Notes
2. You can add baking soda instead of fruit salt.
Nutrition
Radhika Kamlapurkar says
Hi Harini,
Which Rava did you use here? and what is Fruit salt? where can i buy it from.
Thanks for the Recipe.
Harini says
Hi,normal rava we use for upma and you can get eno fruit salt which is widely available
Radhika Kamlapurkar says
so it Sooji Rava, will try it 🙂 Thank You!!!
Divya says
can we use old fashioned oats ? if yes then how can we make the paste from oats.
Harini says
I dont think so you can use old fashioned oats here