Food & Recipes

Oats recipes for a hearty meal

Oats recipes for a hearty meal
Photo: Collected

Contrary to popular belief oats are not only an ideal breakfast dish but also perfect to make a lot of delicious dishes. If your heart desires dosas, a hotchpotch on a rainy November (not an unlikely weather prediction), or some cakes, know that these can all be made from oats!

Here's to show you how.

Oats dosa

Ingredients
½ cup rolled oats
1 tsp fenugreek seeds
Salt, as needed
1 spring curry leaves
1 green chilli
1 onion
Small piece of ginger
1 cup water

Method
Take rolled oats, and fenugreek seeds and add water for washing. Now, add more water and soak it for 10-15 minutes. Keep it on a strainer. Take a blender jar, add onion, curry leaves, green chillies, ginger, soaked oats, water and salt and blend. Dosa batter is ready; not too thick not thin. Place it into a bowl. Heat a pan and brush oil. In low flame make it with a round spoon and add some ghee. When it is nicely cooked remove it from the pan and serve it with chatni.

Oats hotchpotch

Ingredients
½ cup moong dal
1 cup rolled oats
½ cup carrot, chopped
½ cup green peas
1 tomato, chopped
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 tsp ginger, grated
1 onion, chopped
1 green chillies, chopped
1 tbsp ghee
2 pinches of hing
2 tsp salt or as per taste
4 cup water

Method
Set a cooker/pan on medium heat, add ghee, cumin seeds, hing, ginger, onion, chillies and sauté it for a few minutes. Add vegetables and sauté for another minute. Add moong dal and oats; mix well. Add salt and water. Fill water 2 inches above the dal surface. Pressure cook for two whistles on medium heat and in a pan to follow normal procedure. Switch off the flame and let the cooker depressurise naturally to open the lid. Stir once after opening the lid. Keep aside for a few minutes. Ready to serve.

Apple Oats Cake
Photo: Collected

Apple Oats Cake

Ingredients
100g rolled oats
200ml milk
1 egg
15g sweetener (as per choice)
¼ cup cinnamon
½ tbsp baking powder
½ apple
10-15 dried raisins

Method
Take 100 grams of rolled oats in a bowl and add milk with oats. Leave for 5-10 minutes. Take 1 egg into a bowl and add sweetener (as per choice). Whisk it properly. Then add it to the oats mixture.  Add cinnamon powder and baking powder. Take a mould and grease it with oil or butter. Then transfer the mixture into a mould. Take ½ an apple, cut it into small pieces and place it on the top of the mixture with raisins. Bake for 45 minutes at 180° C/360° F

Comments

গাজায় ইসরায়েলের হামলায় আরও অন্তত ৯১ ফিলিস্তিনি নিহত

আল জাজিরার প্রতিবেদক জানান, নিহতরা অবিরাম বিমান হামলা, ইসরায়েলি বাহিনী বিস্ফোরকভর্তি রোবটও ব্যবহার করছে। এগুলো বিস্ফোরিত হলে মনে হয় যেন ভূমিকম্প হচ্ছে।

২০ মিনিট আগে