Oats Kara Kolukattai

Oats Kara Kolukattai

Ingrediants:

Instant Oats –  500 gms / ½  kg

Beans-1 cup finely chopped

Coconut- ½ cup shredded ( Optional, if cooking for diabetic patients skip this)

Urad dal / Ulundu-1 tsp

Mustard seeds / Kaduku-1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 2 cut into small pieces

Curry leaves -1 spring

Water-500 ml / ½ liter

Oil-1 tsp

Salt to taste

Method:

Take oats in a dry pan and roast it for 5 mins till you get nice aroma..Allow this to cool a bit..Take it in a blender and powder it coarsely. Set this aside for a moment.

Now heat oil in a kadai and add mustard and urad dal. Add dry red chilli and curry leaves and mix well.

Add beans and coconut in this and sauté for 3 mins. Pour in 500 ml of water and add salt to this.

Bring this to boil and add in oats slowly while stiring constantly.

When everything is mixed well. Cover it with a lid and let it cook on a very low flame for 5-8 mins.

Now allow this mixture to cool down and form small balls out of it.

Put those dumplings in a oiled steamer basket ( I used my idli stand) and steam it for 10 mins.

Remove and serve it with chutney or as it is..

Pictorial:

Take all your healthy stuffs

dry roast oats

till it gets nice aroma

remove this in a blender

and powder it coarsely

crackle urad dal and mustard in oil

add dry chilli and curry leaves

add beans in

and coconut

pour some water in

add salt and mix well

bring this to boil

add your powdered oats

and mix well

cover and let it cook

for 8-10 mins..

allow this to cool down

form dumplings out of it

all done..

oil the idli plates lightly

put these dumplings in

and steam it

done done..