Ingredients
Method
Roasting and Grinding of oats
- Take 2 cups of rolled oats in a pan, dry roast it in medium flame for 3 minutes or until it becomes crisp
- And then turn off the flame, let this roasted oats cool down completely
- Transfer it to a blender jar, make fine powder
Roasting the rava:
- Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan, splutter ¼ tsp of mustard seeds, ⅛ tsp of cumin seeds, ½ tsp of urad dal, ½ tsp of chana dal, Saute for a while
- Next, add in 1 tsp of chopped ginger, 1 green chilly (finely chopped), few curry leaves, (chopped), grated carrot. saute for a while
- Now transfer this sauteed carrot mixture into the mixing bowl, and keep aside
- Now add in 1 cup of rava | sooji in the same pan, Keep the flame in medium, roast it for 5 minutes or until it turns fragrant (you could see the slight color change form white to browny white)
- Turn off the flame, transfer the roasted rava to into mixing bowl, wait for it to cool
- Then add powdered oats and mix well
- Now pour in 1 cup of curd, ½ tsp of salt, 2 tbsp of chopped coriander leaves. mix well.
- Pour in 1 cup of water, give a mix, cover the bowl with a lid. Rest it for 15 minutes
- after 15 minutes, the batter becomes a little thicker, so add 4 tbsp of water, mix well
- finally, add in 1/2 tsp of Eno fruit salt (or 1/4 tsp of baking soda), mix well
- Now pour in greased idli platter, Steam cook for about 10 minutes
- After steamed, take off from the idli platter immediately, Serve the idli with chutney or sambar