Oats idly

INGREDIENTS:

Quick Oats / Rolled oats – 1 Cup

Idly Rava / fine sooji – ¾ cup

Buttermilk  – 1.5 cups (more or less to adjust to a idli batter consistency)

Grated Carrots – ½ cup

Green chillies – optional

Ginger Grated – ½ tsp (optional)

Coriander leaves – chopped finely

Baking soda – a pinch

METHOD:

In a wide pan, dry roast the oats for 5 – 10 minutes. Once it is cool, grind it to a coarse powder.

Meanwhile in a vessel, add the idli rava and add some water, just to wet the rava. Keep it aside for about 10-15 minutes..

Add the powdered oats to the rava, mix well.

Add the grated carrots, green chillies (optional), ginger, coriander leaves and a pinch of baking soda. Mix well.

Add enough buttermilk and mix to make it to a batter consistency.

Pour the batter into the idli stand smeared with a little oil.

Cook in the idli cooker or pressure cooker without whistle for 15 mins. Oats idli is ready.

Serve hot with some sambar or chutney.

Millets vada

INGREDIENTS

Millets flour : 1 cup 
Rice flour : 1 cup 
channa dal or moong dal : 1/4 cup soaked
carrot :1/4 cup grated
Green chilles : 3 finely chopped
cabbage : 1/4 cup grated 
water as needed
salt as per taste 
oil for shadow fry

Procedure : 

1. In a bowlmix all the ingredients expect oil as soft dough.

2. Take small balls from dough in your hands , press it well in your palm to small vadai.

3. Heat a pan and place vadai on pan . Fry shallow fry till golden brown.

Served hot with any chutney

OATS AND QUINOA SPICE POWDER

INGREDIENTS

1/4 cup - rolled oats 
1/4 cup - Quinoa 
3 - Dry Red Chillies 
1 tbsp - Urad Dal 
2 tbsp - Channa dal 
2 tbsp - Coriander seeds 
1/4 tsp - Asafoetida powder 
pinch - Turmeric powder 
Salt to taste

Method:

1.Dry roast the channa dal, urad dal and dry red chillies until they turn golden brown.
2.Now add the coriander seeds and dry roast for a few minutes.
3.Finally roast the quinoa and rolled oats for a few minutes along with asafoetida powder and turmeric powder.
4.Add salt to the roasted ingredients and grind as a coarse powder.
5.We can use this powder for dry curries , frys . 

Easy Nut Chocolate

Ingredients:

150 gms white chocolate chips
200 gms dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup almonds (finely chopped)


Method:

- Double boil the white chocolate and let it cool
- Microwave the dark chocolate for 50 secs approx and cool it.
- Pour the melted chocolates in two separate piping bags and let it cool
- Pour a white chocolate layer in the mold and tap so that the chocolate spreads well
- Using a paint brush spread the white chocolate around and clean the edges with a tissue
- Set the mold for three minutes in the refrigerator
- Put the chopped almonds filling on white chocolate and fill the rest with dark chocolate
- Tap the mold again to evenly spread the chocolate and let it set in the refrigerator for about 6 mins
- Get them out of the molds and drizzle some chocolate syrup on top or sprikle chopped chocolate
- Refrigerate it another 2 mins and have it anytime you want or gift them in a box !