Oats Adai

I hope many of you looking for healthy oats recipes in Indian style are finding the oats for break series useful. To boost the already nutritious profile of Adai, I added fiber  rich oats to the lentil-rice batter. The addition of oats did not alter the taste of Oats Adai and my folks relished the crisp lentil dosa with pickle. I highly recommend you try Oats Adai recipe for a filling, healthy and tasty breakfast.

Ingredients

• Oats - 1 cup (quick cooking)
• Rice - 1/2 cup( or cracked wheat)
• Green Moong - 1/4 cup
• Tur Dal - 1/4 cup
• Chana Dal - 1/4 cup
• Yellow Moong - 1 tbsp
• Urad Dal - 1 tbsp
• Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp (or2 garlic cloves)
• Aniseed - 1 tsp (Saunf/Sompu)
• Green chilies - 2
• Red chilies - 2
• Ginger - 1"
• Onion - 1, finely chopped
• Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
• Coriander leaves - 2 tbsps, finely chopped
• Salt to taste
• Oil as required

Method

1. Soak dals in water for 3 hours. In a separate bowl, soak rice in water for 3 hours.
2. Drain and grind rice, green chilies, red chilies, ginger and aniseed to a paste. Add very little water to make a smooth paste. Pour the batter into a bowl and keep aside.
3. Now grind the dals, oats and salt to a slightly coarse paste.. It should be like a thick dosa/pesarattu batter.
4. Pour this dal batter into the rice batter bowl. Add chopped onions, asafoetida, turmeric powder and coriander leaves and mix.

1. Heat a cast iron pan or non-stick pan. Once hot, reduce flame, sprinkle few drops of water such that they sizzle. If the water sizzles, it means the pan is right to spread out the adai batter.
2. Pour a ladle full of batter in the center of the pan and swirl around with back of ladle to form a concentric circle like a thick dosa/uttappam.
3. Drizzle few drops of oil around the edge of the adai/dosa and a few drops over the dosa.
4. Allow to cook on low to medium flame for 2-3 minutes. When the bottom of adai lightly browns, flip over and cook for another 2-3 minutes on low to medium flame.

1. Remove onto a serving plate and serve with chutney or pickle of your choice.

Tips

• You can substitute rice with broken wheat/dalia. If using broken wheat, soak in water for half an hour before grinding.
• You can substitute asafoetida/hing with 2 cloves of garlic.
• One or two tablespoons of grated coconut can be added to the dals during grinding process.