Oats Uttapam | Instant oats uthappam recipe

Healthy Meal!! Uthappam is a pancake usually made of rice and lentil. But to give it a little twist this is Oats Uthappam no fermentation needed quick and easy. Bored of eating oats porridge then try this very easy to prepare and yummy too. Makes a very healthy breakfast with fresh veggies.

Ingredients:

1 cup Oats
1/4 cup semolina/ sooji
2 tablespoon rice flour
1/4 cup yogurt/ curd
salt to taste
3/4 cup water
veggies of your choice ( chopped or shredded)
oil for greasing

Method:

• This step is optional, roast oats for few seconds on a non stick pan without adding any oil. You can even make it in a batch and store it in a container for later use.
• Next grind the oats into a fine powder.
• In a mixing bowl take oats powder, semolina/ sooji and rice flour. Next add curd/yogurt and salt. Mix everything together.
• Add little water at a time and make it into a pouring consistency. Rest the batter for 5 minutes. After resting if you feel batter has thicken a bit, add little water.
• Meanwhile, wash and chop all the veggies of your choice. Here i am using onion, mushroom, beetroot, carrot, bell pepper and cilantro. You can also use olives, radish, Jalapeno etc.
• Next grease and heat a pan/tawa. Pour a laddle full of batter and lightly spread it into a round shape.
• Usually uthappam are made thick but oats lend a sticky texture so make it thin or medium thick.
• Add the chopped veggies on top as a topping. You can also add deseeded tomatoes, green chillies, paneer etc .
• Give it a gentle press and cover it with a lid and let it cook for a minute on low flame.
• When the base is cooked and changed its color to light golden brown, flip it and cook for a while.
• Flip it again and cook on low flame for few seconds. You can also add cheese at this point of time.
• Serve hot with some chutney or sauce.

Pictorial:

This step is optional, roast oats for few seconds on a non stick pan without adding any oil. You can even make it in a batch and store it in a container for later use.

                                                Next grind the oats into a fine powder.

            In a mixing bowl take oats powder, semolina/ sooji and rice flour.

                                  Next add curd/yogurt and salt. Mix everything together.

                               Add little water at a time and make it to a pouring consistency.

   Batter should be little runny as it will thicken. Rest the batter for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, wash and chop all the veggies of your choice. Here i am using onion, mushroom, beetroot, carrot, bell pepper and cilantro.

Next grease and heat a pan/tawa. Pour a laddle full of batter and lightly spread it into a round shape.

Usually uthappam are made thick but oats lend a sticky texture so make it thin or medium thick.

Add the chopped veggies on top as a topping. You can also add deseeded tomatoes, green chillies, paneer etc.

Give it a gentle press and cover it with a lid and let it cook for a minute on low flame.

When the base is cooked and changed its color to light golden brown, flip it and cook for a while.

Flip it again and cook on low flame for few seconds. You can also add cheese at this point of time.

                                                 Serve hot with some chutney or sauce.

Notes:

1. Roasting oats is optional you can directly use it.
2. Can add any veggies of your choice like mushroom, olive, Jalapeno etc.
3. Rice flour is added for some crispiness.