Oatmeal Uttapam

Feels good about making healthier food choices? Ofcourse yes!! and what better way it could be to make these choices reflect in our cooking style. Usually we make Utttapam with Urad dal, Idly rice, and all purpose flour (maida). Now, lets make a twist here by replacing all of these ingredients with oatmeal and curd. Sounds interesting, I bet it would taste even better then the regular uttapam (atleast that is how I could feel the first time I made it). Not wasting time any further, let's dive into the recipe, and make it happen.

Ingredients:

1. Dry Oats 1 cup

2. Yogurt

**The below vegetables are in proportion with the quantity of the batter that will be made with 1 cup of Oats**

3. Finely chopped bell pepper (1)

4. Finely chopped carrot(1 small)

5. Finely chopped green beans (a few may be around 3-5)

6. Finely chopped Onion (1 big, or 2 small)

7. Finely chopped Cilantro leaves

8. Finely chopped Spring onions (1 bunch)

9. Finely chopped green chillies (add depending on the spice level)

Preparation:

First, take 1 cup of dry oats and grind it into a fine powder.  Take the powder in a mixing bowl. For 1 cup of oats, add 1/2 cup of yogurt. Mix it with the Oats powder, and add water as desired to make it to a thick batter. The consistency should be a bit thick then dosa batter. Add required salt. Keep the batter aside for 20 minutes. I can make around 5-6 Uttapams for 1 cup of oats. Add the quantities proportionately if you add more cups of Oats.

Now take a flat pan (like a dosa tawa), pre-heat it a medium flame for around 5-8 minutes. Once you feel the heat on the pan, brush the pan with oil. Now take a medium size serving spoon, and pour around 2 scoops of the batter on the pan. Spread the batter evenly like a circle. take a small tea spoon of oil, and round the circle with oil so that it will be easy to turn over, and doesn't stick to the pan. Toss the Uttapam with all the chopped vegetables listed above. Cover the utttapam under medium hot, and let it cook for around 5-8 mins. Keep checking to make sure it is not getting burnt. Flip the Uttapam on the other side, for another 2-3 minutes. At this point you could either choose to keep it open, or even close it with a lid. After the Uttapam is evenly cooked, take it into a serving plate.

Enjoy the Uttapam with any choice of chutneys. I usually prefer it with Idly powder, Tomato chutney, or coconut chutney.

Eat Healthy, stay healthy.