Oats Kara Kozhukattai Recipe

My Belated Vinayakar chathurthi wishes to all ..Hope u all celebrated well by offering  kozhukattai & sundal ..Now coming to the post,
I always make oats dosa for my husband.Last week ,for a change i tried oats kozhukattai ..I got the recipe from a cookbook.I made some changes to the actual recipe and tried for breakfast..It was good.A good replacement for oats dosa and porridge .I am glad in sending this to EC’s WYF – Break fast event .

For 10 – 12 nos :
Ingredients :

• Quick Oats – 1/2 cup
• Red chilly – 2 nos (pinch into two )
• Curry leaves – a sprig
• Coconut pieces – a few (cut into very small pieces )
• Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Urad dal – 1 tsp
• Channa dal – 1 tsp
• Hing – 2 –3 pinches
• Salt & water – as needed
• Oil – 1 tsp

Method :

• Heat a kadai and dry roast the oats till nice aroma arises.. It may take 3-5 mins..
• Coarse grind (Run the mixie once r twice )the roasted oats and transfer into a bowl..
• In the kadai , add 1 tsp of oil and season with mustard seeds , urad dal , red chilly , curry leaves and a pinch of hing.
• Add the coconut pieces to it and fry for a minute.
• Mix the seasoned items with the ground oats along with the remaining hing.
• Add salt & water to knead like a chapatti dough.
• Then make small balls or ur desired shape to make kozhukattai and steam in idly pot for 8- 10 mins.

Hot & spicy oats kozhukattai is ready to serve !! Tastes the best when hot.
No side dish is required!!If needed , u can serve with coconut chutney !!

VARIATIONS :

• Instead of coarse grinding the oats , u can grind it to make a powder and prepare the same .
• If  u want, u can add equal amount of rice flour to the ground oats and make kozhukattai.

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