Description
Ultimate gluten-free breakfast for modern dieters, replacing main ingredient of South Indian traditional rice steamed bread (Idli) with low-GI oatmeal (oats).
Restaurants serving Oats Idli (Healthy Oatmeal Steamed Bread)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Oatmeal
- Yogurt
- Semolina
- Carrot
- Mustard seeds
- Urad Dal
- Fruit salt
Instructions
- [For
- Servings/Ingredients] 100g oatmeal (rolled oats),
- tbsp semolina (Sooji), 100g plain yogurt (unsweetened), water to taste,
- tbsp minced carrots, cilantro, salt pinch,
- tsp fruit salt (Eno/foaming agent), For tempering (
- tsp oil, 1/
- tsp mustard seeds,
- tsp Urad Dal,
- curry leaves).
- First, dry-roast oatmeal in pan without oil; when savory smell rises, crush into coarse powder with mixer (or mortar).
- Heat
- tsp oil in small pan, pop mustard seeds, fry Urad Dal (black gram) until light brown, transfer curry leaf aroma (Tempering).
- Put crushed oatmeal, semolina adding crispiness, unsweetened yogurt, salt, minced carrots, cilantro, and entire 'piping hot spice oil' made earlier in bowl.
- Gradually adding water, make gooey batter slightly harder than pancake batter, rest ~
- mins letting oats absorb moisture.
- Right before steaming, add fruit salt (Indian baking soda-like foaming agent), mix loosely overall frothing instantly.
- Pour batter into oiled special round molds (Idli Stand), steam in steam-billowing steamer 10-
- mins until bamboo skewer comes out clean.
- Removing from mold completes fluffy brownish steamed bread with mustard seeds/carrots visibly dotting. Eaten soaked in coconut chutney or spicy bean soup (Sambar)—a chunk of dietary fiber.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Mustard seeds、Curry leaves
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Okara powder (as oatmeal sub supplementing dietary fiber)
Pairing
Hot Sambar(bean soup)、Coconut chutney
Trivia
[Hardcore] 'Idli' usually takes immense labor fermenting white rice/beans overnight, but this 'Oats Idli' borrows yogurt acidity/foaming agent (Eno) power, making it 'instant healthy food' reducing fermentation time to zero. Uses absolutely no white rice so carbs are drastically low, oatmeal's powerful dietary fiber completely blocks blood sugar spikes. Absolute ace of urban yogis' breakfasts.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Finely break fluffy Oats Idli with fingers, completely immerse in oil-free 'spicy tomato soup (Rasam)', slurping like Ochazuke!
Allergen
Wheat (from semolina), Dairy (Yogurt), Soy (Lentils)