Saturday, April 21, 2012

Oats chutney powder

Yesterday i tried chutney powder using oats for the first time,which was so delicious and yum As.we all know  it is a good source of dietary fibre."soluble fibre from oatmeal is low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease".source: U.S.FDA.So it is a great way to start your day with plenty of Energy.
              My kids do not like oats if i give them like a porridge .So i just add in our own south indian breakfast to make it more interesting like in idlies,dosas,upma, paddu/appo or any other food in different forms.But today for the first time i used oats in my dry chutney powder because kids love chutney powder a lot and that they want almost daily in their breakfast and some times in their lunch also.Yesterday  i actually wanted to prepare oats upma so for  that  i roasted my oats to keep in handy when i needed.But i am not very sure about the kids so prepared some vermicelli upma for them .Then i dropped my plan to prepare oats upma.So tried this chutney .


Ingredients:-
oats


Cumin

Garlic

Ground nuts

Roasted gram

Curry leaves

Kashmiri red chillies

Copra
  1. Oats-2cups
  2. Roasted gram-1/2cup
  3. Roasted ground nuts-1/2cup
  4. Copra grated-1tbsp
  5. Curry leaves-3strands
  6. Kashmiri red chilly-10
  7. Cumin -1tsp
  8. Garlic-2pods
  9. Oil-2tsp
  10. Salt to taste




Method:- 
  • Dry roast oats over low flame untill it becomes light brown colour.
  • Now add all the ingredients and roast further 5 mins on low flame.
  • Let it cool for some time then put all the roasted ingredients along with the oil in a  mixer jar to make a fine powder.
  • Spread it on a wide plate and once it cools down store it in an air tight container.
  • Serve with dosa,idli or with hot rice along with ghee or curd.