OATS N BOATS

In this amazing ride on healthy boat, I would like to take you some simple but yummy dishes which can be enjoyed by everyone starting from kids to our old ones. So, I hope you are ready to go on this rock and roll adventurous trip by packing kitchen ingredients along with me. Are you excited? So, let us start: –

Veggies Oats Chilla: –

Indian houses love to make chillas. We make besan or Suji chilla in common, but today I am sharing something different and easy to make new version of it.

Recipe: –

Preparation time: –10 minutes
Cooking time: – 20 minutes
Total time: – 30 minutes
Cuisine: – North Indian
Meal: – Breakfast, Snack
Number of chillas: – 8-10

INGREDIENTS LIST: –

• 1 cup oats (roll or cooking)
• ¼ cup besan or chickpea flour or Suji
• 1 teaspoon of Cumin(Jeera) or Carom seeds(Ajwain)
• Add 1 spoon of curd(optional)
• Add Black salt according to taste
• ½ tsp of Turmeric (Haldi) powder
• ½ tsp of Black pepper
• Pinch of Asafoetida(hing)
• 1 teaspoon of red chilli powder or as taste
• Finely chopped 2 small onion
• Finely chopped 1 tomato
• 1 small carrot grated
• Finely chopped beans, cauliflower, peas
• Finely chopped green chilli
• Finely chopped coriander leaves (hara dhania)
• Water as required
• 2 tsp of desi ghee or oil

HOW TO MAKE: –

Preparation: –

• Powder oats in a grinder jar and shift that to large mixing bowl.
• Add besan to it.
• Now add ajwain or jeera, hing, haldi, red chilli, black salt, black pepper as all spices do magic in it.
• Add finely chopped (green chilli, onion, tomato, beans, carrot, capsicum, coriander leaves).
• Add grated ginger and carrot to it and it will look like beautiful rainbow of veggies.
• Mix all ingredients well.
• Pour water as needed to batter not very thick or thin consistency.

Make oats chilla: –

• Grease iron pan or tawa with little oil on low flame.
• Pour 1 ladle of batter on pan and spread it evenly with spatula not too thick.
• Drizzle little oil around its corner, let it cook for 2 minutes.
• Flip on another side as brown spots starts to appear.
• By pressing lightly cook on another side as well.
• Once cooked from both sides, serve it hot.

Why to prefer: –

1. It can be served as plain as it becomes so soft and tasty. Side servings with any type of chutney or with cup of tea is best combination.
2. It is best to make in busy mornings or evening snacks.
3. It is light on tummy but full of healthy spices and veggies.
4. It is easy to make.
5. It is one of healthy snack for kids.
6. These chilla can be served to toddlers, only if besan suits to your kids’ tummy.
7. Adding besan make it protein rich meal too.
8. Oats is rich source of anti-oxidants and dietary fibre (beta-glucan) which helps to lower bad cholesterol. It is power-house of minerals, vitamins and full of iron.

   

Precaution: –

1. Always try it to serve warm as chilla began to lose its crispiness and taste as they cool down.
2. Use less of chilli powder if kids are going to eat it. Sprinkle chat masala for taste.
3. I prefer to add little curd in it to make it softer and yummier too.

Give it a sure shot my friends, you would definitely enjoy it.