OATS MORKALI

Oats, Oats, Oats!!!! This is the word we are hearing nowadays wherever we go…Whether it is a fitness consultant, medical consultant, dietitian, or nutritionist, the first thing everyone recommends is Oats. The craze has caught up because of its high medicinal properties. Eating Oats regularly lowers the blood cholesterol level. A diet which is rich in Oats helps stabilize blood glucose levels. It also has some unique fatty acids and antioxidants which together with vitamin E slow cell damage thus reducing the risk of cancer. It also absorbs the fat and flushes out of the system and helps constipation because of its high fiber content. Thus, it has become a responsibility of every mother and wife to be innovative in cooking up new dishes using Oats. I tried Morkali using Oats today which turned quite tasty. Hope it will be useful for many of you and will enjoy the dish.

INGREDIENTS:

Oats – 2 cups

Buttermilk – 2 cups

Green chilies – 4

Ginger – 1 small piece

Asafoetida – a pinch

Curry leaves – few

Salt – to taste

SEASONING ITEMS:

Mustard seeds – 1/4 tbp

Urad dal – 1/4 tbp

Bengal gram – 1/4 tbp

METHOD:

· Powder the oats finely using grinder.

· Make a smooth paste of ginger and green chilies separately.

· Mix the oats powder, ginger-green chilly paste, asafoetida, salt in buttermilk in a container.

· Heat oil in a pan, add seasoning items one by one. Once the seasoning is ready, add curry leaves, then add the oats powder-buttermilk batter, stir continuously and cook until it doesn’t stick to the sides of the pan. Care should be taken in stirring because it might form lumps otherwise.

· Serve hot with any sambar or chutney. I had with vattha kuzhambu and that too went well with this.