Oats idli

You'll need

• 1 cup rolled oats, ground coarse
• 1/2 cup curd
• 1/4 tsp mustard seeds
• 1/4 tsp urad dal
• A few curry leaves, chopped
• 1 carrot, grated
• Salt, to taste
• 1/2 tsp fruit salt (eno) or baking soda

Method

1. Mix the ground oats with curd and let it rest 20 minutes.
2. Temper the mustard seeds and urad dal in a little oil, and stir into the batter with the curry leaves, carrot and salt.
3. Add the fruit salt just before steaming, and pour into greased idli moulds.
4. Steam for 12 minutes, until a knife comes out clean.

Why this dish

Oats are a lighter grain than rice in Ayurvedic terms, slower to raise blood sugar and easier on a Kapha or Pitta digestion first thing in the morning.

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