Oats Idli

Ingredients:
Oats - 3 cups
Fine semolina -1 1/2 cups
Green chillies - 5 to 6 cut very fine ( or according to taste)
Chana dhal, cashew nuts ,mustard seeds - 1 tsp each (for tempering)
Salt - as per taste
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Handful of  cilantro -  cut fine
Oil - 2 tbsp
Plain yogurt  - about 3 cups for the entire quantity of oats idli powder

Procedure:

1. Dry roast the oats in a heavy bottomed pan on medium to medium high heat stirring continuously until it turns creamy/light brown. Keep aside to cool for a few minutes. And rub with hands to make them fine powder.
2. In the meanwhile dry roast the semolina on medium to medium high heat for 3-4 minutes stirring continuously, then remove from heat and keep aside to cool.
3. Mix the cooled semolina and coarsely ground oats together.

4. Add to this mixture salt to taste and baking soda and mix well.
5. Heat oil, add mustard seeds to it, when mustard seeds begin to splutter add split chick pea lentil (chana dhal) and cashews to it and saute for a few seconds. When the lentil and cashews begin to turn brownish, add cut green chillies to it and saute for about a minute until the green chillies start to change color.
6. Pour this oil lentil green chillies mixture on the dry mixture of oats and semolina. Mix very well.
7. Take out the required amount of this mixture and mix with little of plain yogurt and water to make it idli batter consistency Add cut cilantro and mix well.
8. Grease idli moulds and place spoonfuls of this mixture into each mould and steam for about 6 to 7 minutes.

Hint: If you don't have baking soda you can use plain soda water to mix to required consistency. Add less amount of yogurt if using soda water.