Healthy Snack : Oats (kudumulu)

Ingredients :
Quick cook oats(quaker) 1 cup

Water 3/4 cup
Grated coconut(optional) 2 tblsp
Salt As needed

To temper
Coconut oil (or any) 2 tsp
Mustard 1 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves A sprig
Green chillies 3
Hing 2 pinches

Preparation :

Heat a kadai with oil and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table in order. Add water and salt to it and bring to boil.

Add the oats and put the flame to low and mix well. Add coconut if desired and mix well. If its too dry you can sprinkle a tblsp of water.

After a minute, the oats get cooked and becomes sticky rather than brittle. So this is the correct stage to put off the flame. Cool down the mixture and grease your hands. Make equal sized balls and make kudumulu..

Steam cook in greased idly plates for 4-5 minutes. Serve immediately!

Oats snack is ready enjoy with red chutney!!!!

Breakfast Reciepe : Instant Oats Dosa

Ingredients :

Quick cook oats(Used Quaker) 3/4 cup
Rice flour 1/2 cup
Sooji or wheat flour 1/4 cup
Green chilli 1 no, chopped
Coriander leaves chopped 1 tblsp
Ginger chopped 1 tsp
Cumin seeds/jeera 1 tsp
Pepper 1 tsp
Onion 1 no,chopped
Salt         as needed
Water as needed

Preparation :

Make a thin batter of the all the ingredients except onion.

Heat dosa pan and sprinkle the onions and then pour the batter to make dosa.Sprinkle little oil.Cook in medium flame and no need to flip,when the dosa becomes golden brown,take out and transfer to the serving plate.

Enjoy with sambhar or any chutney.

Healthy Breakfast : Oats Idly

Ingredients :


Oats  1 cup
Wheat rava(godhumai rava) 1/2 cup
Curd 1/2 cup
Vegetables of ur choice As needed
Water 1/2 cup+more if needed
salt 1 tsp(adjust per ur taste)
Eno fruit salt 1/2 tsp
Lemon Juice from 1/2 of a lemon
Green chillies,finely chopped 2 nos
Chopped coriander leaves 1 tblsp
Chopped ginger 1 tsp


To Temper :


Oil 11 tsp - tblsp
Mustard 3/4 tsp
Urad dal 1 tsp
Channa dal 1 tsp
Curry leaves 1 sprig


Preparation :

Dry roast Oats for 3 minutes in medium flame until nice aroma comes.Powder it coarsely after it cools down.

Heat a pan with oil and temper the items in the table ‘To temper’ ,followed by the veggies u decided to add and ginger,green chillies,coriander leaves. Give it a quick fry and add the wheat rava and fry for a minute in medium flame.


Transfer to mixing bowl,add salt,curd,lemon juice,water as required and make a batter,which consistency is similar to our idly batter.(neither too runny nor too thick). Mix well. Add Eno fruit salt just before making idlies and mix well. This will give you a frothy/airy batter which gives a soft spongy idly.

Serve hot with any chutney of your choice.

Easy Sweet : Halwa in Microwave

Ingredients :

Corn flour 1/2 cup

Sugar 1 & 1/2 cups

Water 2 cups

Ealchi powder A pinch

Cashews 5 nos.

Ghee   2 –3  tsp

Food colour 1/2 pinch

Preparation :

Mix corn flour,sugar,water and food colour in a large microwavable bowl, without any lumps.

Microwave in high for 6 minutes. After 4 minutes in between, mix once. Again microwave for 6 minutes, stirring in between after every 2 minutes of interval.

Fry cashews in ghee till golden brown and mix well. Grease a plate with ghee and pour in the plate and let it cool down for 1/2 hour or so. Cut into pieces!!!1