Oats Idli | How to make Instant Oats and sooji Idli

Published: April 17, 2018. Modified: August 11, 2019 By Dhwani Mehta. This post may contain affiliate links. This blog generates income via ads.

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Oats Idli Recipe is perfect for breakfast and one of the tasty and healthy Indian oats breakfast recipe. To make this Instant Oats Idli, you don’t need to ferment the batter. We love our fluffy and soft idli as a breakfast on most weekdays. I also give this to my son in the lunch-box.

Oats is a healthy way to kick-start one’s day and We try to include it in our diet at least a couple of days in a week. We make Oats chilla, oats and quinoa dosa, oats chivda, Muthiya, etc.

Oats Idli is Instant and you can make them whenever the Idli craving strikes. This recipe is very similar to Oats Chilla recipe.

These Healthy Oats Idli Recipe pair well with Coconut Chutney, Tiffin Sambar or Green Chutney. I have been making these idlis for a few years and have experimented a lot. I have made some changes in this recipe and updating it with new pics and some change in ingredients. The recipe shared here is what I have stuck with.

I have used Old Fashioned Oats. But you can use any Plain oats of your choice. Just make sure you roast it well before you make a coarse powder. Also, use vegetables of your choice.

Idli in Instant Pot

If you want to make Instant Pot Idli, follow the exact recipe. Place 1.5 cups water in the inner steel pot of your IP. Hit the saute button. Now place the idli stand inside and close the Instant pot with its lid. Press the steam button, set the pressure valve for the venting position. In the venting position, Instant pot doesn’t count time. So please keep an eye on the watch. Idlis will get done in around 13 to 15 minutes.

Recipe for 24 Oats Idli

Direction

1. Dry roast oats and rava Separately for 2 to 3 minutes over a medium heat. Crush the oats into a coarse Powder.

2. Take both, roasted oats powder and rava, into a big mixing bowl. Add vegetables, curd, salt and ginger-chili paste. Mix them well.

3. Add Water very slowly. Don’t add all in one go. You might require less water. Mix in between. Make a batter like a normal idli batter consistency. Keep it aside for 30 minutes.

4. Bring the water in the steamer to a boil.

5. Make the idli in 2 batches. Take the half of the batter in a separatebowl. Add 1 teaspoon ENO and mix them well. Don’t let the batter sit for too long after adding ENO or soda. (If you can’t steam idli all in one go, divide the batter and add the ENO just before steaming).

6. Immediately pour the batter into greased idli moulds and steam for 12 to 15 minutes.

7. Poke an Idli with a toothpick or with a knife to check whether idli is cooked or not. If a toothpick comes out clean that means Idli is done. If not, steam it again for 5 minutes. Repeat the same process with remaining batter. Or you can store this batter for next day or make Oats chilla from this batter.

8. Oats Idli is ready. Serve them hot with coconut chutney.

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Oats Idli - (Makes 24 idli)

Oats Idli is perfect for breakfast and one of the tasty and healthy Indian oats breakfast recipe. To make this Instant Oats Idli, you don't need to ferment the batter. We love our fluffy and soft idli as a breakfast on most weekdays. I also give this to my son in the lunch-box.

Course Breakfast, Light dinner, Light lunch

Cuisine Indian

Keyword Oats Idli Recipe

Prep Time 40 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 55 minutes minutes

Servings 5 people

Calories 281kcal

Author Dhwani

Ingredients

▢ 2 cups Quick Oats
▢ 1 cup Rava / Sooji / Semolina
▢ 1 cup Curd
▢ Salt to taste
▢ 1 and ½ cup Chopped mix vegetables(Carrots, beans, Corn, Capsicum)
▢ 1 -1 tsp each Ginger-chili paste
▢ 2 cups Water or as needed
▢ 2 teaspoon ENO

Instructions

Dry roast oats and rava Separately for 2 to 3 minutes over a medium heat. Crush the oats into a coarse Powder.
Take both, roasted oats powder and rava, into a big mixing bowl. Add vegetables, curd, salt and ginger-chili paste. Mix them well.
Add Water very slowly. Don't add all in one go. You might require less water. Mix in between. Make a batter like a normal idli batter consistency. Keep it aside for 30 minutes. 4. Bring the water in the steamer to a boil.
Make the idli in 2 batches. Take the half of the batter in a separate bowl. Add 1 teaspoon ENO and mix them well. Don't let the batter sit for too long after adding ENO or soda. (If you can't steam idli all in one go, divide the batter and add the ENO just before steaming). 6. Immediately pour the batter into greased idli moulds and steam for 12 to 15 minutes.
Poke an Idli with a toothpick or with a knife to check whether idli is cooked or not. If a toothpick comes out clean that means Idli is done. If not, steam it again for 5 minutes. Repeat the same process with remaining batter. Or you can store this batter for next day or make Oats chilla from this batter.
Oats Idli is ready. Serve them hot with coconut chutney.

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Sathya @Mykitchenodyssey says
May 25, 2015 at 9:18 am
Oats idli looks too good.Def this saves a lot of time when there is no idli,dosa batter..love it
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  May 26, 2015 at 9:14 am
  Thanks Sathya!!! 🙂
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Shashi says
May 25, 2015 at 10:49 am
Yummmyyyyyy
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  May 26, 2015 at 9:13 am
  Thanks Shashi….
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sudha rani devireddy says
May 25, 2015 at 11:31 pm
i liuke this healthy recipie .thank u vehry much
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  May 26, 2015 at 9:13 am
  Thanks Sudha!!!
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Kavita agarwal says
May 26, 2015 at 12:50 am
Very healthy and tasty recipe
See Also
Breakfast Cookies Recipe | Eggless Breakfast Cookies Recipe
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  May 26, 2015 at 9:13 am
  Yes Kavita, It is very healthy and tasty. Thanks
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Nipa says
June 06, 2015 at 9:40 am
I made it for breakfast, was very delicious could not stop eating it.Grt recepy thanks .
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  June 18, 2015 at 7:59 am
  Hi….
  Great…. glad you liked it. Thanks for trying. Happy cooking…. 🙂
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Hema says
January 20, 2017 at 7:11 am
Is this upma ravva or idli ravva? Does it matter. Thank you for your yummy receipes.
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  January 20, 2017 at 12:38 pm
  Thanks Hema! I have used Upma rawa in this recipe. Never used Idli Rawa to make Oats idli. Idli rawa requires 4 to 5 hours of soaking before mixing it with oats and other ingredients. I hope this helps. Happy cooking!
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m says
February 11, 2017 at 7:45 pm
what is the curd?
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  February 11, 2017 at 8:15 pm
  Hello!!
  Curd means plain yogurt.
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Minnu says
June 28, 2017 at 11:58 am
What type of oats have you used for this? Can we use rolled oats?
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  June 28, 2017 at 12:57 pm
  Hey Minnu, I used Old fashioned Quaker Oats. Yes you may use any oats. 🙂
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Jessica says
November 08, 2017 at 9:25 pm
Replacement for Rava? Rice flour? I can’t eat wheat products.
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  November 14, 2017 at 9:28 am
  Hi Jessica!!
  You can replace Rava with rice flour.
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J Rajaram says
November 15, 2018 at 9:36 am

Hi, is one serving one idli? 281 calories for one idli is a lot!
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  November 15, 2018 at 10:08 am
  Hi!
  No dear one serving is not one idli. This recipe makes 24 to 25 idlis and it is for 5 people. So 5 idli per serving, 281 calories. 🙂
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Ramz says
January 12, 2019 at 10:13 am
Can we not add eno or soda ?
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  January 14, 2019 at 9:16 am
  Hi,
  You have to use either soda or eno as this is instant version.
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Amita says
February 28, 2019 at 7:26 am
I do not have Eno. Can you substitute with something rlse?
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  February 28, 2019 at 9:19 am
  Hi Amita!
  Use 1 tsp baking soda and 1 tsp lemon juice instead of ENO.
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Malini says
March 12, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Tried this recipe taste was awesome but Idli came out flat, inspite of adding the right amount of eno. What could be the problem ? I also tried in different batches putting eno separately
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- Dhwani Mehta says
  March 13, 2019 at 11:15 am
  Hi Malini!
  Glad to know that it came out awesome(tastewise). Thanks for the feedback.
  The only possible reasons could be
  1, Expired eno
  2, Watery consistency of the batter.
  Looking forward for your reply.
  Reply