Healthy Oats dosa

Oats dosa in Marathi

20 medium dosas
Time: 2 to 3 minutes/ dosa

Ingredients:
1 cup rice
1 cup urad dal
3 cups rolled oats (quick cooking oats)
1/2 tsp fenugreek seeds
salt to taste
Oil to roast dosa

Method:
1) Soak Rice and urad dal separately in sufficient water for 5 to 6 hours. Soak fenugreek seeds along-with urad dal.
2) Soak oats just 10 minutes before grinding rice and urad dal. Soak them in 2 cups water.
3) Drain the water from rice. Grind it in a grinder. Add water little at a time to get fine paste.
4) Drain water from urad dal and grind it to fine paste. Add soaked oats to the mixer and grind it along with urad dal.
5) Mix ground rice, urad dal and oats together. Add little water to adjust the consistency. Add salt to taste. Cover and keep it to dark warm place. It should ferment within 8 to 10 hours. (See important tip regarding fermentation)
6) Once batter is fermented, take about 2 cups of batter into a separate bowl. If the batter is thick, add some water. The consistency for dosa batter should be little thin than idli batter. Likewise, take required amount of in a separate bowl and adjust the consistency by adding little water.
7) Heat a nonstick tawa. Spray some oil and carefully wipe it with a paper towel. Flame should be on medium high. Pour a medium ladelful batter at the center. swirl the spoon clockwise, in circular motion. Make a thin crepe. After 30 seconds, drizzle little oil around the edges and over the dosa. When the dosa is well done at one side, flip it to the other side. Press gently with flat spatula. After flipping, there is no need to roast longer.
Serve oats dosa with sambar and coconut chutney.

Tips:
1) Use a bigger container to ferment the batter. There should be atleast 10 inch space above the level of the batter to rise.
2) In cold season, batter does not ferment well or doesn't ferment at all. If you have oven at home, preheat it at 200 F for 3 to 4 minutes. Then switch off the oven. Put the covered container inside and close the door. If you are going to put the container in the oven, use steel or glass container.
3) The batter will stay fresh for 5 days in refrigerator.