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Instant Oats Appo / Oats Vegetable Paniyaram / Gluten free recipe

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If there is one ingredient that is always available at my house, it’s Oats. My son loves Oats Vegetable Bhakri and my daughter loves Instant Oats Idli. Both these dishes can be quickly made within 30 mins and is a great help when kids demand for food ( When Ammaaa, hungryyy calls come unexpectedly 😁).

Similar is this Oats appo which I make regularly for my son when he comes back from school. Though I have shared all the recipes that I make with oats on my Oats recipes Collection page, this one recipe was long pending. So today when I made it, I thought of sharing it here too.

This is one delicious appo with bites of onion, capsicum, green chillies and carrot, crispy on the outside and soft inside. Do try it for breakfast or evening snack. If you don’t have appe pan, you can make small dosas with this batter too, like little bhakris. Comes out delicious as well. You will surely love it. Happy and healthy cooking ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Makes around 21 small appos }

1 Cup = 240 ml

1 Cup Instant Oats ( I use saffola or quaker brand )

1 Tbsp Rice flour

1/2 Cup Curd or Yogurt

Approx 1/2 Cup Water

1/4 Cup finely chopped Onion

1/4 Cup finely chopped Capsicum

1/4 Cup finely grated Carrot

3 finely chopped Green chillies or to taste

2 Tbsp finely chopped Coriander leaves

1/4 tsp Turmeric powder

Salt to taste

Oil or Ghee to cook the appos

Step by step recipe:

1. Take instant oats, rice flour, turmeric powder and salt in a bowl. Add yogurt.

2. Add water, little by little to make a thick batter. For 1 Cup Oats, it takes 1/2 Cup Curd and 1/2 Cup Water for me. But will change according to the brand of oats and the consistency of Curd. Just make a thick batter and not thin one.

3. Now add finely chopped onion, capsicum, carrot, green chillies and coriander leaves.

4. Mix well. Batter is ready to make appos instantly.

5. Heat the appo pan or Paniyaram pan and when hot, reduce the flame to medium. Now add ghee or oil on the holes of the pan. Now add a spoonful of batter into each of the holes. Don’t overfill the holes.

6. Now cover and cook on medium to low flame till the surface cooks. Now add little ghee or oil and flip over the appos carefully. Cook again till the inside cooks well and underside turns crisp.

7. Remove and serve with a chutney of your choice.

Notes:

* I serve with Coconut chutney or Hing chutney. Here I have served with Hing chutney. Just grind together 1 Cup Coconut with 3 Red chillies, A pinch of Hing, 1 tsp Tamarind paste, salt and water to smooth paste.

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* Two important points with these appos are:

1. Don’t make a thin batter. It should be thick.

2. While making appos, make sure to add only less batter in each hole and cook on medium to low flame so that the appos cook till the inside. Also when you flip, tap slightly so that the under surface gets crisp.

* Use a skewer or the backside of a small spoon to check if the appos are done from inside. If it comes out wet, cook again on low flame. Once done, the skewer will come out dry.

* If you don’t have appe pan, you can make small dosas with this batter too, like little bhakris. Comes out delicious as well.

* As we are not adding any gluten in the form or Rava or semolina, nor are we adding baking soda, these appos won’t be extra big or fluffy but they are still soft inside and crispy outside. Tastes really delicious due to veggies inside it.

* More Appo recipes that you can try:

Mixed Dal Appo/ Paniyaram

Godu Appo / Instant Wheat flour Banana Paniyaram

* I regularly make different kinds of dishes using Oats like Dosa, Idli, Bhakri, Paratha and Cake. You can check them in my Oats recipe compilation page.

Oats recipes Collection

Instant Sweet Appo | Wheat Jaggery appe | Easy Sweet Paniyaram | Godu Appo

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The bowl of sweet appes that you can see above has been finished off by my sweet 3 year old son as I write this. After I made it and gave him one, he took a bite and asked me innocently, “mmm yummy Amma, ye hotel?” 😄. I felt very happy and like a chef that my son found the appes so good that he thought they were from hotel. 😍

He wanted more and finally ate the whole bowl of it. My heart filled up as a mother by seeing him eat happily and I wanted to share my happiness with all of you too as soon as possible. So, sat to write down this blog now itself. ❤️

These appes were one among the first I learnt to make when I got the Appe pan as we have grown up eating them. My kids love it a lot and I make it regularly for them as a tasty snack. It’s so quick to make yet fills up their tummies in a healthy way. ❤️

I also want to share a glimpse of my kitchen counter with all of you today seeing which makes me very happy each day. I love arranging it and love to keep the house clean. Took this picture to send my Amma and felt like sharing with you all too. A peek into my kitchen and my favorite place in the house. 😍

The popsicle molds are my recent purchase and I am loving making new varieties of fruit popsicles each day for the kids. Their excitement while enjoying them is one of a kind. 😍 Will share the recipes when I find time. ❤️

Hope you all loved reading this blog. Do try these appes and I am sure you will love them. Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Ingredients: { Makes about 24 small sized appos }

1 Cup Wheat flour (Chapati Atta)

1/2 Cup Jaggery powder or to taste

2 to 3 Tbsp freshly grated Coconut

A pinch of Salt

1/4 tsp Cardamom powder

1/2 Cup Milk

1/2 to 3/4 Cup water (to make the batter)

1 small Indian Banana (1/4 Cup mashed banana)

Ghee to cook the appos

Step by step recipe:

1. Take 1 Cup wheat flour, 1/2 Cup Jaggery powder, about 2 Tbsp freshly grated coconut, salt and Cardamom powder in a mixing bowl.

2. Add 1/2 Cup Milk and water (1/4 Cup each time) to make a slightly thick lump free batter. It takes about 1/2 Cup to 3/4 Cup water to make this batter depending on the brand of wheat flour and how much water it absorbs. The consistency should be neither very thin nor very thick. It should be thicker than dosa batter.

3. Now add the mashed banana to the batter. Mix well. I add 1 small Indian Banana which is 1/4 Cup when mashed.

4. Now heat the Appe pan and when it becomes hot, reduce the flame to medium. Now add a drop of ghee in each of the holes of the pan. Add one spoonful of batter in each of them. Don’t keep the flame on high as the appes may turn black in colour. Always keep the flame on medium to get golden coloured appes.

5. Cover and cook for a minute or till the surface looks slightly cooked.

6. Flip and cook for a minute again.

7. Serve them warm or at room temperature. Tastes so yum! 😍

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Notes:

* You can skip banana if you don’t have but trust me, these appes taste really heavenly with the banana flavour and the slight bite of bananas in them.

* If you are not adding bananas, you will need to add a pinch of baking soda to help the appos fluff up. I don’t like to use soda and hence I add bananas everytime while making appos.

* This is how I make Wheat banana pancakes too. So you can use appe batter to make pancakes.

* The measurements I have shared above works very well for me. You can add or reduce jaggery, coconut and milk as per your taste.

* Always cook the appes in medium flame for perfect golden coloured appes.

* I also make Mixed dal Appes which comes out delicious. You can check the recipe here.

Mixed dal appe | Paniyaram with mixed dals and Matta rice | Ukde tandla appo

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This must be the fastest I have ever made and blogged a recipe (the excitement of sharing this great recipe 😍). These beautiful golden appes or appos as we call in Konkani were our breakfast this morning and I must say, it made for an amazingly delicious breakfast today (My favorite meal of the day ❤️).

I got a Paniyaram pan recently and have been making different varieties of appes with it. For those who don’t know what a Paniyaram pan is, here is a photo of it. Isn’t it super cute? 😍 Making these appes have been such a stress reliever for me. Feels so happy when these cute bundles of joy come out of the pan 😍 (Me and my thoughts 😅).

So, in my quest to find many varieties of appe recipes, I found an interesting one in my dearest Asha Satish Philar Mai’s cookbook. This recipe is very unique as it has mixed dals and Matta rice or parboiled rice in it. The flavours are also very delicious along with it being healthy too. A great idea to add protein in the form of lentils in your diet. The addition of ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves and curry leaves makes it taste really heavenly. ❤️

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Thank you so much for sharing this recipe in your cookbook mai. Just like all the other recipes in your book, this one is amazing too. ❤️

Hope you all try and love these golden beauties (as I have named them 😅). Happy and healthy cooking! ❤️

RECIPE:

Recipe credit: “The Konkani Saraswat Cookbook” by Mrs Asha Satish Philar

Ingredients: { Makes around 65 appes } {My 1 Cup = 240 ml}

1/2 Cup Urad dal {I used split ones}

1/2 Cup Chana dal

1/2 Cup Toor dal

1/2 Cup Moong dal

1/2 Cup Matta rice/ Parboiled rice/ Brown rice/ Ukde tandulu (can be replaced by regular white rice too)

Salt to taste

Ghee or coconut oil to cook the appes

Additional ingredients: 1 inch Ginger, 3 to 4 green chillies, two sprigs of curry leaves and few sprigs of coriander leaves, finely chopped

Step by step recipe:

1. Take Urad dal, Chana dal, Toor dal, Moong dal together in a large vessel. Take matta rice in another vessel.

2. Wash well and add fresh water. Soak for about 4 to 5 hours.

3. Drain the water from both completely and grind to a fine paste adding water little by little as needed to make a thick batter resembling the consistency of dosa batter. Add salt and mix well with hands.

4. Keep it covered at room temperature overnight or for 8 hours. Look at the well fermented batter. 😍

5. I divide the batter into two. One half to make plain appes for my kids and second half to make the one with ginger, green chillies, curry leaves and coriander leaves. Add them into the batter and mix well.

6. Now heat the Appe pan and reduce the flame to medium. Add ghee or coconut oil. Pour the batter into each of the holes of the Appe pan filling up to three fourth of the pan.

7. Cover and cook for few seconds till the underside turns golden brown. Using a wooden spoon, check the underside.

8. Now add little ghee or coconut oil on surface. Flip them slowly and cook till opposite side too till they turn crisp and golden brown.

9. Repeat the same with the rest of the batter. Serve hot appes with coconut chutney.

Notes:

* Remember to add ghee or oil each time before adding the batter so that the appes come out clean as well as for the golden brown colour.

* You can use any variety of white rice which you use for dosa/idlis instead of matta rice.

* Ginger, green chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves give a wonderful flavour to appes. So don’t skip it unless if making for kids.

* If you don’t have any of the dals in Chana dal, Moong dal and Toor dal, skip it and make 1 1/2 Cups of the other two dals.

* Since it has dals in the batter, don’t ferment the batter for more than 10 hours in hot weather as it can lead to a smell in the batter.

* I bought my appe pan from Lulu supermarket here in Qatar and it’s really good in quality.

* I also make Mixed dal dosas and Idlis always. You can check the recipe here –

—- Mixed dal dosas and Idlis.

—- Broken wheat and mixed dal dosas

—- Oats and Mixed dal dosas

* In Konkani cuisine, we make a dosa combining white rice and matta rice called Surai Ukde polo. You can check the recipe here – Surai Ukde Polo.

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