Instant Oats Rava Dosa

Hey everyone! Thanks for all the emails and the sweet messages. I missed you guys too.
Hope you all had a great start in 2014. We are in the middle of severe winter weather and as the news readers say "Winter Wonderland". As far as new year resolutions, mine are still the same as last year... eat healthy, eat high calorie food in moderation and stay fit. Talking of healthy, let me tell you about a quick 20 minutes Oats dosa I made this weekend.

Ingredients:
Oats - 1 cup
Rava/Sooji/Semolina - 1/4 cup
Rice Flour - 1/4 cup
Cumin/Jeera Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Salt
Oil

How to make an instant Oats Rava Dosa:

Grind the oats in a blender or a food processor to a fine powder. I used old fashioned oats.
In a big mixing bowl, add powdered oats, semolina, rice flour, salt and cumin seeds. Mix well. Now add water little at a time and make a thin batter. I added about 2 1/2 cups water.
You can also add finely chopped onions, cilantro, curry leaves, green chilies to the batter.
Heat a flat cast iron or nonstick pan for making dosas. Lightly grease the pan with cooking spray or oil or butter or ghee (clarified butter).
Pour a ladle full of batter on the hot pan. The pan must be hot enough for the batter to make a sizzling sound. You will see small holes in the dosa. Drizzle more oil as required to make the dosa crisper. Flip the dosa when the batter dries up and starts turning brown. Roast both sides well.

Serve Quick Oats Dosa with a Coconut Chutney or Aloo Sabji.

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