Oats Chilla Recipe | Oats Cheela

Oats chilla is a pancake made with oats powder as basic ingredient. Further onion, yogurt, besan, green chilli, ginger, coriander leaves, and jeera are added to make an exotic and flavorful chilla. Besan is added for binding purpose and it enhances the texture as well as taste of the chilla. It is a delectable and hassle free dish for breakfast. it can even be served as an evening snack. 

Often I make oats chilla for breakfast because it is satisfying and nutritious dish. You can make oats chilla more healthy and tasty by wrapping the sabji with chilla like my earlier post of Moong Dal Chilla. The sabji is prepared with carrot, capsicum, green peas, cabbage and onion. It contains soluble fiber which helps lower the blood sugar level. The processed oats are available in the form of rolled oats, steel cut oats and instant oats. I use rolled oats to make variety of dishes. 

Rolled oats are available in various brands in groceries shop, you can also order it online for home delivery. I usually buy oats from jio Mart. Instant oats are mostly used to make porridge. Making oats powder is an easy task.  It takes just a few minutes and the oats powder or flour can be prepared in advance to use as and when required. 

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How to Make Oats Powder or Flour 

Heat a deep kadhai and add rolled oats. Roast till they become warm. Allow it to cool. Then transfer the roasted oats to a mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder. If you do not  want to roast the oats, you can directly put in mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder. This flour can be stored in an airtight container for a week.

How to Make Oats Chilla 

Take the finely chopped onion in a mixing bowl. Add the  chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, grated ginger, cumin seeds, coriander leaves, turmeric powder and salt. Mix well. Add the oats powder and mix. Add the gram flour and mix well. At this stage use water to make a dropping consistency batter. Now Heat a tawa on a medium flame and apply oil or ghee on it.  Pour a ladleful of batter on tawa and spread it to a round shape. use the back of ladle to spread the batter. You can also apply some water on your palm and using your palm spread the batter to a round shape. Pour a teaspoon of oil or ghee around the chilla. Cook on medium flame till the base become golden brown and firm. flip it and cook from another side also. 

How to Make Oats Chilla with Step by Step Photo

In a kadhai roast the oats for 5 minutes and allow them to cool.

Put the roasted oats in a mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder.

Put the finely chopped onion in a mixing bowl.

Add the grated ginger, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, turmeric, cumin seeds and salt to it. Mix all the ingredients.

Add the oats powder and gram flour. Mix well.

Add the chopped coriander leaves.

Add water and mix. Make a dropping consistency batter.

Heat a gridle and apply oil on it. Pour ladleful of batter and spread it to a round shape to make a chilla. Pour a teaspoon of oil around the chilla.

When the base become firm and golden brown in color, flip it and cook from another side also.

Serve the chilla hot with ghee, chutney, chutney powder and curd. 

Oats Chilla Recipe

Prep Time 15 Minutes

Cook Time 20 Minutes

Cuisine North Indian

Servings 3 Chilla

Author     Vidya

Ingredients 1 Cup Oats Powder 1Medium Sized Onion, Finely Chopped 1 Small Green Chilli, Chopped 1/2 Teaspoon Red Chilli Powder  1 Tablespoon Grated / Adrak 1 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds / Jeera 1/4 Cup Gram Flour / Besan 1/4 Cup Chopped Coriander Leaves 3/4 Teaspoon Turmeric Powder / Haldi 1 and 1/2 Cup Water Oil or Ghee as required Salt to Taste Instructions In a kadhai roast the oats for 5 minutes and allow them to cool. Put the roasted oats in a mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder. Put the finely chopped onion in a mixing bowl. Add the grated ginger, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, cumin seeds and salt to it. Mix all the ingredients. Add the oats powder and gram flour. Mix well. Add the chopped coriander leaves. Add water and mix. Make a dropping consistency batter. Heat a gridle and apply oil on it. Pour ladleful of batter on the griddle. use the back of ladle to spread the batter.  You can also apply some water on your palm and using your palm spread the batter to a round shape.  Pour a teaspoon of oil or ghee around the chilla.  Cook on medium flame till the base become golden brown and firm. flip it and cook from another side also.

Serving Suggestions  : Always serve oats chilla hot with curd and chutney.  

Notes 

1. You can make oats chilla more heathy and tasty by wrapping the sabji prepared with carrot, capsicum, green peas, cabbage and onion. 
2. Even you can make oats paste by grinding the oats adding with  water to make the chilla quickly. 
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