Recipe related queries

I heard Oats is good for reducing cholesterol. I want to know simple recipes for oats.

Also does anybody know what needs to be included in daily food(Indian) that reduces or is free off cholesterol?

Hi,

I make oats porridge - simple and healthy way to include oats in the diet.

If you are interested I can give you the recipe to make porridge.

Hi Sheeba,

Please share the porridge recipe. Let me give it a try and see whether people at home like it.

Thanks.

Hi Manju,

Sorry about taking a long time to reply to your post.
The recipe I follow to make oats porridge is very simple...try this.

1 cup - Oats
1/2 cup - water
1 cup - ordinary milk
1 cup - condensed milk
Salt to taste
1/4 cup sugar
1 dash cinnamon
1 dash elaichi powder

How to Cook?
1. Soak oats overnight in 1/2 cup water.
2. Bring to boil 1/2 cup of water. Add salt.
3. Slowly add soaked oats to boiling water.
4. Stir oats in boiling water. Bring oats and water to a boil.
5. Add ordinary milk and bring to a boil.
6. Add condensed milk, cinnamon and elaichi powder.

This makes 2 steaming bowls of porridge.

Hope your people at home like it.

I recently came across a recipe in a monthly family magazine called 'sabudhana kichadi'

The recipe was more like a normal rava kichadi, except for what was mentioned about sabudhana. It was asked to be soaked and cooked with the vegetables.

Is this wheat rava? Does anyone here know what it is?

Hi Malar,

Sabudhana is nothing but Sago; It is not wheat rava.
To cook sago/sabudhana, you need to soak it for 1 - 2 hours.
Too much of soaking will also cause sago to melt and when you cook it will absorb too much of oil.

Sabudhana kichadi is more like a tiffen item. Cooked with all vegetables it will taste like rava kichadi and children will love it.

If you are interested, I will also let you know about sabudhana vada. That is very easy too.

Hi Roshni,

Thanks for clarifying about Sabudhana. It was quiet sometime since I logged in and got to see your messages. Sure, I'm interested in knowing the recipe for sabudhana vada. Please share the same.

I normally use sago once in a while to make payasam (more like a kheer). I also make a porridge kind of for my kid, whey she is down with fever. Adding buttermilk to the porridge it tastes good at the time of sickness.

Ingredients:

Sabhudhana (Sago) - 1 cup
Ginger Garlic paste - 2 tsp
Green Chillies - 4 nos (grind it into a paste)
Potatoes - 2 nos. (boiled and mashed)
Groundnuts Powdered - 1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Oil for frying

Method:

Soak saboodhana for 8 hours (or overnight if you want to prepare it in the morning). Strain water from the saboodhana and add the mashed potatoes, green chilli paste, ginger garlic paste, salt, powdered groundnuts and mix it well. Let the mixture be firm and tight.

Heat oil in a Kadai and take the batter little and flatten it like a vada and fry in the oil. Let the vada get slightly cooked and then add the next Vada.
This vada will be crisp outside and soft inside.

Note: Vadas can stick when you try frying 2 or 3 at the same time. So care should be taken to add one by one after it is cooked.
Also, if you feel it is absorbing too much of oil, add 1/2 cup rice flour to the mixture.

Hope you like this vada.

Hi Sheeba,

I liked reading your receipe and I will surely try it out but first if you can tell me what do you mean by 1 dash of cinnamon and 1 dash of elaichi powder.

Regards,
Nancy

Originally Posted by sheeba

Hi Manju,

Sorry about taking a long time to reply to your post.
The recipe I follow to make oats porridge is very simple...try this.

1 cup - Oats
1/2 cup - water
1 cup - ordinary milk
1 cup - condensed milk
Salt to taste
1/4 cup sugar
1 dash cinnamon
1 dash elaichi powder

How to Cook?
1. Soak oats overnight in 1/2 cup water.
2. Bring to boil 1/2 cup of water. Add salt.
3. Slowly add soaked oats to boiling water.
4. Stir oats in boiling water. Bring oats and water to a boil.
5. Add ordinary milk and bring to a boil.
6. Add condensed milk, cinnamon and elaichi powder.

This makes 2 steaming bowls of porridge.

Hope your people at home like it.

Hi Nancy,

I am glad that you liked the porridge recipe.
"1 dash" is similar to saying a pinch or sprinkle.