Oats dosa two ways, an instant no grind version with little rice flour and wheat flour for binding, as well as a ground version. It tastes no less than a rava dosa when eaten hot!
Instant oats dosa is one which often helps me when I am hungry and need something quick, filling but guilt free.
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About Oats Dosa
Oats dosa is a quick, nourishing alternative to traditional dosa, perfect for busy mornings or light dinners. This oats dosa recipe needs no fermentation, ready under 20 minutes and these thin, crisp crepe os similar to rava dosa. Unlike regular dosa, this instant dosa uses oats and other ingredients that gives you crispy and tasty results to suit Indian taste buds.
Why I love this
This is so easy to make just whip up everything and make dosa, no other steps to do. It comes out crispy and tasty too! Just like you would make any other karacha maavu dosa or neer dosa.
I made this with quick cook oats, but oats dosa can be made with any type of oats. Steel cut, rolled etc.
Just give it a blend in mixie and you are good to go. Then ingredients are very flexible.
- Quick and easy breakfast, perfect on-the-go breakfast solution.
- Boosts nutrition.
- Gluten-free alternative available.
- Best option for weight loss and diabetes management.
- A tasty way to incorporate oats into your diet.
Oats dosa Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make Oats dosa.
Oats - I have used instant quick cook oats for no grind version and rolled oats in other. You can also use steel cut oats.
Flours - Wheat flour and rice flour for binding and crispiness. Use just rice flour if you want to make it gluten free
Onion - Adds taste, but it's optional. Make sure to add finely chopped so that it does not affect the texture.
Green chilli - For spice and flavor, finely chop it or skip it for kids.
Ginger - It helps with flavor as well as digestion in oats dosa. Oats tends to give heartburn at times, so add ginger to prevent.
Curry leaves - For flavor.
Black pepper powder & cumin - For spice, flavour and digestion.
How to make oats dosa
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If using rolled oats, in a blender, firstly powder it to a fine powder and use in the recipe. If instant oats, you can use as such or optionally powder it.
No-grind method
- To begin with, take oats, flour and all other ingredients - wheat flour, rice flour, onion, ginger, green chili, curry leaves, pepper, cumin and salt in a mixing bowl. Then, using a whisk, mix well dry.
- After that, add 1 cup of water to make a thick paste. Then, add water gradually as you whisk and prepare like rava dosa batter.
- Heat dosa pan (griddle) and smear with little oil. Then pour a ladle full of batter in circular motion as outer ring (thin round layer). After that, fill inside.
Cook in medium flame (NO high flame) until the edges are golden in colour and no need to flip.
Run the spatula around the edges and take out. Transfer to the serving plate.
If you see below, I sprinkled some finely chopped onion over the tawa and then poured the batter, like we do for rava dosa. But you can mix onion just in the oats dosa batter itself.
Serve oats dosa hot with Idli podi + yogurt (my favorite) / chutney like peanut chutney or tomato chutney or some leftover sambar!
Oats Dosa method 2
- To start with, take rolled oats in the mixer grinder
2. Then powder oats.
3. Take powdered oats, ¼ cup of wheat flour, ¼ cup of rice flour, chopped onion, 1 teaspoon cumin seeds, 1 teaspoon black pepper powder, green chilli, ginger, curry leaves and salt in a bowl.
4. Add water gradually and mix.
- Make a fairly thin batter like rava dosa batter.
6. Heat a tawa and smear few drops of oil. Once hot, pour a ladle full of batter in circular motion like a outer ring.
- Fill the batter to make dosa.
8. Cook until the edges are golden and the dosa is cooked. Optionally you can flip, but i like to have it as such as it is crispy.
9. Crispy oats dosa ready!
Substitutions & Variations
Want to make gluten free? Omit wheat flour and use rice flour alone.
You can add rava (semolina) too in place of wheat flour.
Want no onion? Skip it and just use a sprinkle of asafoetida for flavor. Add some grated carrot for colorful and nutritious twist. So it's a versatile recipe you can use you own.
For a balanced taste and moist result, you can use 1 tablespoon of sour curd well beaten in the batter. Addition of curd not only enhances the taste but also gives soft dosa.
My notes
For the 6 dosas, if you use a silicone brush to grease you can finish with less oil may be 1 or 2 teaspoon oil is enough. If you are a beginner, you can use a non-stick pan for best results.
Addition of lots of herbs like coriander leaves or dill leaves adds flavor.
FAQs
Make sure to cook in medium flame for long time to prevent breaking.
Troubleshooting:
- Add more flour - Rice flour or wheat flour for binding.
- Cook for long time in medium flame than in high flame for shorter.
Recipe card
Oats dosa recipe | Two Instant ways
Ingredients
- ¾ cup Oats Quick cook
Or
- 1 cup Rolled oats
- ¼ cup Rice flour
- ¼ cup Wheat flour
- 1 Onion chopped
- 1 Green chilli chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger chopped
- 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon Black pepper powdered/ crushed
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- Salt
- Water as needed
Instructions
Rolled oats
- Place rolled oats firstly in blender and powder it. It will be slightly coarse like a husk but enough to be called as flour.
Oats dosa batter
- Then, take oats, wheat flour, rice flour, ginger, green chilli, curry leaves, pepper, cumin and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Mix well firstly and then add 1 cup water to make a paste without lumps using a whisk.
- After that, add water gradually as you mix.
- Make a thin batter like we make for rava dosa or other karacha mavu (instant flour) dosa.
Make oats dosa
- Heat dosa pan firstly and grease it with oil.
- Then pour the batter starting from out ring, filling inside to make dosa. Sprinkle little oil if deisired.
- Cook in medium flame and no need to flip, when the dosa becomes golden brown, take out and transfer to the serving plate.
- Oats dosa ready.
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Notes
- You can omit onion and just make it plain oats dosa. Use asafoetida as flavour factor.
- The consistency should be watery as we do for rava dosa. Or you can make thick batter and make thick dosas as well.
- Since we don't add much oil and oats have a dry texture, better eat it dunked in sambar or chutney .
- I do not flip as it gives crispier results. If you like, you can flip and cook too.
- Always cook in medium flame, otherwise dosa will break while taking out/ flipping.
Dr.Sameena Prathap says
Hey Raji,
Love cooking with oats for its healthy...Have tried many with oats!!Love your yummy dosai...:)
Dr.Sameena
Shanavi says
omg, seriously it does look like rava dosa...so perfect...U rock gal...
Akila says
wow so healthy and lovely dosa dear....
Mahi says
Nice Dosas! /better eat it dunked in sambhar or chutney/ I agree!! 😉
Ms.Chitchat says
Resembling rava dosa, gorgeous :):)
Sharmilee! :) says
Healthy and tasty dosas...this had been on my todo list for long urs tempt me so much. With oats I luv almost anything
VineelaSiva says
Healthy tasty and easy dosa.Love it .Will try soon.
Swathi says
Healthy and delicious Oats dosai.
Aruna Manikandan says
Healthy tasty dosa 🙂
Santosh Bangar says
healthy and tempting dosa
Shanthi says
Nice one yaar... looks like rava dosa..
Gayathri's Cook Spot says
very healthy dosas!
Nithya says
Sooooper.. love oats dosa.. your version is yummy too 🙂
Sayantani says
thats a great recipe...perfect for my 7 a.m. breakfast session for hubby and we will need this in Jan after all these festive eating. bookmarked.
sanjeeta kk says
Looks delicious, one more treasured recipe for oats. Thanks Raks for sharing.
Chitra says
I too make it the same way.looks nice 🙂
Priya says
Great looking crispy dosa, great recipe..
Kanchan says
Just yesterday my mom was asking what to do of the Oats pack.. as she read its v healthy .. and i told her typical pudding recipe ..
but she will love this one ! thanks for sharing dear 🙂
Kurinji says
superb!
Kurinji
notyet100 says
i gonna try this,..looks so yum,.
Happy Cook says
Looks healthy and soft.
GEETHA ACHAL says
மிகவும் ஹெல்தியான காலை நேர சிற்றுண்டி...பகிர்வுக்கு மிகவும் நன்றி ராஜி...
Pavithra says
Super yummy treat for Morning BF offcourse for dinner too.. Pictures are beautiful as usual ... the platter looks too tempting with sambar and dosai...
Suja Sugathan says
Healthy and delicious breakfast..superb
Kairali sisters says
Dosa looks truly tempting...Beautifully photographed!!
Smitha says
looks too good...gonna make it soon!
Rachana says
Oat dosa looks so good. A quick, healthy and delicious recipe. Is there any substitute for rice flour?
Sowmya says
Crispy, yummy dosa on the fly, healthy too! This will soon become a regular item in my home 🙂
Torviewtoronto says
crispy delicious dosa healthy too
Krishnaveni says
healthy and lovely dosai, looks great
swapna says
healthy dosa.....looks yummy!!
divya says
looks yummy and healthy dosa.....
kanthi says
Healthy dosa,seen very much similar to ravva dosa
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal says
hey, those are sure lovely and amazing looking dosa, never had quick oats dosa, must try.
Cham says
Instant tiffins are always handy! great with sambar i guess!
Madhavi says
Lovely dosas and very nice recipe!!
aipi says
A very new n interesting way to make dosas..looks very delicious, a must try recipe.
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Anonymous says
sensational! thanks for sharing this simple and super healthy recipe.
RAKS KITCHEN says
Rachana,rice flour is for making the dosa crisp,you can use wheat flour,but the pores will not be formed like this...
anu says
Oats dosa a healthy Indian Snacks
Hema says
Hi Raks.. the dosas are the same way I make maida dosa.. I never thought of using Oats till now.. A healthy tasty dosa..
Preeti Kashyap says
This is so similar to rava dosa...I love the color. Bookmarked Raks!
Mangala Bhat says
wow!looks colorful.delicious
RV @ Food for 7 Stages says
Looks hearty and healthy. And it is so easy to make.
Sandhya Hariharan says
Delicious n healthy!!
I need to try them...
Suja Sugathan says
There is an award waiting for you dear..please collect:)
Love,
Suja
Shanavi says
Hi Raks, U r tagged dear..Check my blog for details and keep the chain going..
PriyaVaasu says
Thats one healthy Dosa!!!! bookmarking it 🙂
Mangala Bhat says
wow! Healthy Choice Thanks for Sharing!
ila says
Hi...
Yummy and healthy recipe 🙂
Mano Saminathan says
Ots dosai looks delicious and inviting!!
Rinku Naveen says
Have been looking for healthy recipes for kids and this one looks yummy..Thanks for sharing!!
Loved your blog too..
Jessica {The Novice Chef} says
Oohhh! These sound so amazing!
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Priya says
Hi Rak, I am new to this blog and i m following your receipes now a days. Your dishes and display photos r very good. V had good n healthy oats dosa for dinner today.
Nothng can change ma love for u says
hey dear.i tried 2 -3 times.its so tasty,bt d pblm i face s it always stick on pan,bt ma pan s new one also..ny solution for dis pblm
Ramyaa Saravanan says
Healthy Breakfast....:)
Ramyaa Saravanan says
Healthy Breakfast....i just love it....:)
Shweta says
Hi Raks ,
The dosas look lovely..just had a doubt..will u have to powder oats or use it as it is?will the flakes not be a hindrance in flattening the batter ? Pls do reply 🙂 wanna try it asap 🙂 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN says
Shweta, we are just pouring the batter like we do for rava dosa. As we are not spreading it wont be a problem, if you want to powder you can sure try that, just powder it before you make batter.
Nivedhanams Sowmya says
Hi,
I made this and it came out amazingly good. I have shared the recipe on my blog - http://nivedhanams.blogspot.in/2012/09/oats-dosai.html
Please share your valuable comments
Sowmya
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jahnavi dilip says
Hi raji, really loved ur oats dose recipe.i tried it just now and it turned out great. I wondered how the oats would cook as it was raw..but it turned out really good. Y don't you add some more healthy recipes for weight watchers??
Vaishalini says
Hi Rajeshwari,
I visit your blog often and love your recipe. Tried the oats dosai yesterday and it came out superb.
Thanks for all the wonderful recipes, makes my life easy. I dont have to answer the question of what to cook :-).
Vaishalini
Pdsel says
How many doses come out in this ratio? I'm trying to make it tonight and I don't want to mix it twice 🙂
RAKS KITCHEN says
7-8 dosas approx 🙂
Aruna Harish says
I made these with a bit of a change, they were superbly delicious 🙂 It will now be a standard breakfast feature in my kitchen now.
sadik says
I made this dosas at home and it turned out delicious. Also no lengthy procedure of soaking or grinding. Very instant even to serve surprise guests at home
janu says
Hi Raks,
I tried to make this dosa y'day. The taste was good..But i had a problem..I couldnt take the entire dosa out of the pan..It was torn :O I felt something must be added to bind my dosa..What mistake i might be making?? Any idea??
Raks anand says
Rice and wheat flour is enough to bind the dosa. If oats is more, then this might happen. If happens again, add a laddle full of wheat flour to the batter and mix again to make dosa. Make sure the dosa is not too thick. Add water if its too thick. Hope I helped u
mymoon says
cook oates?
what it means?
powdered quacker oates or cooked oates?
Shalini and Malini says
I omitted the rice and the wheat flour,and yet it was yummy !!! Thanks for this extra easy recipe.
Nana says
Mine came out like adai. .I din have ginger on the house so I added schzewan paste..I love curry leaves and the fragrance of hing so added them as well..thanks..
"அம்மு" says
Same here. Came out like adai nevertheless excellent in taste 🙂 adding curry leaves and hing sounds good
Rinku Jain says
Can we use Quaker oats?
Rinku Jain says
Can we use Quaker oats? Is rice flour available in any grocery store?
Raks anand says
Yes sure
Benita Karthic says
Can we use atta nstead of wheat flour
Raks anand says
Yes
Raks anand says
Yes
Sowmya Srinivasan says
Wonderful recipe. Do I need to take some xtra care/precaution if I omit rice flour completely and just use oats and wheat??
Raks anand says
Yeah may be it will be difficult to take it out from the dosa pan. In that case, just powder oats and make dosa.
Aparna Krish says
Can we add vegetables in this with onion in the mix
sai nirosha says
Hi raks, should we pour this batter on dosa pan like a rava dosa pattern or like an normal dosa swirl pattern..
Raks anand says
Rava dosa pattern 🙂