Oats paniyaram is a healthy alternative to the traditional south Indian delicacy also known as paddu with oats. These are Instant, no fermentation version just the soaking time. Let's see how to make these fluffy savory dumplings with step by step images and quick video.
These are high in fiber and protein, perfect to kickstart a day as breakfast or as a filling snack during tea time.
Check out my oats kozhukattai recipe and oats upma recipe in this website.
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This is not an out and out oats recipe, but added with lots of lentils/ protein. So it's added advantage right? I tried this paniyaram last week and just loved it. This is somewhat like the kara paniyaram recipe I have in my archive, but I replaced rice with oats, it tasted really awesome.
The paniyarams turns out so so soft. In fact, I don’t make any oats recipes which tastes sweet as I cant even eat two mouths and love to try different savoury recipes with oats.
🥘 Paniyaram
Paniyarams are low fat version of deep fried things. Also you can shallow fry with the paniyaram pan/ appe pan. It turns out super crispy since we cook the batter in the shallows with oil. The oil level is in our control. so just greasing also works. Oats is perfect and turns out good when made in paniyaram form. Besides, being spicy version, it's really good to eat.
⭐ Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed for this recipe. Check out my recipe card for full list and quantities.
Oats - You can use any type of oats - Steel cut, rolled or instant. I have tried with instant and rolled oats.
Vegetables - To add nutritional value as well as texture that helps to keep the paniyaram not dense. I always add lots of onion, carrot. You can add other vegetables like cabbage, capsicum, tomato etc.
For flavor - Coriander leaves, curry leaves, ginger, fennel seeds and asafoetida are added to give this a great added flavor.
My favorite star ingredient in this recipe is asafoetida. Dal and asafoetida compliment each other. So that's why this recipe works and I highly recommend too.
Some people do not like fennel seeds, so you can replace with cumin seeds in that case.
📖 Substitutions & Variations
- You can add reduce toor dal to half the quantity, skip moong dal as well.
- Add coconut - either grated or chopped for a beautiful texture as well as taste and flavor.
- Tangy twist - Add ¼ cup of curd (plain yogurt) to the batter for a balanced taste.
Serving suggestion:
Enjoy hot with sambar or chutney.
Shelf life
The batter can be stored in fridge for couple of days. Do not leave the batter more than 3 hours in room temperature as it will ferment and affect the texture, taste.
Paniyarams tastes best when had fresh, I do not recommend keeping the cooked paniyaram in fridge as it will become dense.
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Recipe card
Oats paniyaram recipe
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Ingredients
- ¾ cup Oats I used quick cook
- ¼ cup Toor dal
- ¼ cup Chana dal
- 1 tablespoon Urad dal
- 1 tablespoon Moong dal
- 1 inch Ginger
- 6 Red chillies
- 1 teaspoon Fennel seed or cumin seeds
- 1 Onion finely chopped
- 1 Curry leaves sprig
- 1 cup Mixed vegetables finely chopped Carrot, cabbage (Optional)
- 1 tablespoon Coriander leaves finely chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Asafoetida
- Salt
Instructions
- Soak dals together for 2-3 hrs.
- Take oats, red chillies, fennel and ginger in a mixer and blend until all get powdered well.
- Add the soaked dal to this and grind coarsely(like broken wheat texture),add little water while grinding.
- Mix enough water to get pouring consistency.
- Add chopped onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and asafoetida. Mix well.
- Heat paniyaram pan, grease it with oil and spoon the batter, cook covered in medium flame.
- Flip and cook until it evenly turns golden brown. Drizzle oil whenever necessary/desired.
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Notes
- Make sure you cook and cover to ensure cooking inside.
- cook in medium flame.
- Oats gives a soft texture inside, so don’t think its uncooked, it's just soft.
- Make sure to cook in medium to low flame to ensure it's cooked inside.
📸Stepwise photos
- Soak dals together for 3 hrs.
- Take oats, red chillies, fennel and ginger in a mixer and blend until all get powdered well.
- Top with the soaked dal drained from water.
- and grind coarsely(like broken wheat texture),add little water while grinding.
- Mix enough water to get pouring consistency.
- Add chopped onions, curry leaves, coriander leaves, salt and asafoetida. Mix well.
- Heat paniyaram pan, grease it with oil and spoon the batter, cook covered in medium flame.
- Flip and cook until it evenly turns golden brown. Drizzle oil when ever necessary/desired.
Serve hot with chutney of your choice. I love with both a white coconut chutney or a Onion tomato chutney.
Divya Kudua
You seem to experiment a lot with Oats!!Paniyaram looks chubby!!
nivedita
Hey Raks
very healthy one, perfect for the breakfast.
I too make the super fast Paniyaram, with fine semolina, oats and curds. you can make it within 15 minutes.
forgot to post the recipe, will do soon.
Divya
Hi Raji... i too don't like sweet oats & always look for some savory recipes of oats... this sounds interesting & delicious... will this be sticky inside as oats have a gelatinous texture?
Sukanya Ramkumar
Very interesting and healthy recipe Looks so good Will try it for sure. Love all types of paniyarams... YUM!
RAKS KITCHEN
Divya it wont be sticky definitely, as dal is more than oats,instead its more soft inside...
Prathibha
Oats paniyaram looks nice...good 2 see oats in a new form...as nivedita said I also make it with sooji,oats n curds wid few veggies, but this version sounds interesting too..:)
I too have similar show pieces which u used in d pic..n guess wat?? I bought them in singapore itself.ha ha..:)
sowmya's creative saga
sounds good with oats..never tried paniyaram except with the dosa batter..time to do something different..
Kalpana Sareesh
Wow thats a very good try with oats..i shd def try this. This is some wat like adai batter with oats i like the flavors..
Sudha Sabarish
Wow oats paniyaram looks superb.......paniyaram is one of my very fav dish.that too with oats is dfntly a healthy one.
Vandana Rajesh
nice healthy tasty paniyarams...oats is a nice twist to the traditional paniyaram.
Varshini Sudharsan
Raji...these paniyarams look so drool worthy...:) Love the doll in the pic 🙂
Nithya
Ada super ah iruke paaka 🙂 Loving this idea 🙂 Idha vadamaari kooda podalam I guess. Very interesting and yummy 🙂
Sharmilee! :)
Oats dhal paniyaram looks very interesting....sure protein rich food. I like oats in any form so these paniyarams are sure on to my todolist. I like oats both sweet and savoury and ur clicks tempt me to take a bite 🙂
lata raja
They look very soft and porous. Oats for breakfast, cooked in porride is quite boring when eaten regularly. This one is excellent variation and filled with the nutrition of legumes too.
Kaveri
A healthy and interesting recipe...looks delicious
Priti
Looks yum n healthy ...nice recipe
Premalatha Aravindhan
Very interesting recipe,loved it...cute presentation.
Ramya
What a great recipe:-) This one really deserves 5 stars:-) Never seen a better savory recipe using Oats..Soo craving for some right now:-)
sangee vijay
Very interesting...oats paniyaram def innovative never tried..looks very tempting n protein packed indeed
Bharathy
I know it has been so long since I visited you 🙂
So glad to see the varied recipes flowing along in much creative ways!!! 🙂
Keep rocking ,girl! 🙂
Love the white template with yellow borderlines..the header too..gives an overall dreamy/dainty look 🙂
Anonymous
A very healthy version of paniyaram. A definite one to try
Shanthi
Great healthy recipe. As soon I saw your picture , I thought it to be paruppu paniyaram and the procedure is superb.
Vimitha Anand
Healthy and protein packed recipe... Looks yum and colorful...
Sayantani
I love this recipe. perfect for my cardiac patient father. lovely clicks.
Suja
Adding oats sounds interesting,delicious and healthy paniyaram.
ANU
wow very healthy and yumm recipe...thanks for sharing.....
aipi
What a great oat recipe ~ perfect for a guilt free indulgence!
US Masala
Cilantro
Good one raks, love the addition of oats. What I di is substitute U Dahl with oats, next time will try your version.
DEESHA
they look so cute Raks .. so crisp & yumm
Lavanya Selvaraj
Wow... what a creative way to use oats... very healthy and looks very delicious!
Annapoorani
Nice recipe...I have started to try Oats recipe...Mom makes varieties of oats dishes...Today she made oats porridge...and I am yet to make oats pongal and upma...I shall try paniyaram soon 🙂 Thanks Raji
Shanavi
Ahh..damn delicious Raks..They r in perfect shape and its oats..love it
Manju
love this recipe Raks. Big fan of kara paniyaram, im sure it will taste great with oats in it! 🙂
NIDHYA
Paniyaram looks very appetizing...interesting recipe too.
Aaha Oho
suganthi
Wow, Oats paniyaram come out well, its very nutrition receipe too. Today i'll try it.
Mahi
That doll is cute Raji! It attracts the eyes more than your paniyaram! 😉
Nice twist with usual adai ingredients..healthy breakfast. Will try it soon!
Divya Vikram
Looks like oats vadai made healthy 🙂 Your kuzhi paniyaram recipe has been a favorite. Will try this one as well.
Lena Rashmin Raj
OMG!! im a big fan of paniyaram.. i dnt have that vessel to make it.. bt still remember my coimabatore cnteen wr i alwayz order paniyaram
Rekha shoban
wow!!perfect n healthy paniyaram! nice presnetation n probs looks gud!
Sushma Mallya
wonderful recipe Raji ...looks so delicious!will try this soon ...Thanks for the apprecation for my artwork:)
Now Serving
These look too yummy! Also I tried your kaara buns and they turned out fab 🙂 cheers, priya
Aruna Manikandan
wow...
sounds interesting dear...
Bookmarked it 🙂
Anonymous
This is one yummy and healthy dish.. Looks great. I have to try this out 🙂
Jayasri Ravi
Wow, this is one healthy dish, lovely clicks, as always, I definitely am going to try this out, my H might like this as it is more like adai with all lentils and includes oats!!, thanks for sharing
மகி
Hey Raji,got a question..is the chutney with paniyaram is the red garlic chutney from Vada-pav Recipe?
Chilli powder appadiye poda sollirukkeengka,raw smell varathaa chutney-la?
Vibaas
Yummo and nutritious. Looks very tempting
Ramya Bala
o woowwwwwwww thats a protein packed low carb paniyaram raji...looks super YUMM 🙂
San
Decadent paniyaram raks, eye catchy presentation dear.
Radhika
I'm going to make pakodas with this batter for the kids. hope it comes out great.
Radhika
Could you please change the link colors too replacing the present one with some bright color.
jeyashrisuresh
Cute paniyarams. Adding oats sounds interesting. Nice clicks
Jay
wow...can yu send me some...really tempting..;p
Tasty Appetite
Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal
I have to try more paniyarams now, this recipe looks superb.
Suman Singh
What a cute, healthy and delicious looking snack..love that skillet..
RAKS KITCHEN
Mahi, Yes ahde chutney dhan, chilly powder smell varala as we use loads of garlic 🙂
Latha
Looks delicious and cute.
Torviewtoronto
yummy paniyaram to snack on delicious
hemalata
So yummy and delicious paniyaram,looks simply superb.
Uma
You have a lovely blog and the paniyaram looks soft and puffy. Good idea to eat oats in different way instead of daily porridges.
sanjeeta kk
An absolute delight, Raji. This one is a winner in snack.
Lite Bite
rev
Hi I tried this today... But hv a question... Only the outer layer was cooked ...inside it was not cooked...then I made it as small adai ...any suggestions for this...
RAKS KITCHEN
Hi rev, please refer to the 'Notes' Section...Do try again and let me know.
Priya
Looks fabulous..hv some guests cmg ovr..will try then..also, how many paniyarams approx these ingredients size make?..so I can adjust accordingly for the guests...
RAKS KITCHEN
For the above mentioned measurements,10 -12 paniyarams priya. I for got exact numbers. But sure around that...
Rashmi
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Rashmi
wow...looks so delicious! This is my weekend special :). Thanks for sharing.
simpletuty
this is great........
Geetha
Hi This is looking simply great and love you watch out blog...... thanks for the wonderful recipes.
Rgds
Geetha
priyashafi
hey raks this website is very useful...thank you so much..... 🙂
priyashafi
its very useful thank you somuch... 🙂
priyashafi
hey raks this website is very useful...thank you so much..... 🙂
sridevi karthikeyan
hai racks i tried this recipe it came out well every one liked it soo much....:)
sridevi karthikeyan
very nice recipe, i tried and it came out well, thank u soo much...
Chinna
simply awesome..........
satya
Tried this recipe... and tasted very good... posted in Tried and tasted even too... can't pass my day without having a look at ur look at least once a day..
tennisfan30
hey...can we make this immediately or do we need to give it time to ferment? wharf about your other paniyaram recesses do they need to ferment as well?
RAKS KITCHEN
If possible just let it sit for 2-3 hours. Thats it. No need to ferment.
Anonymous
looks delicious and good presentation
Sarada Subramaniam
Do we need to deep fry it? And my paniyaram pan is a new one...so when I make anything(appam or paniyaram)it sticks into the pan....can u suggest a solution for this?
Raks anand
Add lots of oil for first few times. Never use soap/ any kitchen cleaning/ vessel cleaning thing to clean for some time, there should be oil in the pan all the time. It should not get dry. Wash the rice you are going to cook everyday and pour the water you drain over the paniyaram pan. My mom says that will make it useable sooner. again, Use lots of oil that will help. You can make adai with the same batter, you can try that for emergency.
Sarada Subramaniam
Thanks a lot .....
Vrunda Satpanthi
Hi, I love following your recipes, I've learned a lot from here. I just noticed your image for this recipe has a masaai statue next to the dish. It was a pretty cool image. That's originally from Africa, and that's where I belong.
Raji Hari
Hello Raji
This oats kuzhi paniyaram came out fantabulous. Thanks a ton for such a delicious recipe yet an healthy one ��������. I have been trying your recipes one by one. All have turned out well. Entire Credit goes to u. ����.
Shivakumar Srinivasan
This turned out so well, super easy recipie and so so tasty. Loved it .Thanks for sharing the recipie, this will be a regular feature now when friends get together.
Raks Anand
Thanks a lot for the feedback 🙂