Know Your Ingredients: Oats and Moong
Bhavya Pande
Oats are a whole grain cereal, rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals and thus makes it to the list of heart friendly health food. Here’s a recipe which uses green moong sprouts along with oats to provide double the health benefits. Do try and enjoy!
Oats and Green Moong Sprouts Tikki Recipe
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:
2 cups green moong sprouts
¼ cup of water
½ cup spring onion greens, finely chopped
1 tsp garlic, finely chopped
1 cup instant oats
1-inch ginger, chopped
1 green chilli or as per taste
½ tsp coriander powder
½ tsp garam masala
Few fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
Chat masala
Salt to taste
Olive oil to shallow fry the tikkis
Makes around:12 medium sized tikkis
Procedure:
- Keep all the ingredients ready.
- Parboil the sprouted green moong dal in a pressure cooker using ¼ cup of water and a pinch of salt. Turn off the gas after two whistles.
- Save a handful of parboiled sprouts and grind the remaining sprouts with ginger and green chillies in a mixer to make a smooth paste.
- Mix the sprouts paste with chopped spring onion greens, garlic, mint, oats, coriander powder, garam masala and salt to form a dough.
- Make small-medium sized tikkis from the dough.
- Heat a non-stick tawa on a medium flame. Brush it with little olive oil and cook the tikkis on it until they turn golden brown on both the sides.
- Sprinkle it with chat masala and serve it hot with green chutney or any sauce of your choice.
Eat Healthy. Feel Healthy. Stay Healthy!