Oats muthia recipe - EASY to make, HEALTHY snack. The dumplings are made from powdered oats, fenugreek leaves, yogurt and few spices. Then they steamed.
I always love to eat any kind of muthia and so you will find many varieties on the blog like steamed and fried methi muthia, palak methi muthia, dudhi muthia.
You know that oats are rich in fiber which is good for your health. It is nutritious and healthy snack not only because we added oats, also we are using the steaming method over fried one.
Everyone should include oats in their diet. I usually make oatmeal and top with fruits and honey. This is the first time I am using oats in Indian recipe and it is just wow, simply yummy. I have used Tarla Dalal's recipe.
After making this oats methi muthia, I am planning to make more Indian oats recipes not sure what dishes. What Indian recipes do you make using oats?
Check out more oats recipes
Oats khichdi // Oats uttapam // Oats chaat // Oats dhokla // Oats cheela
How to make oats muthia recipe (Step by Step Recipe with Photos):
1) Take oats powder, semolina and spices (turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder) with salt in a bowl. Mix well.
2) Add green chilies and chopped methi. Mix with your fingers.
3) Add yogurt and start kneading.
4) Knead into stiff dough. You may or may not need water. It will depend on the yogurt consistency and how wet your methi leaves.
5) Now add 1 or 1 ½ inch of water in a steamer and bring it to a boil on high heat. Grease the tray (with holes) with oil and also grease your hands.
6) Divide it into two portions and make two 6 inch logs.
7) Steam it for 10-12 minutes on HIGH heat. Remove the tray from steamer and let it cool for 5 minutes.
8) Then slice them up using sharp knife. It is better to grease the knife with oil for clean cut.
9) Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat for tempering. Once hot add mustard and sesame seeds, let them pop.
10) Then add sliced muthia.
11) Flip after a minute and sauté till it becomes light brown from both sides.
For a variation, you can use chopped spinach instead of methi or combination of both.
Serving suggestion: Serve these muthia as a snack or breakfast with cup of tea or coffee. It can be served with mango chunda or coriander chutney and ketchup.
Oats muthia recipe
Ingredients
For oats muthia recipe:
- ¾ cup Oats ground into coarse powder
- 2 tablespoons Sooji (rava or semolina)
- 1 teaspoon Red chili powder
- 1 teaspoon Cumin powder
- 1 teaspoon Coriander powder
- ¼ teaspoon Turmeric powder
- Salt to taste
- 2 cups Fenugreek leaves (Methi leaves) plucked, measured, washed and chopped
- 1 Green chilies chopped finely
- 3 tablespoons Plain yogurt (dahi or curd)
- few drops Water if needed
For tadka (tempering):
- 1 tablespoon Oil
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- ½ teaspoon Sesame seeds
Instructions
Making oats muthia recipe:
- Take oats powder, semolina and spices (turmeric powder, red chili powder, cumin powder, coriander powder) with salt in a bowl. Mix well.
- Add green chilies and chopped methi. Mix with your fingers.
- Add yogurt and start kneading.
- Knead into stiff dough. You may or may not need water. It will depend on the yogurt consistency and how wet your methi leaves.
- Now add 1-1 ½ inch of water in a steamer and bring it to a boil on high heat. Grease the tray with oil and also grease your hands.
- Divide it into two portions and make two 6 inch logs.
- Steam it for 10-12 minutes on HIGH heat. Remove the tray from steamer and let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Then slice them up using sharp knife. It is better to grease the knife with oil for clean cut.
Making tadka:
- Heat the oil in a pan on medium heat for tempering.
- Once hot add mustard and sesame seeds, let them pop.
- Then add sliced muthia.
- Flip them after a minute and sauté till it becomes light brown from both sides.
Thanks for sharing wonderful recipes! Will surely try 🙂
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Hi Kanan,
Looks very yummy and delicious. I have a couple of questions for you:
(1) can I substitute the quick cooking Oats with regular oats? If so what changes in recipe do I need to make?
(2) may I know what steamer you are using?
Thanks!
Hi PK,
1) use any oats grounded in powdered. no need to make any changes
2) I bought this steamer from Gujarat, India. it is basically for steaming dhokla, muthia. I usually use the tray with holes for muthia, but the regular tray also works just fine.
You have an amazing blog dear! Love your recipes. I have been wanting to try gujarathi recipes, now I have a place to refer too.
Oats is a staple at home. I use it in pretty much everything, but never made muthia. Will surely try sometime.
Thank you Madhavi. Do try oats muthia some time, you will like it.
Hey Kanan.. I can get fresh methi leaves where I live.. Can I use the dried kind like the kasoori methi? If yes how much please guide me in the right direction. I don't have a steamer I saw that you can also fry these or is there another way to steam without using a steamer .. If yes please let me know. If not i will just fry them. Thanks
1) If using dried fenugreek leaves then use only 1/3 to 1/2 cup as it has strong flavor than fresh. soak into water for 10 minutes to reconstitute leaves, drain the water and use in the recipe. And to compensate the green leafy quantity add handful of spinach or cilantro which gives exact same look.
2) if you do not have "steamer" then make it using whatever vessels you have. e.g. take big vessel (patila) with lid, add 1 1/2 inch of water. put small bowl (Katori) upside down as a stand. put small plate (thali) on the katori stand, cover and cook. Hope you can understang my imagination. 🙂 If you are not comfortable then frying is the only option.
Thanks for your reply .. Yes I will add spinach to it since I already have it on hand... And yes I completely understand what you are trying to explain I couldn't imagine that because I never steamed anything before .. Thanks for giving me that idea 🙂 I will be making these when my husband takes a day off this or next week !! Thanks a lot
You are welcome. Hope you and your husband like it and enjoy.
my daughter loves dudhi na muthia, so will try adding oats in it. I make upma with oats, dosa, idli batter with it, pongal, like lemon and tamrind rice but oat, love this healthy version.
wow, you make so many verities. I have to try those now