1. Dry roast oats for 3 minutes and set aside.
2. Cool it completely then grind it to a fine powder.
3. Dry roast rava till a nice aroma arises.
4. It may take 3-4 mins, then set aside.
5. Transfer to mixing bowl.
6. Add a tsp of oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds, let it splutter then add grated carrot, green chillies, and coriander leaves.
7. Saute till raw smell of carrot leaves.
8. In the mixing bowl containing oats and rava, add curd, salt, asafoetida, baking soda and sauted carrot with tempering done.
9. Add required water to make a batter consistency of our normal idly batter.
10. Grease the idli plates with little oil.
11. Gently put the batter on idli plates with a laddle.
12. Steam it for 10-12 minutes or until done. Serve hot with any chutney of your choice.
13. The taste is very close to rava idlis with the additonal tag of being healthy.

Note: The batter will be slightly thick in consistency it will resemble normal idly batter, a little sticky.
If you skip the baking soda you will not get the porous texture as in the pics

Recipe: Sharmis Passions