Oats uttapam recipe or oats uthappam – Uttapam is a thick pancake made with fermented batter usually made of lentil and rice. You can find the basic south Indian uttapam recipe here which is usually made of left over plain or masala dosa batter.
We use oats at least 3 to 4 times a week for making different foods like dosa, porridge, upma, pongal, khichdi, masala oats, sambar oats, pulihora.
Most of these easy oats recipes are a good alternate to an elaborate meal. There are a few different ways I make oats uttapam, sharing all of them. You can use any kind of oats.
If using rolled oats, powder them and use. If using quick cook oats with rice flour, they can be used without powdering too.
In the first method of instant oats uttapam, rice flour or sooji (semolina) has to be used for a good binding and crispness.
I have made this without curd or yogurt, if you like a sour taste, curd can also be used. More details in the recipe below.
These oats uttapam are great to serve with some pickle, chutney or podi.
Step-by-step photos
Method 1 – how to make instant oats uttapam
1. Add half cup quick cook oats or rolled oats to a bowl along with ¼ th cup rice flour or sooji, salt. If using rolled oats, measure half cup first and then powder it.
I used quickcookoats so did not powder. If using sooji instead of rice flour, then powder the oats.
2. Add 2 tbsp. curd/ yogurt or 1.5 tsp lemon juice along with a pinch of soda. Pour enough water to make a batter of pouring consistency. Stir well. Rest for 5 mins.
3. Grease and heat a pan/ tawa. Pour a laddle full of batter and lightly spread it. Usually uttapam are made thick, but here oats may lend a sticky texture, so make them medium thick. Add chopped onions, carrots, coriander and green chilies. You can also add deseeded tomatoes, thinly sliced capsicums. Press with a wooden spoon gently.
4. When the base is cooked firm, flip it and cook for a while.
5. Flip it to the other side, Fry for a while on a low flame for the uttapam to turn crisp. If you have any pickle or chutney podi, you can sprinkle evenly. I like to use flax seed podi.
Serve with any chutney or pickle.
Method 2 – oats uttapam using dosa batter
Oats uttapam can also be made using any left over dosa batter. Every week I am usually left with little batter after making dosa, i use up that to make different kinds of uttapam. I make dosa using 1: 3 (dal:rice) ratio. For 1 cup of thin dosa batter, i add half cup of quickoats and mix well. If needed i also use more water to bring it to a pouring consistency. The dosas turn out very good, tasty and delicious too. These make a super quick and nice breakfast or can be had as a after school snack.
1. Add dosa batter to a bowl.
2. Add quick cookoats and little salt.
3. Add water as needed to bring it to the right pouring consistency.
4. Pour a ladle full of batter on a hot pan. Spread it to suit your liking. Add chopped veggies. I made this using only carrot.
5. Sprinkled sesame seeds spice powder.
You can check these quick collection of oats recipes
Oats upma
Oats khichdi
Oats chilla
Oats dosa
Oats idli
Recipe
Oats uttapam
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- ½ cup oats (rolled or quick cook)
- ¼ cup rice flour or sooji
- 2 tablespoons curd or yogurt or 1.5 tsps lemon juice + pinch of soda
- salt as needed
- water as needed
Veggies as needed
- 2 tablespoons onions fine chopped
- 2 tablespoons carrots grated
- 2 tablespoons tomatoes fine chopped
- 2 green chilies chopped
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves fine chopped
How to make the recipe
Preparation for oats uttapam
- Add oats to a blender jar and make a fine powder.
- If you do not have rice flour then add sooji along with oats to the blender and powder finely.
- Transfer the oats flour, rice flour or semolina, salt, yogurt or lemon juice + soda to a mixing bowl.
- Mix together with water to make a batter similar to the dosa batter consistency.
- The batter should be neither too thick nor too thin. But must be of slightly spreading consistency.
- Check salt and add more if needed.
- Cover and rest this aside for 5 mins.
- Meanwhile rinse and chop onions, tomatoes, chilies and coriander leaves.
- Grate the carrots and set aside.
- Mix together all the veggies on the chopping board and keep them ready.
How to make oats uttapam
- Grease a tawa with few drops of oil and heat it on a medium flame.
- Stir the batter well and adjust the consistency if needed by adding little water.
- Pour a ladle of batter and spread a bit to make a thick oats uttapam.
- Sprinkle the veggies as desired and gently press them with a wooden spatula.
- This helps them to stick to the oats uttapam.
- Cook until the base is done well & slightly crisp. You can also cover and cook until the base is set.
- Flip and cook well on the other side as well.
- Flip again and fry until the base is slightly crisp.
- Remove the oats uttapam to a serving plate.
- Before you make the next one, clean the tawa with a tissue if needed and grease it again.
- This way make more oats uttapam until you finish the batter.
- Serve oats uttapam with any chutney, podi or pickle.
- We usually sprinkle the gun powder or the peanut podi over them.
NUTRITION (estimation only)
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips.
Subhadra devarajan says
Great going,wishing u greater success,IV tried many of ur recipes,today I tried oats uttapam good one. Thank u for this recipe.
Anna says
I love your recipes
swasthi says
Thanks Anna
Irene says
Hi Swathy,
I appreciate what you are doing. Very healthy. I am a good cook. I live in NZ from
Chennai. I thought I am doing well in healthy cooking. You are doing better than
me. Well done. God bless.
swasthi says
Hi Irene,
Glad to know you! Thank you so much!
Bharti says
Healthy and tasty 🤗
swasthi says
Thanks Bharti
Hetal says
Hi
Thanks for the oats uttapam receipe, I tried at home and it 😋 yummy.
swasthi says
Welcome Hetal
Thanks for the comment
Rinu says
If we r using traditional stone ground oats the same procedure? Or Shd we keep the batter to ferment ? It’s written on the cover of that oats that cooking time s 20 minutes….I ve read smwhr else also tht it will take 20 minutes to get oats cooked..
swasthi says
Hi Rinu
What you are saying should be stone ground oat powder or flour which is made from wholegrain oats. This recipe uses rolled oats which are already steamed and don’t need much cooking time.
medha says
Thanks Swasti for the oats uttapa recipe. With young children I need new recipes often. Im trying this today.
swasthi says
Welcome Medha
Sravani says
Your oats recipes are awesome swasthi. Thank you so much for your lovely recipes. Now my breakfasts are turning into good and something new. My hubby loving them. Till now I have tried oats idli, oats chilla, and today oats pongal. Tomorrow I’ll try oats uthappam. Thanks once again.?????
swasthi says
Hi Sravani
Very happy to know the recipes are useful. You are welcome.
🙂
Nidhi says
I tried the recipe for sooji and oats Utthapa with curd… Didn’t put the soda because it reduces the nutritional value, but they still came out great. Made tiny utthapas as a party starter and they were a hit. Thanks so much for sharing the recipe.
swasthi says
Welcome Nidhi
Glad to know you liked them
DhanaJana says
Lovely oats idly.
swasthi says
Thanks Dhanajana
Angelina says
Dear Swasthi
Really appreciate since I have gluten intolerance I found this food blog very useful.
Blessing,
Angelina
swasthi says
Hi Angelina
Thanks a ton for the blessings. Happy to know this blog is useful. Have a wonderful week end.
🙂
Ashwini Sirdeshpande says
I like oats recipes. Thanks for useful recipes.
swasthi says
Welcome and thanks Ashwini.
Glad to know the recipes r useful.
alkajena says
Healthy and useful recipe
indu srinivasan says
awesome utthappam
swasthi says
Thanks Indu