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Tarla Dalal
06 December, 2024


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oats palak sprouts uttapam recipe is a healthy Indian breakfast to have. Learn to make sprouts uttapam.
Pregnancy is a time to be enjoyed. It’s a golden period when you feel quite indulgent, and yet have to strike a balance between your sudden hunger pangs, changing tastes and good health.
Here is a quick pregnancy snack for such times! The oats palak sprouts mini uttapam are not just toothsome but also rich in nutrients – you get iron, folic acid and vitamin A from the spinach, fibre and protein from the sprouts and oats. Tons of good health for the little life inside you!
Tips for oats palak sprouts uttapam. 1. oats and urad dal must be coarsely powdered. 2. sprouts uttapam requires only 15 minutes fermenting.
Enjoy oats palak sprouts uttapam recipe | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy | folic acid, iron, vitamin B, protein rich sprouts uttapam | with step by step photos.
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Preparation Time
15 Mins
Cooking Time
15 Mins
Total Time
30 Mins
Makes
21 mini uttapas
Ingredients
For Oats Palak and Sprouts Mini Uttapa
1 cup coarsely powdered oats
1/4 cup coarsely powdered urad dal (split black lentils)
2 tsp green chilli paste
salt to taste
1/2 cup spinach (palak) puree
6 tbsp finely chopped onion
3/4 cup boiled mixed sprouts
3 1/4 tsp oil for greasing and cooking
chaat masala for sprinkling
For Serving With Oats Palak and Sprouts Mini Uttapa
Method
- To make oats palak and sprouts mini uttapa, combine the oats, urad dal, green chilli paste, salt, spinach purée and 1½ cups of water in a bowl and mix well till no lumps remain. Cover and keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Heat a mini uttapa pan and grease it lightly using ¼ tsp of oil.
- Pour a spoonful of the batter in each uttapa mould to make a 75 mm. (3") diameter round.
- Top all the uttapas of the 1st batch using 2 tbsp of onions and ¼ cup of mixed sprouts.
- Cook them, using 1 tsp of oil, till they turn golden brown in colour from both the sides.
- Remove from the tava (griddle) and sprinkle a little chaat masala over each mini uttapa.
- Repeat with the remaining batter to 14 make more mini uttapas in 2 more batches.
- Serve the oats palak and sprouts mini uttapa hot with coconut chutney and sambhar.
- 1 cup of quick cooking rolled oats gives 1 cup of coarsely powdered oats.
- 2½ cups of chopped spinach when blanched and blended gives ½ cup of spinach purée.
oats palak sprouts uttapam recipe | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy | Video by Tarla Dalal
Oats Palak and Sprouts Mini Uttapa recipe with step by step photos
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what is oats palak sprouts uttapam made of ? See below image of list of ingredients for oats palak sprouts uttapam.
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what is oats palak sprouts uttapam made of ? See below image of list of ingredients for oats palak sprouts uttapam.
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These are quick cooking rolled oats used to make oats flour.
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We have taken 1/2 cup oats and put it in a small mixer. Do not use a big mixer jar as it will be difficult to blend a small quantity. This will give you a little more than 1 cup of oats flour.
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Blend to a coarse powder.
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These are quick cooking rolled oats used to make oats flour.
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Note you will require 2 1/2 cups of roughly chopped spinach to make 1/2 cup spinach puree. Once the water comes to boil, add the washed and chopped spinach leaves.
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Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes or till the spinach leaves get tender. Do not over cook the leaves as it might loose the color. Switch off the flame.
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Drain the water using a strainer. Throw the water away.
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Hold the strainer below cold water to refresh the spinach and drain well. Alternatively you can plunge the leaves in a bowl of ice cold water. This step is known as refreshing, it is done to retain the colour of the vegetable and it also halts the process of cooking. See complete recipe on how to make spinach puree.
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Note you will require 2 1/2 cups of roughly chopped spinach to make 1/2 cup spinach puree. Once the water comes to boil, add the washed and chopped spinach leaves.
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Put the oats flour in a bowl. Use in your Indian recipes such as thepla. tikki, cookies and smoothies. Oats are a great source of protein for Vegetarians. It is rich in soluble fibre (to make it good for diabetics), which helps lower blood LDL cholesterol, the so-called "Bad" cholesterol.
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Add 1/4 cup coarsely powdered urad dal (split black lentils). 1 cup of cooked urad dal gives 69.30% of folic acid of your daily requirement of folate.
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Add 2 tsp green chilli paste.
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Add salt to taste. We added 1/2 tsp salt.
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Add 1/2 cup spinach purée. Spinach is one of the richest plant sources of Iron and it should be part of a healthy diet for everyone.
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Add 1½ cups of water.
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Mix well with a whisk till no lumps remain.
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Cover and keep aside for 15 minutes.
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See batter consistency after soaking.
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Put the oats flour in a bowl. Use in your Indian recipes such as thepla. tikki, cookies and smoothies. Oats are a great source of protein for Vegetarians. It is rich in soluble fibre (to make it good for diabetics), which helps lower blood LDL cholesterol, the so-called "Bad" cholesterol.
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To make oats palak sprouts uttapam recipe | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy | folic acid, iron, vitamin B, protein rich sprouts uttapam | heat a mini uttapa pan and grease it lightly using ¼ tsp of oil.
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Pour a spoonful of the batter in each uttapa mould to make a 75 mm. (3") diameter round.
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Top all the uttapas of the 1st batch using 2 tbsp of onions.
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Then add ¼ cup of mixed sprouts. A bowl of sprouts is recommended daily for pregnany women.
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Gently press topping down with a spatula.
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Cook the bottom of the uttapam for 1 to 2 minutes on medium heart.
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Brush some oil around the uttapam including the edges for it to cook.
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Flip over with a spatula and cook the other side the same way.
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Flip again and your oats palak sprouts uttapam are ready.
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Sprinkle chaat masala over oats palak sprouts uttapam | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy |
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Serve oats palak sprouts uttapam | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy | hot with coconut chutney and sambhar.
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To make oats palak sprouts uttapam recipe | sprouts uttapam | uttapam recipe for pregnancy | folic acid, iron, vitamin B, protein rich sprouts uttapam | heat a mini uttapa pan and grease it lightly using ¼ tsp of oil.
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sprouts uttapam requires only 15 minutes fermenting.
- iron, folic acid, vitamin A from palak and fibre, protein from sprouts.
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oats and urad dal must be coarsely powdered.
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At times during pregnancy if you have swoolen feat then avoid the chaat masala.
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folic acid, iron, vitamin B, protein rich sprouts uttapam.
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sprouts uttapam requires only 15 minutes fermenting.
Nutrient values (Abbrv)per plate
Energy | 41 cal |
Protein | 2 g |
Carbohydrates | 5.9 g |
Fiber | 1 g |
Fat | 1.1 g |
Cholesterol | 0 mg |
Sodium | 5.7 mg |
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n_katira
March 13, 2025, midnight
A platter of health quotient is all I would say for this healthy snack...Try it and get all the share of nutrients.

Archana M
March 13, 2025, midnight
Oats palak and sprouts mini uttapa, a great variation from the regular uttapa we make. Its healthy with sprouts, which gives a crunch to uttapa. And the spinach puree added makes it more appetizing.