Hafragrautur / Oats Porridge - Iceland

Hafragrautur, or oatmeal is a staple diet of Icelandic families.

Oats and water or milk are mixed in a pot, left to simmer. Hafragrautur is usually served with a sprinkle of brown sugar or  a handful of raisins or a small cube of butter. This bowl of porridge really brighten our day, because in our we love oats.

Week 4 day 5 of our Mega marathon and this week the theme is Breakfast from Countries.
Serving 3 Persons

Ingredients

1/2 Cup Oats
2 Cups Milk
1/2 Cup Water
1 Tablespoon Sugar ( or more according to your taste)
3 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
1 Tablespoon Raisins - rinsed
A pinch of  freshly grated nutmeg

Method

Soak the oats in water for 3 - 4 minutes.

While the oats are soaking, bring the milk to a boil. When it begins to boil, add the soaked oats along with the liquid. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 - 6 minutes or until the mixture becomes very thick.

Remove from heat, stir in nutmeg along with sugar and mix well. Serve it in a bowl spinkle brown sugar and raisins.

Have this comforting  and filling porridge warm.

Labels : Blogging Marathon, Breakfast, Healthy, Milk, Oats, Iceland, Continental Cuisine

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Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Rolls #BreadBakers

When this  Oatmeal Bread event was announced on Bread Bakers page, I was very excited.  Many types of baking stuff came to my mind,  was totally confused as what to  make with oats.  Had already put up a recipe for  OATS HONEY LOAF and did not want to make a loaf again.  Searched for recipes found this one here.  Liked this recipe and made it my ish..style, they turned out beautiful.  

These roll are different, the ground oats give a nice texture and sweetness to the rolls. They are soft and delicious. When baked  said  to my pretty rolls Go ..go .. and they  went to our breakfast party with cheese, salad leaves...... and they all said awesome.

Ingredients:

1 + 1. 1/4 Teaspoons Instant yeast
1 + 1 Teapoons Sugar
2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
1 Cup Warm milk
1/2 Cup Oats + more for sprinkling
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Egg
2 Tablespoons Butter
1/4 Cup Warm water
1 Egg - lightly beaten for brushing

Method:

In a bowl, whisk together 1 teaspoon each of yeast, sugar, 1 cup all-purpose flour and milk till smooth and lump free. Cover with plastic wrap or a towel and let rise until doubled, about an hour.

In the mean while pour 1/2 cup  oats into a mixer jar

 pulse until finely ground.

Pour ground oats into a large bowl and add remaining all purpose flour , wheat flour, sugar, yeast and salt, stir to combine. 

Add yeast mixture and egg . Add water little at a time and stir to combine until dough forms.

Take it on to a work surface rub the butter on the dough and keep kneading until all the butter is incorporated and the dough is smooth and elastic. Shape dough into a ball, place it in a well-oiled bowl. Cover with plastic wrap or a towel and let rise for, about half an hour .

Take this risen dough on the work surface again and flatten with your palm and book fold it. Repeat  this process twice ( take care not to stretch or work the dough too much). Then roll into a smooth ball and keep in the same bowl again to rise until doubled.

Punch down dough and divide into 9 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a ball. Flatten it  and roll it. Pinch the joint and smoothen it into a rectangular roll ( see pic ).

Place the rolls in the greased pan about 2 inches apart. Cover with plastic wrap or a towel and let rest for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 200 degrees . Lightly grease a large square pan and set aside.

Brush rolls lightly with lightly beaten egg, then sprinkle oats on top. Bake until golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.

Place the rolls on a cooling rack to cool slightly...  and enjoy.

A little intro about our group. Bread Bakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

A big thank you to our Bread Bakers host this month Rocío at kidsandchic - http://www.kidsandchic.es,.  I am happy to be a part of this Oatmeal Bread event!  Let's take a look at all the other Bakers who have worn their baking hat for you today!

Oatmeal Bread themed #BreadBakers:

• Agave Oatmeal Sour Dough Bread from My Catholic Kitchen
• Applesauce Oatmeal Bread from Hostess at Heart
• Banana Oatmeal Loaf from Basic N Delicious
• Blueberry Currant Oatmeal Bread from Cindy's Recipes and Writings
• Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal Bread from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Honey Oatmeal Bread from A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Honey Oatmeal Bread from Recipes, Food and Cooking
• Honey-Oatmeal Muffins from A Baker's House
• Honey Oats Bread Loaf from Gayathri's Cook Spot
• Honey Nut Oatmeal Waffles from Magnolia Days
• Honey Wheat Oat Bread from Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks
• Irish Oat and Whole Wheat Bread from Cali's Cuisine
• Lemon Blueberry Oat Bread from Kids & Chic
• Multigrain Twist Bread from What Smells So Good?
• Oat Breadsticks from Passion Kneaded
• Oatmeal and Whole Wheat Rolls from Sneha's Recipe
• Oatmeal Buttermilk Bread from Ruchik Randhap
• Oatmeal Porridge Sandwich Loaf from Bakers and Best
• Oatmeal Stout Loaf from Food Lust People Love
• Oat & Honey Bread from La Cocina de Aisha
• Oats and Millet Idli from Spice Roots
• Oats Bread with Maple and Walnut by Cook's Hideout
• Oats Garlic Kulcha from SimplyVeggies
• Peanut Butter and Chocolate Chips Oatmeal Scones from G'Gina's Kitchenette
• Rolled Oat Sourdough Boule from A Shaggy Dough Story
• Savory Oats Scones from Sara's Tasty Buds
• Triple Seeded Oat Bread from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Whole Wheat Honey Oatmeal Bread from Spill the Spices

Labels : Breads, Oats, Whole Wheat, Healthy, Bread Bakers

Corn Appe

My frist recipe for the Blogging Marathon #43: Week2, Day 1.

This is an easy and quick recipe.  My kid who is 10 years old just loved this snack and finished it in a jiffy.

Ingredients

 1 Cup Sweet Corn

 1 Cup Fine Semolina

 ½ Cup Oats flour

 ¼ Cup Urad dal flour

 2 Nos Green Chillies

 1/4 Teaspoon Ginger Paste

 1/4 Cup Coriander leaves  - finely chopped

1 Sachet Fruit Salt 

Salt to taste

Oil / Ghee

Method

Soak the semolina in a cup of water for 10 minutes and keep aside.

Grind the corn and green chilies in the mixer to form a coarse paste. Mix corn paste, semolina, oats and urad dal flour, ginger paste, coriander leaves, salt to taste and mix well. Add the fruit salt and mix well.  Add little water if required to make the paste consistency.

Heat the aappe pan and sprinkle little oil in each slot .  Add the corn mixture to this cover and cook on medium flame for 2 minutes, when light brown on the bottom side turn the aappe again sprinkle little ghee and cook till this side too is light brown in color.  The ghee in this aappe give an awesome taste.  Remove and serve hot with sauce. Enjoy!!!

Note:  The consistency of the batter should be  like the idly batter for best results.

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Sending this to Srivalli's Kids delight event hosted by Harini with the theme - Healthy snacks


Labels: Breakfast, Corn, Healthy Snacks, Kids delight, Appe Pan, Oats, Urad Dal flour, Fine Semolina, Blogging Marathon