Snacks recipes with oats
Oat snacks for the 5 pm slump: cutlets, tikki, kebabs, pakoras, chivda, energy balls and bars. Many bake or air-fry as well as they fry.
14 recipes on file
- Snacks · American · 45 min
Peanut Butter Oat Energy Balls
Rolled oats, peanut butter, honey, flax and a little dark chocolate, stirred and rolled. No oven, one bowl, and a fridge full of snacks for the week.
- Snacks · North Indian · 40 min
Oats Onion Pakora
Thin onion slices, quick oats and a little besan, fried into lacy, crunchy pakoras. Rain and chai optional. An air-fryer version is included for weeknights.
- Snacks · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 50 min
Oats Lauki Muthia
Grated lauki, powdered oats and besan, steamed into soft logs, sliced and tossed in a sesame-mustard tadka. A Gujarati farsan that needs very little oil.
- Snacks · South Indian · 65 min
Oats Murukku
Rice flour, roasted oat flour and pottukadalai, pressed into spirals and fried till they crackle. A Diwali tin staple, with an air-fryer route too.
- Snacks · North Indian · 90 min
Baked Oats Mathri
Flaky ajwain mathri made with oat flour, atta and a spoon of sooji, baked rather than fried. Crisp, layered and very hard to stop eating with chai.
- Snacks · South Indian · 165 min
Oats Masala Vada
Coarse chana dal, quick oats, fennel and curry leaves, pressed into vadas with craggy, crunchy edges. Deep-fried, shallow-fried or air-fried, your call.
- Snacks · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 55 min
Instant Oats Dhokla
Soft, spongy dhokla from ground oats, rava and curd, steamed in under 20 minutes and finished with a mustard, sesame and curry leaf tadka. No soaking, no fermenting.
- Snacks · North Indian · 40 min
Vegetable Oats Cutlet
Potato, carrot, beans and peas bound with roasted oats, rolled in more oats and pan-fried till crunchy. No bread, no maida, about 2 tbsp oil for the lot.
- Snacks · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 50 min
Roasted Oats Chivda
Rolled oats and thin poha, dry-roasted and tossed with peanuts, roasted chana, coconut and curry leaves. A jar of crunch that keeps for weeks.
- Snacks · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 50 min
Oats Peanut Chikki
Roasted oats, peanuts and sesame set in a glassy jaggery syrup and snapped into squares. The Lonavala classic with an oaty crunch, ready in half an hour.
- Snacks · Continental · 68 min
Oat-Crusted Paneer Fingers
Paneer batons marinated in spiced curd, dipped in a cornflour batter and rolled in oats, then baked or air-fried until golden. A crunchy starter with no egg wash.
- Snacks · American · 143 min
No-Bake Oat Granola Bars
Toasted rolled oats, peanut butter and honey, packed with seeds, almonds and raisins, pressed into a tin and chilled. Chewy, sturdy bars with no oven involved.
- Snacks · North Indian · 50 min
Hara Bhara Oats Kebab
Spinach, peas and potato kebabs bound with oats instead of breadcrumbs. Bright green inside, crisp outside, and happy in a pan, an oven or an air fryer.
- Snacks · North Indian · 50 min
Aloo Oats Tikki
Spiced mashed potato with a crunchy coat of oats instead of breadcrumbs. Eat it straight off the tawa or build it into chaat with curd and chutneys.