Cook Sang's recipes: "OAT" to be good

Many of us take an "oat-h" to imbibe a healthier lifestyle,

And bring home a packet of oats with a smile.

Bring the milk to boil, mix oats well and add some sugar,

But the enemy called tongue does not let us get healthier.

The packet sulks in a corner dying to be used,

While we indulge in the parathas with some ghee infused..

So what do we do? Throw away the sulking packet? Naah! That is not permitted - do not waste food if you have a soul. Someone has taken great pains to grow them in their farm. Someone is dying in our Country for want of some grains. And if these are not reasons enough, then do not waste kyunki paap padega (because it is a sin)... Ha ha ha!

Well! Utilizing left over oats without using microwave - a challenge a friend posed. After some brainstorming I came up with the following recipe - a variant of something I have been tasting at a very close friend's place.

Recipe courtesy: Chandana

Time required - Half an hour to an hour

INGREDIENTS:

Oats - 250 - 300 gms
Honey - 5 to 6 tbsp
Any fruit jam
Digestive biscuits
Dairy Milk/ Temptation/ whatever you like.. It is chocolates after all.. ;) I used Temptations Rum and Raisins and Dairy Milk Silk.
Custard powder - 5 to 6 tbsp
Some milk
Sugar
Very little butter

Most important ingredient - zeal to experiment

METHOD:

Step 1:

a) Melt the butter and roast the oats for around 5 min - till slightly golden

b) Empty it in a separate container, pour the honey and mix it well

c) Take a round container and spread the honeyed oats. Press it well so that it sets and forms the base

Tip: Be careful while roasting the oats - keep tossing. Mix the honey and set the oats while it's still warm.

Step 2:
a) Take the jam, mix a little bit of water to make it like a paste (the consistency of tomato ketchup)
b) Spread a very thin layer of the jam on top of the oats
c) Crush the digestive biscuits and spread a layer of it on top of the jam

Step 3:
a) Break the chocolates into small pieces, place them in a small container
b) Boil some water in a bigger container
c) Place the smaller container containing the chocolates on the boiling water so that the chocolate melts
d) Add some milk to make the consistency a bit thinner
e) Place the container on the boiling water again and mix well
f) A very thin layer of the melted chocolate goes on top of the layer of the crushed biscuits

Ok! Confession time - I cheated here and melted the chocolate in a microwave.
Tip: To avoid the process of melting spread a very thin layer of grated chocolate on the layer of crushed biscuits.

Step 4:

a) Prepare the custard as per the instructions on the packet. Thicken it a little extra
b) Pour the hot custard over the chocolate so as to make a little thick layer of custard

Tip: Be careful with the sugar you add to your custard. After pouring the layer if you feel it is not sufficient, prepare some more custard and spread a layer on top.
Step 5:
Garnish with some broken pieces of chocolate on top.

Refrigerate for a couple of hours and allow the custard to set before you dig into something soft, juicy and chewy at the same time ;)

Serve with whipped cream, ice-cream, chocolate sauce or whatever else you please. I like it with lots of fresh fruits and oodles of honey... Yummy!!

To make it slightly easy to follow, I have uploaded the pictures below - hope it helps..