Oats upma is a very nutritious breakfast recipe. This oats upma is a perfect meal to kick start your morning. It will boost your energy and keep you filled for a longer time. You can have this oats upma in lunch or dinner when you want to eat a light meal. This fiber-rich recipe is full of taste and flavors. It has the goodness of oats, vegetables, and spices.
You can also try our different oats recipes: VEG OATS IDLI, spinach oats cheela
Ingredients for making Healthy oats upma:
- Rolled oats – 1 cup
- Water – 1 cup
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Finely chopped carrot – 1 small
- Chopped capsicum – 1 small
- Chopped tomato – 1 small
- Finely chopped green chilies – 1-2
- Grated ginger – ½ tsp
- Coriander leaves – 1 tbsp
- Salt as per taste
- Curry leaves – 5-6
- Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
- Asafoetida (hing) – 1 pinch
- Mustard seeds – ¼ tsp
- Cumin (jeera) – ½ tsp
- Chana dal – ½ tsp
- Urad dal – ½ tsp
- Peanuts – 1 tbsp
- Cashew nuts – 8-10
- Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Preparation:
At first, roast the oats for about 5 minutes on medium flame until they become crispy. Keep them aside.
Now, heat oil in a pan, add cumin, mustard, peanuts, cashew nuts, chana dal, and urad dal, and fry all ingredients until the peanut becomes golden and aromatic.
After that, add ginger, asafoetida, green chilies, and curry leaves, and fry them for 1 minute.
Then, add carrot and capsicum and cook them for 2-3 minutes. (You can also add vegetables of your choice)
After this, add tomato, salt, turmeric, and water and cover it for some time until the tomato becomes soft.
When vegetables get cooked then, add one cup of water and give it a boil.
Then, transfer the roasted oats into the boiling water and stir for 1-2 minutes on low flame. Oats will soak in the water.
Finally, add coriander leaves and mix well. You can also add lime juice if you want.
Preparation time: 5-7 minutes
Cooking time: 8-10 minutes
Total time -15 minutes
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