Healthy oats recipes for Breakfast.

Lemon Oats:

Ingredients:

·         Oats- ½ Cup

·         Lemon Juice- 1 ½ Table Spoon

·         Turmeric Power- 1/8 Table Spoon

·         Water- 1 Cup

·         Salt- To Taste

·         Oil- 2 Table Spoon

·         Urad Daal (Black Grams)- ½ Table Spoon

·         Chana Daal (Bengal Grams)- ½ Table Spoon

·         Mustard Seeds- ½ Table Spoon

·         Peanuts- 1 Table Spoon

·         Green Chilly- 2 Slit

·         Curry Leaves- Few

·         Asafoetida (Hing)- A Pinch

Preparation:

Soak the Bengal Gram for 20 minutes. Heat a pan and dry roast the oats for a minute and keep aside. Now add oil to pan and add the tempering ingredients except the peanuts.  Now add the Bengal Gram and turmeric and fry well till it the gram turns light brown. Now add the peanuts and fry for a minute. Next add water and salt and bring it to boil. Now add the oats and spread evenly while stirring continuously. Let it cook for 2 ½ minutes. Now remove from flame sprinkle the lemon juice and serve hot.

 

Oats Upma:

Ingredients:

• Oats- 1 Cup
• Onion- 1 Finely Chopped
• Mixed Vegetables (Carrots, Beans, Green Peas) – 1 Cup Cut in to Small Cubes
• Turmeric- ½ Table Spoon
• Salt- To Tate
• Water- 1 Cup
• Oil- 2 Table Spoon
• Mustard- 1 Table Spoon
• Curry Leaves- Few
• Green Chilly- 2 Slit
• Urad Daal (Black Grams) – 1 Table Spoon
• Channa Daal (Bengal Grams) – 1 Table Spoon

Preparation:

Dry roast the oats in a pan for few minutes and keep aside. Heat oil and add the tempering ingredients and fry well, now add the onions and fry till it turns golden. Now add the vegetables and fry a bit, add the oats, salt and turmeric and mix well. Next add the water and bring to a boil. Let the oats boil and turn soft, then dry the excess water and put off heat. Serve hot.

Oats Idli: 

Ingredients:

§                  Oats- 1 Cup

§                  Wheat Rava- ½ Cup

§                  Curd- ½ Cup

§                  Mixed Vegetables of Your Choice- 1 Cup Finely Chopped

§                  Water- 1 Cup

§                  Salt- To Taste

§                  Eno Fruit Salt- ½ Table Spoon

§                  Coriander Leaves- 2 Table Spoon  Roughly Chopped

§                  Oil- 1 Table Spoon

§                  Mustard- 1 Table Spoon

§                  Urad Daal (Black Grams) – 1 Table Spoon

§                  Channa Daal (Bengal Grams) – 1 Table Spoon

§                  Curry Leaves- A Few

§                  Green Chilly- 2 Slit

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Preparation:

Dry roast the oats for 2-3 minutes, let it cool and roughly grind it in a blender and keep aside. Now heat oil in a pan, add the tempering ingredients and fry, add the vegetables and coriander leaves and fry. Now add the wheat rava and fry for another minute. Next transfer this mix to a mixing bowl and add the ground oats, salt, water and curd and whisk well to turn it in to a batter similar to an idli batter. Add the eno fruit salt right before making the idlis. Grease the idli plates and pour the batter in each plate and cook for 15-20 minutes. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Masala Oats 

Ingredients:

§                          1 cup of oats (I used quaker oats)

§                          2 ½  cup of water

§                          1 ½ cup of chopped vegetables (carrot, beans, bell pepper, cabbage etc)

§                          ½ cup chopped tomatoes

§                          1-2 teaspoon of lemon juice (optional)

§                          1 teaspoon ginger (adrak / ala) finely chopped

§                          1-2 green chilies finely chopped

§                          ½ teaspoon cumin seeds (jeera)

§                          10-12 curry leaves

§                          1 teaspoon coriander powder( dhania powder)

§                          ½ teaspoon turmeric powder (haldi)

§                          pinch of garam masala optional

§                          1 tables spoon finely chopped coriander (dhaniya patta)

§                          2 teaspoon oil

Preparation:

Heat 2 teaspoon oil in kadhai When it becomes hot add cumin seeds (jeera) let it sizzle Add finely chopped green chilies, curry leaves and ginger to it, sauté it a for a while. Add onion and salt to it. Sauté it until onion becomes soft chopped vegetables. Sauté it on medium flame for 2-3 minutes, cover it with lid and let it cook for 3-4 minutes. Add tomatoes sauté it and let it cook until it becomes mushy. Add coriander powder, turmeric powder and pinch of garam masala (optional) to it. Add 2 ½ cups of water and let it boil When it starts boiling add oats to it and mix it nicelyLet it cook for 3-4 minutes until oats becomes soft. Turn of the heat. Add finely chopped coriander and lemon juice to it. Serve Masala Oats hot or warm it will thicken more as it cools.