Vegetable Oats Upma | Power Packed Oats Breakfast Recipe
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Recipe type: Breakfast
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 2 Servings
 
Ingredients
  • Rolled oats (or instant/quick cooking oats) – ½ cup
  • Oil of your choice – 2 tbsp (You can use mustard oil, cold pressed sunflower or coconut oil)
  • Onion – 1, medium, finely chopped (about half a cup of chopped onion)
  • Curry leaves – 2 sprigs (about 10 to 12 leaves)
  • Whole mustard – ½ tsp
  • Green chilli – 2, finely chopped
  • Green beans – 10 to 12, chopped into small pieces
  • Carrot – 1, large, chopped into small pieces
  • Tomato – 1, medium, finely chopped
  • Ginger paste – 1 tsp
  • Red chilli powder – ¼ tsp
  • Black pepper powder – ¼ tsp or more as per your taste
  • Roasted peanuts – ¼ cup
  • Salt to taste
  • Freshly chopped coriander leaves – ½ cup
Instructions
  1. Wash the rolled oats under running water for 3 to 4 times. Then soak the oats in boiling hot water for 15 minutes (you don’t have to put it on flame). If you are using quick cooking oats, you can directly use it without washing or soaking.
  2. In a small wok, add the oil. Once oil is hot, lower the heat and add mustard seeds and curry leaves. Let the seeds splutter for few seconds.
  3. Now add chopped onion and green chillies. Sauté them for 5 minutes on medium flame or until the onion turn golden brown and translucent.
  4. Next add chopped beans and carrots. Sauté the veggies on low to medium flame for 10 minutes.
  5. Next add the ginger paste and tomatoes. Season with salt to taste and keep cooking until the tomatoes are mushy and completely mixed through.
  6. Now add the spices – chilli powder and black pepper powder. Mix everything well so that veggies are well-coated with the spices. Sprinkle a splash of water if the spices start to stick.
  7. Next add the soaked and drained oats which would have softened by now. Stir everything well to mix thoroughly.
  8. Let the oats cook on low flame for 8 to 10 minutes. You may cover the wok for faster cooking.
  9. Check and adjust seasoning if needed. If the oats start to stick too much, then add just a little water to prevent that; but don’t add too much water as then the consistency will be too gloopy.
  10. Finally add the chopped coriander leaves and roasted peanuts. Give a final stir to mix them well.
  11. Your yummy and nutritious oats upma breakfast is ready to serve! Enjoy!
Recipe by Flavor Quotient at https://www.flavorquotient.com/2022/04/vegetable-oats-upma/