I like my food to be flavorful…… and yummy!! That’s one reason I could never bring myself to eat oats, the boring way they’re meant to be eaten. Yet, knowing how nutritious they are, I keep searching for interesting ways to include it in my breakfast. Earlier, I had shared the recipe for Oats Chilla which many of you tried and the babies I am told, loved it!
Interestingly, the Oats Upma tastes better the regular sooji upma that we all are so used to. I believe Oats Upma is an even healthier alternative both for grown ups and children.
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup oats (grind into powder)
- 2 tbsp roasted semolina (sooji)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3-4 baby carrots, finely chopped
- 3-4 beans, finely chopped
- 4-5 curry leaves
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds (rai)
- 1/2 tsp each of urad and chana dal (soaked in little water for about 15-20 minutes)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Salt, to taste
- 1 tsp oil
- About 1½ cup water
Steps
- Heat the oil in a wok, add mustard seeds and allow them to crackle; then add curry leaves and soaked dal (soaking the dal in water, softens it), and quickly follow it up by adding onions, so that the dal does not burn
- Once the onions turn translucent, add the vegetables and season them with salt; cover and cook for 4-5 minutes till they are nearly cooked
- Add oats and sooji and dry roast with the vegetables for about 1 minute
- In a separate pan, boil water mixed with salt
- Introduce the water into the wok containing oats and vegetables; cook for some more time while stirring continuously to allow the oats to absorb water
- Add the lemon juice
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot
The ratio of sooji/oats to water is 1:4 or 1:5 (dependent on how wet you like your upma to be)
I have blogged this recipe, keeping babies in mind; for the grown ups’ variant, add green chillies and roasted peanuts as well