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oats upma recipe


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Prep time
10 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
30 mins

oats upma - healthy upma made with quick cooking oats and mixed vegetables.
Author: dassana
Recipe type: breakfast
Cuisine: south indian
Serves: 3
Ingredients (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
for roasting oats:
1 cup quick cooking oats, 100 grams
½ tsp oil
other ingredients:
¼ cup tightly packed finely chopped onion
¼ cup finely chopped carrots
¼ cup finely chopped french beans
¼ cup green peas/matar, fresh or frozen
7 to 8 curry leaves/kadi patta
1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
1 tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 tsp chana dal/split and husked bengal gram
1 tsp urad dal (optional)
8 to 10 cashews/kaju or peanuts
½ tsp ginger/adrak, finely chopped
1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
1 to 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves/dhania patta
1.25 cups water
1 to 1.5 tbsp ghee or oil
salt as required
Instructions
roasting oats:
heat ½ tsp oil in a pan. add 1 cup quick cooking oats.
stir and saute on a low flame till the oats become crisp. keep stirring continuously so that the oats do not get browned from the bottom. no need to brown the oats.
remove oats in a plate or tray and keep aside.
tempering and preparing upma:
in the same pan, heat 1 to 1.5 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp mustard seeds. stir and saute till the mustard seeds crackle.
then add 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp chana dal, 1 tsp urad dal (optional) and 8 to 10 cashews.
stir and saute till the chana dal gets browned.
add ¼ cup tightly packed finely chopped onions. stir and saute till the onions turn translucent.
next add ½ tsp ginger, finely chopped, 1 or 2 green chilies, chopped and 7 to 8 curry leaves. stir and saute for half a minute.
then add ¼ cup finely chopped carrots, ¼ cup finely chopped french beans and ¼ cup green peas, fresh or frozen. stir and saute for 2 minutes.
then add 1.25 cups water. cover the pan with its lid.
on a medium flame simmer and cook this mixture till the veggies are almost done. about 8 to 9 minutes.
then add the roasted oats. stir lightly.
add salt as required. stir very well.
then cover the pan again with its lid and on a low flame, steam the oats upma for 7 to 8 minutes.
once done, then add 1 to 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.
stir and serve oats upma drizzled with some lemon or lime juice.

Steps for making
1. heat ½ tsp oil in a shallow frying pan. add 1 cup quick cooking oats (100 grams).



2. stir and saute on a low flame till the oats become crisp. keep stirring continuously so that the oats do not get browned from the bottom. no need to brown the oats. just some crispness in them is fine. just about 3 to 4 minutes.



3. remove oats in a plate or tray and keep aside.



4. in the same pan, heat 1 to 1.5 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp mustard seeds. stir and saute till the mustard seeds crackle.



5. then add 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 tsp chana dal, 1 tsp urad dal (optional) and 8 to 10 cashews. instead of cashews you can also use peanuts.



6. stir and saute till the chana dal gets browned.



7. add ¼ cup tightly packed finely chopped onions.



8. stir and saute till the onions turn translucent.



9. next add ½ tsp ginger, finely chopped, 1 or 2 green chilies, chopped (you can also add deseeded broken red chilies or a mixture of both green & dry red chilies) and 7 to 8 curry leaves. stir and saute for half a minute.



10. then add ¼ cup finely chopped carrots, ¼ cup finely chopped french beans and ¼ cup green peas, fresh or frozen.



11. stir and saute for 2 minutes.



12. then add 1.25 cups water.



13. cover the pan with its lid.



14. on a medium flame simmer and cook this mixture till the veggies are almost cooked. about 8 to 9 minutes.



15. then add the roasted oats.



16. stir lightly.



17. add salt as required.



18. stir very well.



19. then cover the pan again with its lid and on a low flame, steam the oats upma for 7 to 8 minutes.



20. here the oats upma is done and steamed well. if the mixture looks very dry, then you can sprinkle some water and stir again.



21. then add 1 to 2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves.



22. stir and serve oats upma drizzled with some lemon or lime juice.