Oats Upma Reciepe

Oats upma recipe is so easy and gets done in a short time duration. The way of preparing is similar to the traditional semolina upma. I usually add the cooked vegetable stock along with masala powder to taste differently from the normal upma. Also I do not love the light smell of oats so the vegetables and a twist of lemon covers the oats flavour. 

The recipe is great for the oats lovers who start their day with porridge of oats. This is as simple as oats porridge.

 Ingredients:

2 cups of oats

Water

Carrot, potato, tomato

Lemon juice

Coriander leaves

Red chilli

Ginger
sweet corn (optional)

Turmeric powder

Garam masala powder

sugar

Salt

For seasoning:

Ghee

Sesame seeds, urad dal, cumin seeds, ground nuts, curry leaves

Procedure:

In a deep pan add 2 spoons of ghee allowing to heat at low flame. Once hot add sesame seeds. When sesame starts to splitter add cumin seeds, urad dal, chopped curry leaves, red chilli and groundnuts. 

Fry till the groundnuts turn golden.

Add 2 cups of oats and stir them continuously for 5 minutes. Do not  burn the oats.

Transfer the fried ingredients to a clean plate.Add 2 cups of water to the pan and add the vegetables (1 chopped tomato, 3 spoons of carrot grates, one chopped potato) and allow them to boil. Add potato at the beginning as it takes longer time to boll. Add ginger grates, salt, sugar and one tea spoon of garam masala.

After the vegetable stock is boiled add the fried oats to the boiling water and stir continuously.  You can even add sweet corn kernels, it makes the recipe turn differently. Depending on the thickness and size of oats you may require more or less of water.

Once the oats is softened and mixed well with other ingredients, switch off the flame. Garnish with coriander leaves and squeeze a lemon.

Oats upma is ready to be served.

You can skip the vegetables and prepare the same like the semolina upma.

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