Ingredients
- 1 cup Instant Oats (Oatmeal) or (rolled oats) (or as prescribed in the diet plan)
- 1/4 cup Carrots (Gajjar), diced & steamed
- 1/4 cup Green beans (French Beans), chopped & steamed
- 1/4 cup Green peas (Matar), steamed
- 1/4 cup Onion, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Ginger, grated
- 1 Green Chilli, chopped
- 5 to 6 Curry leaves, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup Tomatoes, finely chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon Turmeric powder (Haldi)
- 1/2 teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon White Urad Dal (Split)
- 1 Dry red chilli, halved
- 1 teaspoon Cooking oil or Desi Ghee
- Salt, to taste
- Coriander (Dhania) Leaves, few, chopped
- Fresh coconut, grated (for garnish)
How to make Vegetable Oats Upma Recipe?
- To begin making the Vegetable Oats Upma Recipe, in a heavy bottomed pan; dry roast the rolled oats until it gets a roasted aroma and also turns lightly crisp.
- Once roasted, transfer the roasted oats to another bowl and allow it to cool.
- Heat the oil/desi ghee (1 teaspoon) in the same heavy bottomed pan; add the red chillies, mustard seeds, urad dal. Allow the mustard seeds to crackle and allow the red chilli and the urad dal to roast and turn a little brown.
- At this stage, add the onion, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves and saute till they become soft.
- Add in the turmeric powder, salt, steamed vegetables and tomatoes and saute it for about half a minute.
- Finally, add the oats and stir well so that all the ingredients get well combined. Cover the pan, turn the heat to low and allow it to steam for a few minutes in the heat.
- The water released from the tomatoes is enough to cook the oats. Add a few drops of warm water if needed (not too much as the oats will get soggy).
- Garnish with coriander leaves and freshly grated coconut.
- Serve Vegetable Oats Upma along with Mint Chutney for a healthy breakfast.