Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Basic Overnight Oats Recipe is a vegan, vegetarian American, World breakfast made with simple everyday ingredients in about 5 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: Not specified
  • Total time: 5 minutes
  • Yield: 1
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Cuisine: American, World

Ingredients

  • ⅓ cup quick cooking oats (or rolled oats)
  • 2 teaspoons raw sugar (or honey or maple syrup or jaggery powder (optional))
  • ⅓ cup water (- add ½ cup water if using chia seeds & ½ to ⅔ cup water for rolled oats)
  • ½ tablespoon chia seeds (or sweet basil seeds - optional)
  • ½ to ¾ cup chopped mix fruits (- apple, sapota, mango, banana, berries)
  • 2 to 3 tablespoons chopped nuts (- almonds, pistachios, cashews or walnuts)

Method

  1. Take quick cooking oats or rolled oats in a small jar, glass, mug or a bowl.
  2. Add raw sugar or jaggery or any sweetener of your choice like maple syrup or honey.
  3. Add water. If using rolled oats, add ½ to ⅔ cup of water. Instead of water you can opt to add almond milk, lite coconut milk or yogurt.
  4. Stir and mix well.
  5. Add chia seeds. If you do not have chia seeds, then just skip them. Cover and refrigerate.
  6. The next morning, add fruits, topped with chopped nuts and dry fruits.
  7. Serve overnight oats straight away.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.