Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, oats upma recipe | vegetable oats upma | oatmeal upma | oats for breakfast is a vegetarian Indian breakfast made with rolled oats, oil, and mustard in about 15 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: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 Servings
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 tsp mustard
- ½ tsp urad dal
- ½ tsp jeera / cumin
- few curry leaves
- 10 cashew / kaju (whole)
- 1 inch ginger (finely chopped)
- 2 chilli (slit)
- ½ onion (finely chopped)
- ½ carrot (finely chopped)
- 5 beans (finely chopped)
- ¼ capsicum (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp peas / matar
- ½ tsp turmeric
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- 2 tbsp coriander (finely chopped)
- 2 tbsp coconut (grated)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Method
- firstly, in a large kadai heat 1 tbsp oil and splutter 1 tsp mustard, ½ tsp urad dal, ½ tsp jeera, few curry leaves and 10 cashews.
- saute until the cashews turn golden brown.
- now add 1 inch ginger, 2 chilli and ½ onion. saute well.
- furthermore add ½ carrot, 5 beans, ¼ capsicum, 2 tbsp peas, ½ tsp turmeric and ½ tsp salt.
- add 2 tbsp water, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
- now add 1 cup water and get it to a boil. if using instant oats, just add ¼ cup water.
- once the water comes to a boil, add in roasted oats and mix well.
- mix until the oats absorb all the water.
- now cover and simmer for 5 minutes or until oats gets cooked well.
- furthermore add ¼ tsp salt, 2 tbsp coriander, 2 tbsp coconut and 1 tbsp lemon juice.
- finally, enjoy vegetable oats upma as a healthy breakfast or pack to the lunch box.
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.
