easy oats upma recipe | vegetable oats upma | oatmeal upma | oats for breakfast
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.