Oats Upma ( Breakfast Recipes) with step by step photos
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Upma in general is a quick and easy Indian breakfast recipe. You can even pack it as a healthy tiffin box snack for your kids like our oats upma | oats upma with vegetables | healthy Indian oats upma | quick oats upma. Here are few more vegetarian upma recipes from our website made using various ingredients.
For making Oats Upma-
To make Oats Upma, we will lightly roast the oats first. For that, heat 1 tsp of olive oil in a broad non-stick pan.
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Once the olive oil is hot, add the oats. We are using quick cooking rolled oats, they are healthy as compared to semolina. Read more about the nutritional health benefits of rolled oats in this article
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Add ½ tsp of turmeric powder.
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Sauté on a medium flame for 3 to 4 minutes or till the oats turns light brown in colour and crisp, while stirring occasionally. Always roast the oats on a medium heat. Roasting on high flame can burn it very quickly.
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Transfer the roasted oats in a plate and keep aside.
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Heat the remaining 2 tsp of olive oil in the same non-stick pan.
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Once the oil is hot, add the mustard seeds.
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When the seeds crackle, add the urad dal. You can also add chana dal.
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Also, add curry leaves.
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Add the red chillies and green chillies. If you are making this for kids then skip adding whole chillies and make use of chilli powder.
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Sauté everything on a medium flame for 1 minute or till the dal turns light brown in colour.
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Add the onions and sauté on a medium flame for 1 minute or till the onions turn translucent.
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Add the carrots. I love adding French beans, tomatoes and boiled corn in the Oats Upma vegetable recipe.
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Add the green peas. You can add any vegetable of your choice to give a nutritional boost to the Oats Upma.
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Sauté the vegetables on a medium flame for 2 minutes.
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Add the roasted oats mixture. If you want to use steel cut oats, then you can use them too but, they would require more water (around 2½-3 cups water) and take more time to cook as compared to rolled oats.
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Also, add sugar which is optional and add the salt.
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Add the remaining ½ tsp of turmeric powder. You can reduce the quantity of turmeric powder or avoid it here if you wish to.
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Mix well and cook on a medium flame for 1 minute, while stirring continuously.
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Add 1½ cups of hot water.
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Mix Oats Upma well, cover and cook on a slow flame for 2 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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And our fibre-rich Vegetable Oats Upma is ready!
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Serve Vegetable Oats Upma immediately garnished with coriander or else it will become lumpy. Drizzle few drops of lemon juice to elevate the taste of the Oats Upma.
Some other fibre rich breakfast recipes:-
If you like Oats Upma, then here are some fibre rich breakfast recipes.
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Oats and Cabbage Roti
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Cauliflower and Oats Tikki
Oats Upma for weight loss, diabetics-
Oats Upma for weight loss, diabetics and heart. Oats are a good source of dietary fiber which help bind excess cholesterol and prevent it from being deposited in the arteries. Thus, they are beneficial for heart patients. The presence of beta-glucan in oats helps in slow release of sugar in the blood. Thus they give a feeling of fullness and benefit weight watchers and by avoiding spike in blood glucose levels they turn out to be diabetic-friendly. It’s a great source of protein, which further helps to boost metabolism and avoid obesity. Prefer to use olive oil for this recipe as it will add some omega-3 fatty acids, which reduces the inflammation in the body and prevents the onset of diseases and even avoid further damage to body due to any pre-existing disease. Go wise and replace semolina upma with this healthier version using oats. Diabetics and Weight watchers are best advised to avoid the sugar in this Oats Upma recipe, which is optional.