Oats is always included in our daily menu specially for breakfast. So I try different varieties than our usual porridge and one such try was this vegetable masala oats(oats savoury porridge) and this was a hit as hubby loved it. Lets start the week healthy with the oats savoury porridge 🙂
This is not only easy to make but flavourful too with the masalas blended with vegetables and oats. When served hot it tastes soo good and makes you forget its a porridge 😉
Oats Savoury Porridge Recipe – Ingredients
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 30 mins | Serves : 2
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
Quick Cooking Oats – 1/2 cup (I used Quaker)
Vegetables – 1/4 cup (I used carrot and peas)
Onion – 1 small sized finely chopped
Turmeric powder – a generous pinch
Red Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder – 3/4 tsp
Coriander leaves – 1 tsp
Pepper powder – 1/4 tsp
Water – 1 cup (adjust accordingly)
Salt – as required
Method:
- In a non stick pan add onions and dry roast it until it shrinks, then add oats and roast it until nice aroma rises.
- Meanwhile pressure cook the vegetables seperately until soft and slightly mushy(I cooked for 2 whistles).Now add water, cooked vegetables, red chilli, turmeric, garam masala powder and required salt to the oats. Let it cook in medium flame for 3mins until oats becomes soft.Add more water if required.
- Allow it to boil for a while, then use a laddle/ masher and mash it well(it depends on how you want your veggies to be) Cook for 2more mins until it reaches the porridge consistency. Then add chopped coriander leaves, pepper powder and switch off .
Serve hot with raw onions and coriander leaves garnished and pepper powder sprinkled.
My Notes:
- You can use vegetables of your choice. Also if you like the veggies in pieces just mash it roughly.
- Adjust water according to the oats variety. If you want you can add curd / buttermilk, mix it while serving.
- Adding the vegetables and spice powders even before the oats is cooked helps in blending the flavours well. You can also pressure cook the vegetables, oats together with the spice powders.
- Amma usually sautes onion and tomato well and then add it to the other other ingredients. You can try this too as tomatoes give a nice flavour.
This is definitely a must make. I am bored with oats in buttermilk. Thanks.
I quite like the idea of savoury oats Sharmi especially because its difficult sometimes to have a sweet breakfast! Yum yum! Bookmarked for sure!
Nice recipe Sharmilee.I have tried out many recipes from your blog.I love the step by step picture for recipes.
Nice twist to the regular oats.
wow..what a healthy preparation..I too love oats a lot
Healthy one..yummy yummy.
Healthy one. Looks yum. I add buttermilk never tried veggies in that. sure will try your version
Nice way to eat oats. Looks so tempting. So colorful, sure it would attract the kids. YUM!
It looks like sambar saadam, have to try this for my husband who is no-no person to oats porridge..
I make the exact same version!
Really interesting n tastes delicious from usual porridge…
wonderful idea, will surely try this out..
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Healthy and delicious.I made this without masala for my son till now
I always make savory version, never like the sweet version ever 🙂 Loved ur version of savoryoats !
i used to make only with milk and sugar…this is really healthy and easy to make…will try it!thank u sharing!
looks good and a healthy breakfast!
I too make the savory version as I do not like to have a sweet porridge in the morning. This is in my drafts and loved ur clicks Sharmi.
Will try it 🙂
Even i always love this and i make this most of the time for dinner. Nice version with beautiful clicks
Looks damn delicious 🙂 awesome!!
I was always thinking of giving some masala spicy twist to the boring oats,I am sure now it is not only healthy but yummy too..Clicks are awesome,very explanation with the apt pics….
looks yumm n a healthy breakfast
excellent recipe sharmis….good meal for diabetic pple….
I tried Saffola's ready mix of masala oats and wanted to try something similar at home. This seems to be just like it,something I would love to eat. Looks delicious Sharmilee!
Great recipe sharmilee. Very healthy and wholesome 🙂
Very healthy colour oats recipe. Bookmarked.
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wow.. looks great
OO that is a unique recipe! Loved the savory version of oats!
Unique recipe,love the twist..yum breakfast
I love the savoury preparations of oats too… this looks very tasty.
This looks absolutely delicious. Would love for you to share this with us over at foodepix.com.
Love the twist.
lovely recipe…sounds so yummy n healthy too..thanks for sharing!!
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that's a fab idea! i am yet to try your oats iddli. bookmarked ages ago
Me too planning to try masala oats after tasting saffola masala oats.. U made it. will try this version too.Awesome clicks 🙂
I love this recipe. I never thought of making savory oats. I love how creamy and delicious it looks.
Definitely a must try….healthy twist.
I've been wanting to adopt Oats but could never stick to it because of the bland and dispassionate taste.
But this could be it!
Definitely gonna try this out.
It was only few days ago that I talked about making Oats spicy and yes, savoury and here it is!!
I'm the same "Anonymous" above with the 38th comment.
I made this today and it was awesome.
If anyone is thinking about adopting this recipe, think no further and just do it.
@Anonymous : Thats really great to hear, ur comment made my day 🙂
Can you add chicken as well with the vegetables
@Anon : Yes you can add it after pressure cooking
why dint i think of this before……awesome idea
this was the recipe i was looking for…i tried this… oh my god it was delicious!!! thank u thank u for posting this.. all my family members liked also my 4 yrs old son…. i am gonna try all ur oats recipe….:) 🙂
hey i have tried this…it tastes too good..
hai i like this. i am going to try this.
Thank you Sharmi..:)..loved it…
Wow.. We tried the readymade masala oats, liked it and were looking for the receipe to make it at home itself using plain oats. Your recipe is very perfect and it's exactly like the readymade one which we bought. Thanks a lot!
hi… this is good. i added chicken too. thanks for recipe
u used plain quacker oats??
Yes