Oats upma recipe

Ingredients:

Quacker Oats (traditional not instant) - 3cups

Sour curds (low fat) - ½ cup
Water - ½ cup
Green chilies - 6
Chopped coriander - 2 tbsp
Lime juice - 1 tbsp
Roasted peanuts
Canola or Olive Oil as required
Salt to taste
For tempering:
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Urd dal - 1 tbsp
Red chilies (optional) - 1 or 2
Cumin - 1 tsp
Turmeric - ½ tsp
Asafetida (hing) - 1 pinch
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Method:

1 Heat oil in a pan add the ingredients for tempering. When the oil starts spattering add chopped green chillies and let them cook for a couple of minutes

2 Put Quaker Oats in 3 cups of water, drain immediately and put in the pan.

3.Mix sour curds and water and sprinkle half of it on the oats, add salt to taste, cover and cook for one minute while stirring to prevent the oats from forming lumps

4.Add the remaining water, roasted peanuts and coriander and cover the pan and cook for one more minute.

5.Remove from fire mix lemon juice and keep aside for five minutes

Caution:You will need to keep stirring so that the oatmeal does not form lumps.

2nd procedure for upma:

INGREDIENTS:

Oats- 2 cups
Minced ginger- ½ tsp
Ghee- 3 tsp
Curry leaves—a few
Water- 4 and 1/2 cups
Urad dal- 1 tbsp
Salt- as required
Chana dal- 2 tsp
Asafetida- a pinch
Mustard seeds- 1 tsp
Sliced green chilies- 3 (chopped)
Dried red chilies- 2
Sliced onion- 1
Oil- as required

Method:

Roast the oats in a pan without oil for about 3 mins and keep it aside. Heat some oil in the pan and add urad dal, chana dal, mustard seeds, green chillies , dry red chillies and fry for some time till the dal turns golden brown. Now add sliced onions, minced ginger and curry leaves. Sauté the onions till they are tender, add asafetida and salt. Add water and allow it to boil for some time and then add the roasted oats. Keep stirring till all the water is absorbed and oats are thoroughly cooked and serve with some chutney.