Oats Mixed Vegetable Upma | Easy Breakfast Recipes | Oats Recipes

Help me, someone... I am going crazy over deciding on what to put on our breakfast table. Especially when my MIL comes over. Amma is ok with the cereal and oatmeal that I make, ok there is no making part involved and so lets keep it to "put together" and a banana + a glass of milk + some sprouts and another bowl of fruits and nuts that I "prepare" for brunch. But my MIL, she needs something heavy and that needs to be dosas or idlis or puttus, all three which I hate.

No offense, I hate South Indian breakfasts on weekdays. Not that I am lazy, (ok that might be a reason too) but seriously it takes a hell lot of time and with the early morning sun blazing as if the time is mid-noon, the kitchen seems like a furnace and so I make something simple and its mostly cereal or poha topped with nuts, prunes and dates or oatmeal flavored someway or the other.

But whenever the MIL comes to visit us, I just break my head to decide what should be done for breakfast. After repeated mornings of idlis with sambar or coconut chutney, I knew that I had to take over and make something different. Oats gets a delicious makeover here and the vegetables make it the more healthier. It is tasty on its own but coconut chutney will also pair beautifully.

~*What U Need*~ Quick cooking Oats - 1 cup Water - 3 to 4 tbsp, adjust Onion - 1, medium Turmeric powder - a generous pinch Red Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp Salt - to taste Carrot,beans,peas - 1/2 cup, finely chopped To temper: Oil - 2 tsp Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp Urad dal - 1/2 tsp Green Chillies - 1 Curry leaves - few

How I Made it:
In a non stick pan heat oil and temper with the mentioned ingredients. Then add onion and saute till soft and brown.

Add the vegetables, sprinkle some water and allow to cook. When the vegetable are soft, add the spice powders. Add the oats sprinkle 2 tbsp water and stir. Cover and cook for 2 mins. Open, if it is not fully cooked add one more tbsp of water and cook with the lid on. Repeat till fully cooked and flaky. Season with salt and switch off.

Serve hot with any chutney of choice.

** My Notes:
** Adding water little by little results in flaky upma.
** Add veggies of choice.

So thats it Folks...
With Love,

Signs off!!!