Description
Masala oats recipe or Veg Masala Oats is a healthy, tasty, savory oatmeal breakfast porridge cooked with lots of vegetables and aromatic Indian spices. It is also known as savory veg oatmeal, vegetable masala oats porridge, oats upma, and spicy oats. A perfect meal to start the day and can be taken in lunch or even as an early dinner too. Here, I’m sharing how to make spiced oats recipe.
Scale
Ingredients
- 1 cup steel-cut oats rinsed
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 1 medium tomato finely chopped
- 1 green chili finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger minced
- 1 teaspoon cumin (jeera) seeds
- ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala
- 1 ½ cups mixed veggies (carrot, beans, peas, bell pepper)
- 2 ½ cups water adjust to consistency
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons coriander leaves to garnish
- Half lemon juice
Instructions
- In a pan, heat oil or ghee.
- Once it’s hot, add cumin seeds, and let them splutter.
- Then add green chilies, ginger, and continue to saute for a few seconds.
- Now add onions and saute well until they turn light brown.
- Next, add tomatoes and cook till they become soft and mushy.
- Furthermore, add mixed veggies and saute for a minute or two until they cook and also they retain their crunchiness.
- Then add spices like chili powder, turmeric powder, garam masala, and salt to taste.
- Give it a quick stir on low flame till spices turn aromatic.
- Add the steel-cut oats.
- Mix everything well for a minute, so that oats can absorb the spices.
- At this stage, add water.
- Gently mix without mashing the oats.
- Let the mixture come to a boil for 5 minutes, then reduce the heat and cover the pan till you get the desired consistency.
- Add the lime juice. Mix well.
- Remove from heat to the serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves and chopped roasted cashews.
- Serve healthy masala oats hot.
Notes
- While making the oats, make sure to stir in between, else oats will stick to the bottom.
- You can add vegetables of your choice or you can simply skip the veggies or you can make this simple using onion, tomato spiced oats recipe.
- To make this more like Upma, add curry leaves and mustard seeds along with cumin seeds at the beginning.
- Adjust the consistency of water before serving as masala oats get thickened once it’s cool down.
- It can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 2 days, if you have leftovers savory oats porridge.
- Additionally, you can add some roasted peanuts or nuts, seeds on the top to add the crunch.
- Category: Breakfast
- Cuisine: Indian
Keywords: Indian Masala Oatmeal Recipe, Spiced Vegetable Oats, How to make Masala Oats