healthy masala oats upma recipe

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Ingredients

for roasting oats:

• 1 cup quick cooking oats / rolled oats
• ½ tsp oil
• ½ tsp turmeric powder

other ingredients:

• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• 1 tsp urad dal
• 2 dried red chillies
• 8 to 10 cashews
• 1 inch ginger, chopped
• 1 green chilies, chopped
• ½ onion, finely chopped
• ½ carrots, chopped
• 6 french beans, chopped
• 5 curry leaves
• ¼ cup green peas
• few coriander leaves, chopped
• 2 cups water (or as required)
• 1 tbsp ghee or oil
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ turmeric powder
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• salt as required

Instructions

roasting oats:

1. firstly, heat ½ tsp oil in a pan and add 1 cup of oats and a pinch of turmeric powder.
2. fry them till they turn crisp.

preparing upma:

1. firstly, in a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil. add 1 tsp mustard seeds, 1 tsp urad dal and 2 dried red chilli. wait till the mustard seeds crackle.
2. now add few cashews / groundnut and curry leaves.
3. add finely chopped onions. saute till they turn pinkish.
4. then add chopped chillies, carrots, beans.
5. also add green peas and cook for a minute or two.
6. then add the roasted oats. stir lightly.
7. add salt, sugar, turmeric powder as required.
8. then sprinkle 1 to 2 cups of water slowly.
9. on a low flame, steam the oats upma covering with a lid for 5 to 6 minutes.
10. furthermore, add chopped coriander leaves and squeeze some lemon juice.
11. finally, oats upma is ready.