Masala Oats Recipe | Healthy Masala Oats Upma | Veggies Masala Oats
Masala oats recipe is the most healthy and ideal recipe for everyone and is a magic recipe for those who want to lose weight. It tastes delicious in whichever manner it is cooked. However, consuming oats with milk or curd is a complete nutrition pack. To avoid making it monotonous, here is the savoury version of oats.
There are a variety of masala oats available in the market. These are easy and instant to cook without making it a tedious task. Just boil water in the saucepan and when it starts boiling add the ready masala oats in the water and you are ready to eat. The taste of this store-bought masala oats is nowhere near fresh homemade masala oats.
Typically, for making these delicious masala oats recipe, I always prefer using rolled oats. Using quick cook oats or steel-cut oats makes this recipe mushier and more like a porridge. I make this savoury oats upma frequently for breakfast. Many people do not like to have chilled or sweet dish in breakfast. So, you can have oats with milk or curd during your evening tea time snack.
I along with my family, prefer having our breakfasts:
- Hot and home-cooked rather just having overnight oatmeal.
- Also, it should not be too heavy on the stomach and easy to digest.
- Most importantly, it should be quick and easy-to-cook.
Furthermore, making masala oats upma is a much easier recipe. Here are some simple tips and variations of making this recipe. Firstly, it completely depends on your likings to add or not vegetables. You can add veggies of your choice, it is healthier if you add seasonal veggies like spinach, fenugreek leaves, etc. Secondly, consume the oats upma hot or warm with a scoop of curd or pickle or papad.
In all the regions of India, we prefer home-cooked fresh meals for breakfast and also for the other meals of the day. Few healthy and tasty breakfast recipes, I have shared on my blog are:
Healthy masala Oats Recipe Card
Healthy masala oats upma
Materials
- 1.5 cup Rolled Oats
- 2 tbsp Cooking oil
- 1 tsp Rai/ Mustard seeds
- 1 tsp Jeera/ Cumin seeds
- Few cloves of Garlic finely chopped
- 2 medium Onions finely chopped
- 1 medium Red ripe tomato finely chopped
- ¼ cup Red bell pepper finely chopped
- ¼ cup French beans finely chopped
- ¼ cup Carrot thinly sliced or chopped in cubes
- ½ cup Green peas Optional
- ½ tsp Haldi/ Turmeric powder
- 1 tsp Lal mirch powder/ Red chilli powder
- 1 tsp Garam masala
- Salt per taste
- 2 cup water use less water if you want a thick consistency
- Cinnamon powder for garnishing - optional
- Roasted ground flax seeds for garnishing - optional
- 2 tbsp Fresh coriander leaves finely chopped
Instructions
For making veg masala upma:
- In a wide thick bottom pan, dry roast the rolled oats for a couple of minutes and then transfer the roasted oats to a plate.
- In the same pan or kadhai, heat the oil on a medium-low flame and add a tsp of rai and jeera, saute till it splutters.
- Add finely chopped garlic cloves in the kadhai and saute for half a minute.
- Now, add finely chopped onions and stir it till it turns golden brown in colour and looks translucent.
- Add finely chopped veggies – bell peppers, carrots, french beans, green peas and saute it for few minutes till veggies are cooked.
- Add finely chopped tomatoes in the kadhai and saute it till tomatoes are cooked and turn soft.
- Add haldi, red chilli powder, garam masala and salt as per taste in the kadhai.
- Mix all the ingredients nicely and sprinkle some tbsp of water in the kadhai and cook the dry spices for a few minutes.
- Now, add 1.5 cups of rolled oats in the kadhai and mix it nicely with all the ingredients.
- Later, add water depending on your choice of consistency you are looking for.
- Cover and cook for some time till the oats absorb masala.
- After 3 to 4 minutes, remove the lid and give it a stir once and let it simmer on medium-low flame till it cooks completely.
- Finally, turn off the flame and transfer the cooked masala oats into the serving bowl or plate and garnish it with fresh finely chopped coriander leaves, cinnamon powder and roasted ground flax seeds.
- Masala oats are ready to be served hot with a scoop of curd and roasted papad.
Step by step Instructions
For making veg masala upma:
- In a wide thick bottom pan, dry roast the rolled oats for a couple of minutes and then transfer the roasted oats to a plate.
- In the same pan or kadhai, heat the oil on a medium-low flame and add a tsp of rai and jeera, saute till it splutters.
- Add finely chopped garlic cloves in the kadhai and saute for half a minute.
- Now, add finely chopped onions and stir it till it turns golden brown in colour and looks translucent.
- Add finely chopped veggies – bell peppers, carrots, french beans, green peas and saute it for few minutes till veggies are cooked.
- Then, add finely chopped tomatoes in the kadhai and saute it till tomatoes are cooked and turn soft.
- Add haldi, red chilli powder, garam masala and salt as per taste in the kadhai.
- Mix all the ingredients nicely and sprinkle some tbsp of water in the kadhai and cook the dry spices for a few minutes.
- Now, add 1.5 cups of roasted rolled oats in the kadhai and mix it nicely with all the ingredients.
- Later, add water depending on your choice of consistency you are looking for.
- Cover and cook for some time till the oats absorb masala.
- After 3 to 4 minutes, remove the lid and give it a stir once and let it simmer on medium-low flame till it cooks completely.
- Finally, turn off the flame and transfer the cooked masala oats into the serving bowl or plate and garnish it with fresh finely chopped coriander leaves, cinnamon powder and roasted ground flax seeds. Masala oats are ready to be served hot with a scoop of curd and roasted papad.
Important tips for making masala oats upma:
- Consume the cooked oats upma when it is hot or warm,
- Try to avoid store-bought ready masala oats on a regular basis.
- You can use any brand of your choice may it be Quaker, Kellogs, Saffola, etc.
- Add vegetables of your choice and make it even tastier and healthier.
- Consuming oats on a daily basis is recommended as there is no harm if consumed in moderate quantity.
Finally, I would like to share my other veg Snacks recipes from my blog. This includes Aloo matar kachori recipe, litti chokha recipe, matar ke chole recipe, nimki recipe, etc. Also, go through our Indian bread section for a variety of rotis like Butter naan recipe, palak paratha recipe, kachori recipes and thalipeeth recipe.
In addition to this, do visit my other recipes collection from my blog like Main course collection, Breakfast collection, Desserts collection, etc. There is a variety of pasta available in the world, This recipe is one of the popular recipes for vegetarian.
This is incredible. I’ve never paired veggies with oats before. What a great idea. I love it! I am definitely gonna try 🙂