Oats Upma

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  • Number of Servings: 2
Ingredients
Oats Upma Ingredients:Oats – 1 Cup (e.g., Quaker Oats)Finely Chopped Onion – 1Chopped Green Chillies – 1Oil – 1 and 1/2 tspMustard Seeds – 1/2 tspUrad Dal or Split Black Bean (Gram) / White Lentils – 1/2 tspCurry LeavesTurmeric Powder – 1/4 tspSugar – 1/4 tspLemon Juice – 1 tspCoriander Leaves / CilantroSalt
Directions
1. Heat Oil in a pan, add Mustard Seeds, once the Mustard Seeds splutter, add Urad Dal (White Lentils) and fry until they turn golden brown.

2. Now add Curry Leaves and chopped Green Chillies and fry for a minute. Then add chopped Onions and Turmeric Powder and fry until the Onions start to look a little transparent.

3. Add Salt and Sugar to the the above mixture and fry for a minute.

4. At this stage, add Oats to the pan and fry for 2-3 minutes or till you smell a nice aroma and Oats turn light brown in color.

5. Now sprinkle about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of water to the above fried Oats mixture in the pan and mix well all the ingredients with a spatulla and fry till the Oats turn soft. Make sure to not add excess water to the Oats Upma as the whole mixture can become too soggy and Oats Upma may not taste as good as it should.

6. Add Lemon Juice to the Oats Upma and mix well. Garnish with Coriander Leaves / Cilantro.

Now Oats Upma is ready to serve. You can prepare Oats Upma for breakfast or this Oats dish can make a great evening snack too.



Serving Size: 2 persons

Number of Servings: 2

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user PATTY350.

Servings Per Recipe: 2
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 211.4
  • Total Fat: 6.3 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 784.8 mg
  • Total Carbs: 32.6 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 5.6 g
  • Protein: 7.4 g

Member Reviews
  • 1RETSGM
    Not bad at all...
    - 10/2/18
  • RAPUNZEL53
    ill try, I usually make Upma with cream of wheat. - 11/4/17
  • ALL_SMILES_4U
    nice one - 2/26/14