Two of Oats recipes posted on this blog, Oats Breakfast and Oats Soup happen to be the most popular recipes of this blog. There have been several requests for more recipes involving Oats and Oats Upma happens to be one of the most popular in this genre. Oats Upma makes a great tasting, spicy yet reasonably healthy breakfast.
When I tried Oats Upma for the first time, I wasn’t expecting it to come out too well and taste too good. It is easy for the whole Upma mixture to become soggy, soft and tasting dull if care is not taken to see the whole preparation receives the right amount of water when heating in the pan (details below). Fortunately for me and others, it came out really well and my family loved it too.
And happily for some of us, it is also one of those recipes which falls under “Quick and Easy Recipes” bracket. It is quite easy to prepare even if one is in a hurry. Just cut the Onions and Green Chillies and you can have Oats Upma ready in just about 10-15 minutes. I found the taste of Oats Upma similar to that of Tempered Poha or Oggarane Avalakki.
Oats Upma
Oats Upma Ingredients:
- Oats – 1 Cup (e.g., Quaker Oats)
- Finely Chopped Onion – 1
- Chopped Green Chillies – 1
- Oil – 1 and 1/2 tsp
- Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp
- Urad Dal or Split Black Bean (Gram) / White Lentils – 1/2 tsp
- Curry Leaves
- Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp
- Sugar – 1/4 tsp
- Lemon Juice – 1 tsp
- Coriander Leaves / Cilantro
- Salt
Time to Prepare: 15 min
How to Make Oats Upma :
1. Heat Oil in 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.
Oats Upma
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.
Hi Hema,
GM.. pic is drooling me..Today i tried it and it turned out tasty.. Thanks for such a healthy breakfast..
yummy recipes………..
very interesting and different recipes
Thanks for sharing simple recipe…
This is what i was searching in the net.
clumsy recipes confuses me…
Hey, I tried it today morning. It was awesome. Thanks dear
Oh God! it looks yummy. I never knew that you can make different types of food from oats. Thank you very much Hema. I ‘ll prepare this tomorrow, I’m sure my kids will like it.
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Hi Hema, I tried your recipe today, it came out very well.
Thank you for sharing your recipe.
Tried it today. Turned out very tasty. Thanks for providing such a hassle-free recipe.
So nice of you Hema. I’ll try it out tomorrow.
i tried it out today morning hema. it was really good. thank you
Hey nice breakfast. easy and healthy..
It is very tasty, easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.
I love your healthy and quick recipes!!
Really it was yummy… I loved it..
Sounds good and tasty. I didn’t try your recipe shall do it soon. Thanks
Wow! I never thought that making oats dishes are so easy and so tasty to make…
Liked your receipes. Found them to be instant and can be easily prepared from the ingredients available in the kitchen.
Oats upma is really tasty. Thank you.
I learned how to prepare oats upma. Now I will try and serve my family. Thank you
Hai Hema – Receipe is so good. Keep posting. Thank you
I did it!.. I did it! Thank you so much. I tried this recipe so cool and healthy too…
I prepared oats upma for the first time yesterday, it tasted so good ..Thanks Hema..
Hey your recipes are really helpful for my dad’s diabetes and cholesterol
thanks for sharing your talent
This is fantastic. I prepared it today and it was soooo tasty. I added finely chopped ginger which added to the taste. Thanks for sharing!!
Do you fry the oats seperately??
Nice dish…I have tried to make my kind of Oats Upma before going through this dish.. Mostly every steps are same just that I have added some vegetables to add some more nutrition to my breakfast.. You can also try it.
Hi Hema,
I prepared this dish today… It tasted so good. Thank you so much for this recipe. Looking forward to many more.
Thank you.
Regards,
Shalini
Hey I tried Oats Upma.. its really delicious and yummy.
Thanks for sharing delicious Receipe