Vegetables and Oats Porridge

Oats, one of the healthiest options for breakfast. Today's recipe Vegetables and Oats Porridge, is a savory oats recipe unlike the regular. This is one of the easiest ways and healthiest ways to eat oats in a savory taste.

Ingredients: 

• Steel cut oats 1 cup
• Small sized potato 1
• Carrots 1
• Beans 10
• Peas 1/4 cup
• Cabbage small piece
• Cashews 10
• Ginger 2” piece
• Green chillies 2
• Mustard seeds 1/2 teaspoon
• Urad dal 1/2 teaspoon
• Channa Dal 1/2 teaspoon
• Curry leaves 5
• Salt to taste
• Oil 2 teaspoons 
• Water 2.5 cups

Preparation:

• Cut all the vegetables into 1/2”  pieces and cut ginger and chilies into very small pieces
• Heat a sauce pan. Add oil to the pan and once it gets heated up add the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal and cashews(optional). Fry until the mustard seeds start to splatter. 
• Now, add the curry leaves, cut chillies and ginger pieces and all the cut veggies. 
• Fry this mixture for 1 min in medium flame. 
• Add the steel cut oats and fry for 30 secs.
• Now add 2.5 cups of water, salt to taste and mix together.
• After the water starts to boil, simmer and cover the pan with a lid and let it cook for about 1/2 an hour.
• A very delicious  and health breakfast or lunch item Vegetables and oats porridge is ready to be served. This tastes good with raita or coconut chutney.  

Alterations: 

• Replace half of the oil used with ghee for a better taste.
• Vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli can be added to make it more nutritious. 

Warnings:

• Be careful when adding the Ginger and chilies as this makes the rice spicy, adjust according to taste.