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Nowadays lot of people are talking about oats. It’s quite becoming
a fashion to include oats in many food preparations. Oats have very high
nutritive value as they are rich in fibre and other minerals. So let us looks
at some interesting recipes that we can make with oats.
Oats Porridge
Well this is the most common recipe prepared with oats. Here
be boil the oats with milk and sugar till it gets a creamy texture. You can add
some nuts and fruits to enhance its taste and nutritive value.
Oats Upma
This one is my favorite recipe. To make oats upma, dry roast
the oats till they become light golden brown. Then in a pan, heat some oil and
add the curry leaves and rai. Put some onions and fry till translucent. You can
add more vegetables like carrots, peas, beans etc and let them cook from
sometime. Add the roasted oats to this along with hot water and salt and let it
cook till the water is absorbed. Garnish with some fresh coriander leaves.
Oats Idli
This is a very simple and nutritive recipe and a good
substitute to the traditional idlis. For this you have to coarsely ground the
oats and then mix it with sour curd to make a batter. To this batter give a
tadka of curry leaves and rai, chana dal, cashewnuts etc. Now you can make the
fantastico idlis with this batter.
Oats Kheer
Can you imagine if the kheer can be tasty and healthy too?
Yes we can make kheer with oats too. You have to just roast the oats till
golden brown. Now in a vessel heat the milk and bring it to boil. Now add the
oats and let the milk boil in slow flame till it thickens. Then add the sugar
and nuts to the kheer and mix well. To make the kheer healthier you can replace
the sugar with honey or jaggery.
Oats Tikki
This tikki is very simple. Just take some boiled potatoes,
green peas, chopped carrots and onions and mash them. Now to this mixture add around
one cup of oats along with the required seasoning as per taste and mix well.
Make a tikki shape with this mixture. To make the outer crust crispier you can
dip this tikki in milk and then coat it with some grounded oats. Now you can
shallow fry this tikkis. These fantastico tikkis can replace your aloo tikki
chaat or the burger tikki.
So these are few of the very simple and fantastico recipes
that you can prepare from oats. So text time when you are thinking about some
innovative breakfast recipe, just think of oats and try to substitute it with
other ingredients. I am sure you too will be able to invent some fantastico
recipes with oats and surprise your family.
