Easy Oats Pongal - Oats Ven Pongal - Oats Pongali

Oats Pongal is a healthy and filling breakfast Recipe.Oats are diabetes-friendly.It is an alternative for gluten free diet. Oatmeal is high in fiber, which is heart-healthy &  make you feel  fuller for a longer period of time.I learned  this recipe from my cousin Radha. it came out well. Now we learn the steps to make healthy and filling Pongal Recipe.

Oats Pongal

Preparation Time: 5  minutes.

Cook Time : 15  minutes                
Recipe Category:Oats Recipes 

Recipe Cuisine:Indian
serves:2.

Ingredients

Oats - 1 cup.

Moong dal - 3 tbsp.

water - 2 (for cooking oats) + 1/2 (for Moongdal)

Cashews - 5 - 6. 

turmeric - a generous Pinch.
salt - As needed

To Temper

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp.

Pepper corns - 1/2 tsp.

curry leaves - 1 sprig.

Ginger - 1/2 inch (chopped) 

Ghee - 2 tsp.

Preparation

• Cook the Moongdal, with 1/2 cup of water, & a pinch of turmeric.( Make sure that water soaks completely in moongdal).you can pressure cook it for 3 whistles or you can cook in kadai, with needed water till it turns  soft and mushy.
• Dry Roast the oats in a pan, till it lightly changes the color and also you get nice smell of oats.

Method

•  Take 2 cup of water in a pan, when it starts boiling add oats, cook in a medium flame till oats is cooked. it takes 2 -3 minutes to cook.

• When the water is almost absorbed, add cooked moongdal mix well.stir till,till  water is completly absorbed and it reached pongal consistency.Add salt give a quick stir.

• In a mean time fry the cashews in a ghee till it turns golden.

• Then remove the cashews from pan, and add cumin seeds, pepper corns, curryleaves ,chopped ginger, in one go. Saute for few seconds till you get, nice aroma, then switch off the flame.Then pour the tadka over pongal.
•  Garnish with cashews. Serve hot with chutney or sambar.

Notes

• you can also crush the cumin seeds and pepper corns coarsely. 
• Serve Pongal  warm.

oats Banana Smoothie - Banana Oatmeal Smoothie

Oats banana Smoothie is a healthy filling drink made with Oats and banana. Oats Provides high levels of fiber, low levels of fat, and high levels of protein. Oats Removes your bad cholesterol.Oats  Contains lignans which protect against heart disease and cancer.Bananas are rich in the soluble fibre pectin. thereby it assists healthy digestion. Bananas are high in antioxidants.Eating a banana can lower the body temperature and cool you during a fever or on a hot day.Now we learn to make healthy banana Oats Smoothie.

Oats Banana Smoothie

Banana Oats Smoothie

 Prep Time : 10 min.

 Cook Time :  5 minutes.
 Serves: 2                                       
 Recipe Category:Main   

        

  
Ingredients

Oats - 1/4 cup.
water - 3/4 cup.
milk - 1/2 cup.
Yogurt - 1/2 cup.
honey/ sugar  - 1 tbsp.
banana - 1.(cut into 2 or 3)
 

Preparation

Cook oats with 3/4 of water till it is soft. it takes 3 - 4 minutes to cook.Allow it to cool completely.

Method

• Grind cooked oats,milk, yogurt,banana  and honey into a fine puree, in a blender or Mixie. Top it with nuts of your choice.Nuts like almonds,walnuts, pecans,cashews, according to your choice. i topped it with walnuts.

• Serve it  chilled. Healthy and yummy smoothie is ready.

Oats gunta ponganalu - Oats Paniyaram - Oats appey - Oats Paddu - Oats guliappa

This Oats gunta ponganalu(kuzhi paniyaram) is instant oats ponganalu prepared with left out Dosa batter,wheat flour,rava and oats. Only thing you  required is Dosa batter. All other ingredients will be available in home. Oats are a great source of phosphorus, selenium and manganese. They’re a good source of soluble dietary fiber, iron and magnesium, vitamin B1.Individuals who had high blood pressure and oats added to their diet had a significant reduction in blood pressure as well as the need for antihypertensive medicine.Oats and wheat flour are rich in fiber. This  is fiber rich paniyaram.

Oats paniyaram

Ingredients

 Oats - 1/2 cup . [I used quaker old fashioned oats]

wheat flour - 1/2 cup.

white sooji - 1/4 cup.

idli dosa batter - 1/2 cup.[ refer idli/dosa batter]

Onion - 1 big.
salt - to taste.

Tempering

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp.

chana dal - 2 tsp.

green chillies - 2.

curry leaves - 10.
oil - to drizzle.

Preparation

1. Dry roast the oats for 3 to 4 min in a kadai,(till you get nice aroma), then powder it in a mixie or blender.  
2. chop the onion and keep it aside.
3. Heat the oil, add mustard seeds when it splutters add chana dal, green chillies,curry leaves, saute till dal turn golden brown colour, keep it aside.

Method

• Take a Mixing bowl, add powdered oats, wheat flour, sooji, dosa batter, sauted ingredients, little salt (batter will hav salt so  add accordingly),onion chopped, mix everything well, add little  water according to consistency. Consistency should be like dosa batter. let it sit aside for 1 hr. Then you can prepare paniyaram.

Paniyaram preparation

Heat paniyaram pan,drizzle  it with oil and spoon the batter,cook it  in a medium flame. Flip and cook until it evenly turns golden brown.Now Instant Oats paniyaram is ready.