Oats khichdi / Steel cut oats recipe | Oats Pongal with vegetables / oats pongal recipe
Pongal / khichdi is one of the healthiest foods. Perfect blend of carbohydrates. Proteins, and all important nutrients. Usually the pongal is prepared with rice and moong dal, in this recipe I prepared the dish with Steel Cut Oats and moong dal along with vegetables;es such as beans, carrots, peas, capsicum and onion. Healthy, quick and tasty breakfast or lunch or dinner for working mothers as well.
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Oats Khichdi recipe | Vegetable Oats Pongal
Please watch the video for detailed instructions to make Vegetable oats khichdi
Ingredients
- ¾ cup steel cut oats
- 3 to 3.5 cup 1.5 cup water for cooking the dal water and remaining for cooking the oats
Cooking Moong Dal:
- 1/2 cup split green gram/ moong dal
- ½ tsp oil
- tsp ¼turmeric powder
For making the Pongal:
- 2 tbsp oil or ghee
- 3/4 tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp jeera cumin seeds
- 1/4 tsp pepper powder
- 4 green chillies split or chopped
- pinch of hing
- Few curry leaves
- chopped coriander leaves
- cup ¼fresh coconut
- 1 tsp ¼salt or salt to taste
Around ¼ to ½ cup of Finely chopped following vegetables-
- Green beans
- carrots
- red or green capsicum
- frozen or fresh peas each
Instructions
- I am using this steel cut oats
- Wash and pressure cook the dal with 1.5 cup water along with 1/2 tsp oil and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder on medium high heat.
- Dry roast the oats on medium heat for a minute and transfer it to a plate
- Keep the pan back on the stove and add oil. To the hot oil add mustard seeds, after it sputters add jeera, fry it for a few seconds. Then add green chillies, once it turns white add pepper powder, curry leaves, chopped onion and a little salt. Keep stirring while adding the ingredients
- Fry it for 1/2 minute, add vegetables, stir it, cover it and cook this for a minute
- Now add roasted oats
- Add remaining water, and salt, mix it well cover it and let the vegetables and oats cook
- After 5 minutes, to this cooked oats and vegetables add cooked dal, mix it well
- and coconut, reduce the heat and cook it uncovered for a minute or 2
- Finally add chopped coriander leaves and turn off the heat
