A healthy and delicious savory oats porridge breakfast dish loaded with lots of vegetables and mild spices and healthy goodness. This masala oats porridge is just perfect for a quick and healthy breakfast.
Masala Oats
Like these sweet breakfast dishes Quinoa porridge and the silken smoothie, Masala oats are my other favorite easy breakfast dish.
Masala oats are savory oats porridge made with oats and loaded with lots of vegetables and mild spices. They are perfect for quick and easy yet filling breakfast on lazy days.
When we were in India, we’d tried the Quaker masala oats a couple of times for breakfast and liked it a lot. Ever since then after moving to Ireland I always make the homemade version of the masala oats which is more healthy and without any preservative. Actually, the other reason is as we don’t get it here so have to make it at home only.
These masala oats are super easy to make and a very filling breakfast dish to make on busy weekdays or just any other day when you are feeling too lazy to cook elaborate breakfast meals.
Here are some more recipes using Oats. Do look out if you like fiber and protein-rich oats for your breakfast.
Ingredients Needed for Masala Oats
- Oats: Porridge oats, steel-cut or old-fashioned oats.
- Vegetables: I prefer adding onions, green chili, peas, carrots, green beans to my porridge oats. You can add any of your favorite vegetables.
- Spices: Turmeric, coriander, garam masala, red chili powder, and salt.
- Oil: For tempering
- Coriander leaves: To add refreshing flavors.
- Lemon juice: To balance the sweetness of vegetables
How to make Masala Oats
Heat a saucepan and dry roast the oats for 5 minutes. Set them aside. Now heat olive oil in a pan and add ginger-garlic. Stir and add onions and cook until onions are slightly golden.
Stir in carrots, peas, beans, and tomatoes and cook covered for 5 minutes. Open the lid, stir and add turmeric, cumin, coriander powder, salt, and garam masala powder. Add in water and bring the water to boil. Once boiling add the roasted oats and cook covered for 5 minutes or until desired consistency.
Remove from heat and serve warm drizzled with lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Serving Suggestions and Variations
Serve the savory oats porridge or masala oats with butter/ghee and some tea. For variations, you can also add some pav bhaji masala or sambhar powder Pair the oats porridge with broccoli toast, blueberry smoothie or mango smoothie to make a filling breakfast.
Pro Tips
- Make sure to cook the oats on low heat, as sometimes they then stick on the bottom of the pan.
- To save time, you can always cook oats in water and then add them to the cooked veggie mixture. Oats cook faster in this way.
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- Breakfast Oats Porridge
- Oats Dhokla
- Spinach, Oats & Paneer Cakes
- Oats Cranberry Banana Soft Cookies
- Quinoa and Oats Porridge
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Masala Oats
Equipment
- Heavy Bottomed Pan
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup porridge oats
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup peas
- 1 cup green beans, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ginger, grated
- 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander powder
- 1 teaspoon cumin powder
- 1/2 teaspoon red chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspôon garam masala
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 3 cups water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice, optional
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves, optional
Instructions
- Heat a saucepan and dry roast the oats for 5 minutes. Set them aside.
- Now heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds, ginger-garlic. Stir and add onions and cook until onions are slightly golden.
- Stir in carrots, peas, beans, and tomatoes and cook covered for 5 minutes.
- Open the lid, stir and add turmeric, cumin, coriander powder, salt, and garam masala powder.
- Add in water and bring the water to boil. Once boiling add the roasted oats and cook covered for 5 minutes or until desired consistency.
- Remove from heat and serve warm drizzled with lemon juice and coriander leaves.
Notes
- If you like a thin bowl of savory porridge add more water while cooking.
- Add as many types of vegetables as you want to.
- Adjust the spices as per your taste.
Nutrition
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Sapana Behl
This masala oats is staple in my kitchen. We love it to bits
Masala oats is one of my favourites too. Love your homemade healthy and nutritious version. Awaiting the texts of your recipes eagerly!
The pictures are stunning Sapana, never tried this way of making masala oats, sounds so filling!
What a colourful presentation. I have never tried the ready made masala oats, but I do make a version similar to this. And it is always better to make it at home for it to be healthy.
I have never made savoury version of oats , this one looks loaded with veggies and nutritional values . Perfect Protein Rich meal .
Yummy lipsmacking masala oats. Taste bhi health bhi. 🙂 For the savory breakfast lovers like me, this is a perfect fit.
Porridge / khichdi style is something on my to do list for a long time. that beautiful bowl you have presented us nudging me more to give it a try.
I make this almost similar method but use sambar powder for flavor. Nice pics Sapana
One of our favourite breakfast especially while its too cold outside, easy to make i simply love this fantastic fibre rich dish.
So creamy and delicious.. Usually Oats are very blank but I love this make over to the simple oats..
Somehow I’ve not acquired a taste for masala porridge but whenever I’m in India I make it for my mother in law as she loves it. She doesn’t like the ready made packets so we tend to make it at home from scratch.I also add nuts as she loves them.
Comforting and filling break fast option,sounds healthy.
Lots of veggies makes it so interesting and healthy.
Lovely oats recipe for breakfast… addition of veggies makes more healthy meal.
we make it similarly for oats upma – but I must make this version for the lil one -shes a big fan of savoury dishes with vegetables.
I too often make this masala oats. Very healthy snack option.