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Oats — a popular first meal of the day across cultures — is a versatile ingredient. Add it to your bowl of cereals or bake a cookie

Over the last couple of decades, oats have become a popular breakfast choice – eaten as porridge or added to baked goods (bread, cakes, and cookies). Loaded with dietary fibre (more than any other grain), this cereal is good for the heart and helps in better digestion. In this edition, our expert chef turns oats into a staple Indian breakfast – upma.

Toasted oats and dry fruits upma by Chef Jaydeep Mukherjee.(Satyabrata Tripathy/HT)

Chef Jaydeep Mukherjee at Indigo, Powai (Hindustan Times)

Toasted oats and dry fruits upma

Recipe by Chef Jaydeep Mukherjee, corporate executive chef, deGustibus Hospitality (Indigo)

Serves: Two

Preparation time: 20 minutes.

Ingredients:

•Oats: 200g

•Curry leaves: 2 sprigs

•Mustard seeds: 1 tsp

•Onion (chopped): 2 tbsp

•Green chillies (minced): 1 tsp

•Ginger (minced): 1 tsp

•Cashew nuts: 50g

•Raisins: 1 tbsp

•Olive oil: 1 tbsp

•Salt to taste

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Method:

•Heat olive oil in a pan, add the mustard seeds, curry leaves and chillies. Toss till they begin to splutter.

•Add the minced onion and sauté till soft.

•Add the oats and toast lightly, while mixing with the other ingredients.

•Add water and mix well.

•Cook over moderate heat till the oats have saturated and softened. Add more water if necessary. The consistency ought to be soft and creamy.

•Sprinkle nuts and chopped raisins on top. Serve hot.

Oats ragi uttapam.

Winning reader recipe

Oats ragi uttapam

By Pooja Srivastav

Ingredients

Oats: 1 cup

Suji: 1 cup

Ragi flour: 1/2 cup

Curd: 1 cup

Onion (chopped): 1 large

Tomatoes (chopped): 2 large

Capsicum (chopped): 1

Cabbage (chopped): ½ cabbage

Curry leaves (chopped): 4-5

Coriander (chopped): 2 tbsp

Salt: as per taste

Red chilli powder: as per taste

Method:

Mix all of the above ingredients into a smooth paste-like consistency by adding water.

Allow the mixture to rest for 30 minutes.

On a heated pan, add two-three spoons of batter and spread it to make a dosa.

Cook it on both sides, and serve hot with coconut chutney.

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