Blogging Marathon# 46: Week 2/ Day 2
Theme: Lemon/ Lime Recipes
Dish: Lemon Oats/ Oats Nimmakaya Pulihora
For the ‘Lemon/ Lime recipes‘ theme, I have a very simple and healthy dish with oats today. My husband is not a big fan of oats or may be I should he doesn’t like oats cooked in any way. But I like oats, both in savory & sweet preparations like this breakfast oats or this vegetable oats. I usually make these dishes for myself when my husband is traveling 🙂
Today’s recipe is a healthier alternate to Lemon rice/ Nimmakaya Pulihora. I can eat these lemon flavored oats any time of the day — filling breakfast or light lunch/ dinner. My peanut loving 2 year old loved it too.
[wpurp-searchable-recipe]Lemon Oats (Oats Nimmakaya Pulihora)Oats, Lemon juice, Turmeric, Salt, For tempering:: Chana dal, Urad dal, Peanuts, Mustard seeds, Dry red chilies, Ginger – finely grated (from about ½” piece), Green Chilies, Asafoetida/ Hing, Curry leaves, Dry roast oats until lightly browned, about 3~4 minutes.; Heat 1tbsp oil in a pan, add chana dal, urad dal and peanuts. Once the dals start to get golden, add mustard seeds, dry red chilies, ginger, asafoetida and curry leaves. Saute till mustard seeds start to splutter.; Add turmeric and pour 1½cups of water. Bring the water to a boil, season with salt and stir in the roasted oats. Lower the heat to simmer, cover and cook till all the water is absorbed.; Remove the lid and cook for 2~3 minutes to evaporate any water that is left. Turn off the heat and add the lemon juice. Mix well and serve hot.; [/wpurp-searchable-recipe]
Ingredients
- 1 cup Oats
- 1 tbsp Oil
- 2 tsp Chana dal
- 2 tsp Urad dal
- 1 tbsp Peanuts
- 1 tsp Mustard seeds
- 2 Dry red chilies
- 1 tsp Ginger, finely grated (from about ½” piece)
- 2~3 Green Chilies
- ⅛ tsp Asafoetida/ Hing
- 8~10 Curry leaves
- ¼ tsp Turmeric
- 1½ cups Water
- To taste Salt
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Dry roast oats until lightly browned, about 3~4 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Heat oil in a pan, add chana dal, urad dal and peanuts. Once the dals start to get golden, add mustard seeds, dry red chilies, ginger, asafoetida and curry leaves. Saute till mustard seeds start to splutter.
- Add turmeric and pour water. Bring the water to a boil, season with salt and stir in the roasted oats. Lower the heat to simmer, cover and cook till all the water is absorbed.
- Remove the lid and cook for 2~3 minutes to evaporate any water that is left. Turn off the heat and add the lemon juice. Mix well and serve hot.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan
My husband also does not likes oats when cooked. He likes it as is for breakfast, but not in any cooked dishes. I am drooling looking at the pictures and this is such a quick dish to make.
Varadas Kitchen
What a nice idea using oats in place of rice? I love lemon rice. This sounds like a nice variation.
vaishali sabnani
I think we all have a set of recipes which we make for ourselves. .and I think this is a real good ood one.
rekhas kitchen
I tried upma with oats but some how I didn’t like that now going to try this. when we get bored with every day cereal can make like this nice one…
Priya Suresh
Wat a healthy oats, its been a while i had oats for lunch.. Adding lemon makes this dish more interesting.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan
Great pulihora.. I wouldn’t have thought of using oats in pulihora. amazing idea
Simi J
Never really tried lemon pats, so innovative.
Manjula Bharath
loved all your healthy version using lemon in the recipe.. such an tempting and irresistible dish !!
Jayanthi Sindhiya
What and healthy and tasty recipe..couldn’t take my eyes off the pictures, Looks so beautiful!!
Srivalli
Wow its good to see you make yourself such interesting ones and not diet when your hubby is out of town…:).I might mostly end up eating the bread..lol…very nice version with oats..
Harini-Jaya Rupanagudi
Love this version. I make upma but I guess this is just as tempting!
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
I still can’t wrap my head around savory oats preparations but I am sure it was just as flavorful and delicious as the lemon rice version
Global Tastes & Travels Inc.
I still can’t wrap my head around savory oats preparations but I am sure it was just as flavorful and delicious as the lemon rice version
veena krishnakumar
Wow!I have one more recipe to try with you. Looks yumm