Masala Oats Breakfast Recipe | Spicy Oats Tofu Porridge | Healthy Diabetic Friendly Breakfast

Monday Morning and the day seems long for me all because I woke up a bit early ;-) hope your weekend was good, mine was super busy with the husband at home and this weekend was pretty much cooking and eating. So today I am all sluggish and wanted to go for light meals, I often make this Spicy Oats porridge and since one of my reader requested for this recipe I thought of sharing it here, I made the same for this morning's breakfast. I find lot of commercial masala oats packets in food shelves these days, trust me they cannot be as good as homemade ones. Oats has been a long long ago ingredient as far as I am concerned, ever since I can remember Amma used to make oats porridge at home. But as the years have passed I have learnt to spice it a bit and added more vegetables to make it more appetising to eat.

Oats is low in GI (Glycemic Index) which means its great for those who have diabetes and PCOS. A great filling breakfast/ dinner with oats is said to reduce bad cholesterol  improve digestion and control blood pressure. One other thing is that never have more than 2-3 tbsp of oats per meal the quantity also matters if you are looking at oats as a diet food. Adding lots of fresh vegetables to this porridge make it really filling at the same time balance in fibre and I have also added tofu for a bit of protein to make this a complete fulfilling meal.

MASALA OATS RECIPE

Recipe Source ~ Own

Prep & cook time ~ under 15 mins

Serves ~ 2 small bowls

Ingredients

Oats (quick oats) - 4 tbsp

Water - 3/4'th cup

Vegetables - 1/2 cup (I used carrots, beans, peas)

Tofu - 2 tbsp (optional, but recommended)

Curd - 1 tbsp

Onion - 1 medium, chopped

Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - to taste

Olive oil - 2 tsp

Method

• In a non stick pan dry roast oats for a minute until you get a fragrant smell
• In the same pan heat oil add onions and saute until transparent  Add the chopped vegetables except tofu and salt saute until it gets half cooked in medium to low flame
• Add turmeric powder, sambar powder and curd, mix well. Now add the oats and mix well and add boiling water, tofu and let it boil for 1 minute

Serve hot 

Cooks Wisdom

- You can skip tofu if you dont have. Add your preferred vegetables in this porridge or you can just make it plain by adding onions and tomato
- This spicy oats id mild in flavour your can heat it up with green chilli or also by adding some chopped garlic
- Dry roasting oats makes the oats cook faster
- For a vegan option skip curd