Oats Burger

Now that I have decided to incorporate more & more healthy food in my diet. Wanted to try out making veggie patties with oats. I had made this for brekfast last week & they turned out so good. The oats in the patty really binds up the ingredients well & adds in that extra flavour. I found this burger very tasty, healthy & filling. This is how I made it & note down the ingredinets

Serves- 5,  Cooking time- 20 mins

Ingredients:

To pressure cook:

• 1 cup Potatoes
• 1/2 cup carrots & green beans
• 1/4 cup green peas
• 1/2 cup dry roasted oats
• 1/4 Tspn Turmeric powder
• 1/3 Tspn Chili powder
• 1/2 tspn garam masala powder
• 1/4 tspn amchoor powder or juice of lemon
• 1/2 tspn Chaat masala
• 1/4 cup of chopped coriander leaves
• 1 medium chopped onions
• 1 tbsp ginger garlic pieces
• 1 Tbsp Oil

Method

1. In a pressure cooker boil all the vegetables mentioned above until 1 whistle. Once cooked drain off all the excess water & refrigerate this for about an hour.
2. In a Pan add in oil, fry the ginger & garlic pieces for about a minute
3. Add the chopped onions & fry them untill they are translucent
4. Add boiled French beans, carrots, green peas and mix. Add salt and continue to sauté for two minutes.
5. Add in the toasted oats, mashed potatoes, all the masalas, mix well & cook for about 3 to 4 minutess
6. Finally add in the coriander leaves & slat as per your taste. turn off the heat.
7. Heat sufficient oil in another pan. Take a portion of the mixture, shape into a ball and roll in corn flour. Press lightly and place the cutlet in the pan.
8. Shallow fry till both the sides are evenly golden. Similarly prepare more cutlets. Drain and place on an absorbent paper and serve hot between the burger buns

Assembling the burger
Cut the bun into half, place around 3 slice of plums followed by veggie oats Patty, again some slices of plums & low fat cheese. The burger is ready to eat.

 

Oats Upma

Well this was one of the breakfast recipes that I had bookmarked to make under the Oats category. I never knew that oats are so versatile! I am so impressed with the way these oats recipes have turned up. I really loved the taste of this Upma. I generally hate Upma & very very rarely make them. But these with Oats tasted really nice. A healthy & filling breakfast. The best part is you can add in any veggies you want in it. Here is the recipe & happy cooking/eating:)


Oats Upma Recipe
Serves: 4 Cooking Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Quick cooking Oats - 1 cup (Dry roast this for about 5 mins)
• Water - 1.5 cup
• Onion - 1 medium sized chopped finely
• Turmeric powder - a generous pinch
• 1/2 Cup Carrots chopped to small pieces
• 1/2 cup green peas
• Pinch of Asefotida
• Coriander leaves - 2 tsp
• 1 Tspn lemon juice
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• Salt - to taste
• Oil - 2 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 3/4 tsp
• Urad dal - 1/2 tsp
• Green Chillies - 1
• Curry leaves - few

Method:

1. Add 2 Tbsp of oil in a Pan/ Kadai. once the oil is hot add in mustard seeds
2. Once they splutter, add onions, curry leaves, green chili's, asifotida & fry until onions are translucent.
3. Add in carrots, green peas, turmeric powder & fry this for 2 mins.
4. Now add in 1.5 cups of water, salt, sugar & bring this to a boil for about 1 minute.
5. Now add in the oats & keep stirring until everything is well mixed. Add in lemon juice, coriander leaves.
6. Close the lid & cook this on low flame for about 3 to 4 mins. Open the lid, give it a good mix, check if its cooked & the water is drained off.

 

Oats Idli

Weight Loss has always been there in my mind. Every time I start my exercise regime, my very new friend "Back Pain" stops me from going any further:(. When it comes to food, I can never compromise on the taste. Food has been given the NO1 priority at home since my childhood. My mom was & has been making very tasty rich food. However I always make tasty food but avoid the richness in my everyday food. I know there are many of you like me who cannot compromise on good food. Hence I have decided to come up with super healthy tasty recipes that will fill your tummy, taste buds & also help you stay healthy. I am going to try this diet which I will post it once I achieve some results.

Well I plan my menu a day before. Last night I asked my maid to make sambar in the morning & told her for breakfast we will make oats & have it with sambar. Although I was not very keen on having it, but still for the weight loss sake decided will have it. As usual my hubby's day starts very early in the morning. His meetings starts mostly by 6am , back to back & goes on till 10 or even 11am. I had my usual morning cup of coffee & was waiting for my hubby to have breakfast together. It was half past 9 & I was very hungry. My hunger was signally me that oats & sambar is not going to satisfy you. Sheela please think of something else healthy & tasty. I quickly thought of Oats Idli & made it the way I make Rava Idli. I must say that this was really tasty & definitely healthy. Its very simple to make & can make it within20 mins. This is a must try recipe & Anybody can cook this.

Ingredients:

• 1 Cup Oats
• 1/4 Cup Rava (Semolina)
• 1/2 Cup Curd
• 1.5 Tspn Eno
• 2 Tspn Lemon juice
• 1 Carrot grated (You can use any vegetable you want)
• 1 Tspn chopped Ginger
• 1 Tbsp Moong dal
• 1 Tspn mustard seeds
• 6 to 8 curry leaves
• Pinch of Hing (Optional)
• 1 Tbsp Oil
• Salt as per taste
• 1/2 Cup water

Method:

1. In a Pan add a Tbsp of oil. Once the oil is hot crackle the mustard seeds, add in curry leaves, hing, moong dal & fry for a minute.
2. Now turn off the heat & set this aside. In a Pan dry roast the oats & semolina separately for few minutes until fragrant.
3. In a bowl mix all the ingredients (1 & 2) together with curd, grated carrots, Eno salt & sufficient water to get the idli batter consistency. Its ok if its a little thin.
4. Now grease the Idli making vessel & steam them for 10 mins. Oats Idlis are ready:)

Note:

• You can add any vegetables to this batter
• I am planning to try these again with some green peas & carrots.
• Eno is the main agent in this recipe to make the idli smooth & get the right texture.