Savory Oatmeal Porridge Recipe | Instant Oats & Yogurt Porridge

All oats & yogurt lovers, this is a must try. This porridge is healthy, filling & tastes great. You can be happy that you started your day with a healthy breakfast.

Preparation Time: 2 mins
Cooking Time: 1 min
Serves: 1

Ingredients:
Oatmeal | Instant Oats: 1/2 cup
Water: 1/2 cup
Salt: 1/4 tsp, more or less
Plain yogurt: 1/4th cup
Finely chopped cucumber: 1 tbsp
Grated carrots: 1 tbsp
Finely chopped coriander leaves:  1 tsp

For the tempering:
Oil:  1 tsp
Mustard seeds: 1/4 tsp
Cumin seeds: 1/4 tsp
Urad dal | Skinned black gram dal: 1/4 tsp

Method: 
Microwave the oatmeal in the 1/2 cup of water for a minute. Add salt, mix well & let it cool.
Heat oil in a small wok, when oil is hot, add mustard seeds & cumin seeds. When seeds splatter, add the black gram dal. When the dal turn golden brown, turn off the heat. Pour the tempering over the cooked oatmeal.
Add yogurt, chopped cucumber, grated carrots. and coriander leaves.
Mix well & relish the hearty porridge!

Notes: 
This porridge should be consumed as soon as it is prepared. If kept for long time, the oatmeal becomes soggy & goo-ey.

Vegetable & Oats Porridge: For a healthier you

Here is the recipe for one of my usual morning breakfast. I make them for myself at least once a week.

Preparation time: 2-3mins

Cooking time: 5 mins

Ingredients: (Serves a hungry human!)

Quick cook oats: 3/4th cup

Mixed vegetables: 3/4th cup, shredded or finely chopped.

Water: 2 cups

Salt: a pinch, more or less

Pepper powder: a pinch

Parmesan cheese: 1 tsp, optional

Method:

In a saucepan, boil the water along with the shredded vegetables.When water starts boiling add the salt.

Throw in the oats & cook on a medium heat for 2-3mins.

Turn off the heat, add the pepper, Parmesan cheese & mix well.

Enjoy your porridge.

Notes:

• I have used vegetables like broccoli, carrot, french beans, cauliflower, potato to prepare this porridge. You could add any vegetable you have. Ensure to chop it really fine. If you could mince them, there is nothing like it!
• Oats are easily available in India too. I am not sure about the small towns, but in big cities, you will easily find them. 

Few other interesting savory oats porridge recipes could be found here.

Prathibha's savory oats porridge. I love this recipe of hers.

Raks kitchen: Oats savory porridge. Yet to try this. Will try soon. 

Perganji/Kayihalu ganji(Coconut milk porridge)

Per is a Tulu word for milk. The name of this dish is unlike its ingredients. Here milk refers to coconut milk. This is one special dish that can be consumed for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Very easy to prepare & tasty to eat. Coconut lovers can hook on to this dish for ever.

                                                                      (Pic: Porridge served with carrot pickle)

 I got this recipe from hubby's aunt during my last visit to India. I tried using store bought coconut milk, but somehow didnot like the taste of it. Freshly extracted coconut milk would taste & smell many times better than the store bought coconut milk.

Ingredients:(Serves 1-2)
Rice: 1 cup (Use ponni rice, raw rice or sona masoori)
Water: 3 cups
Coconut milk: 1/2 cup (thick)
Coconut milk: 1 cup (thin)

Method:

• Soak the rice for 30mins.
• Meantime bring water to a boil. When water starts boiling, add the rice & cook it on a low heat until rice is 3/4th done. Add the thin coconut milk & cook again. When rice is completely done, it becomes mushy.
• At this point, add thick coconut milk & cook for another 3-5mins.
• Perganji/Coconut milk porridge is ready. Serve it with pickle or chutney or palya/stirfry/poriyal.

 Tips:

• Donot add ghee while serving this porridge as coconut milk & ghee donot go hand-in-hand.
• Salt is not generally added to this porridge, but if your family prefers, go ahead & add.