Oats Pongal Recipe with step by step pictures. Healthy wholesome breakfast option made with oats, moong dal. Oats Kara Pongal Recipe is perfect for breakfast.
Oats Pongal Recipe
I always prefer oats to have for breakfast and dinner. Yes a little diet conscious. I don’t prefer oats porridge daily because I will get bored easily and leave the diet. So what I do is, I cook lots of healthy dishes with oats and have it. So my oats diet will last longer.
About Oats Kara Pongal Recipe
This is an awesome dish which is made with a mixture of dal and oats which it makes it even more healthier. You can have it for breakfast, lunch or dinner, any way it is good. I served it with Tomato Chutney and it tasted so good.
How to Make Oats Kara Pongal Recipe
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee and roast oats till nice aroma comes. Remove it to a plate..
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till nice aroma comes. Pour 5 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 mins until the dal is cooked.
- Add salt to the dal and slowly add in oats and mix well..Cook on a slow heat covered till the water is completely absorbed.
- Remove this to a bowl and make the seasoning.
- Heat remaining ghee in the kadai and add mustard, channa dal, urad dal, cashews, raisins, pepper, cumin and mix well.
- Now add in ginger, green chilli and onions and sauté this for few minutes.
- Now add in the cooked dal and oats and mix well. Let it get heated all the way through.
- Serve with any chutney.
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📖 Recipe
Oats Pongal | Oats Pongal Recipe | Oats Kara Pongal Recipe
Ingredients
- Oats – 2 cup
- Yellow Moong Dal / Pasi Paruppu – 1 cup
- Onion- 1 chopped finely
- Green Chilli -1 sliced
- Ginger – 1 tblspn minced
- Mustard Seeds / kaduku – 1tsp
- Urad Dal / Ulundu -1 tsp
- Channa Dal / Kadala Paruppu -1 tsp
- Whole pepper -1 tsp
- Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp
- Cashews -1 tblspn
- Sultanas / Kishmish -1 tblspn
- Salt to taste
- Ghee -2 tblspn
Instructions
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee and roast oats till nice aroma comes..Remove it to a plate..
- Heat 1 tsp of ghee and roast moong dal till nice aroma comes..Pour 5 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Cover and simmer for 15 mins untill the dal is cooked..
- Add salt to the dal and slowly add in oats and mix well..Cook on a slow heat covered till the water is completely absorbed.
- Remove this to a bowl and make the seasoning.
- Heat remaining ghee in the kadai and add mustard, channa dal, urad dal, cashews, raisans, pepper, cumin and mix well.
- Now add in ginger, green chilli and onions and sauté this for few minutes.
- Now add in the cooked dal and oats and mix well. Let it get heated all the way through.
- Serve with any chutney.
Oats Pongal Recipe Step by Step Pictures
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Take all your ingredients |
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The key ingredient is Oats & Moong Dal |
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Heat a tsp of ghee |
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add oats |
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and roast it |
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remove in a bowl |
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now heat a tsp of ghee |
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add dal and roast it |
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till light golden |
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add water |
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and turmeric |
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and mix well |
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bring it to boil |
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cover and simmer |
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till dal is cooked |
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add salt |
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and oats |
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and mix well |
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all mixed well |
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cover and simmer |
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All cooked |
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Remove it to a bowl |
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Now heat some ghee in kadai |
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add mustard |
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chana dal |
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urad dal |
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cashew and raisins |
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pepper & cumin |
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add ginger |
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add onions and green chilli |
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and saute well |
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cook till light golden |
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now add in cooked oats and dal |
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mix well |
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a close shot for u |
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and serve |
Prabhamani
Never think about Oats Pongal!!Sounds really interesting..Thanks for sharing dear..Healthy choice 🙂
Santosh Bangar
fantastic and healthy idea of using oats for pongal
maha
very healthy one..looks wonderfuland delicious...
faseela
innovZtive recipe with oats....loved the combo
Archana
looks so yummy. muust try some
sangee vijay
super healthy breakfast...lovely preparation...looks so yummy!!
Nuts about food
How interesting to use oats and lentils together. I never would have thought of it without reading this recipe: it sounds very flavorful and healthy too. I love oats.
Food, Fun and Life in the Charente
A great way to make changes to oats, but I am very lazy when it comes to breakfast and a banana is all I have! Diane
Srivalli
Very lovely presentation Aarthi..with oats that's really good..
zareena
This looks yummm and delicious. Very healthy and nutritious..
Carolina
Looks delicious
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Suja
Healthy and delicious Pongal..yum
Indulge
This one healthy powerhouse post. Will try this tonight and update you.
Love Ash.
Jennifurla
Wow, what a gorgeous colored dish. I could dive in.
Ramya
very healthy for breakfast...nice recipe..will give it a try
Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Looks great!
Harini
very healthy indeed! I love oats pongal as well!
LoLy
WOW, Girl, I love your recipes, it really looks soo yummy 😀
Katherine Aucoin
This looks like so warm and cozy comfort food. I am particularly interested in three ingredient that you used that I am no familiar with: moong dal, channa dal and urad dal. I am goinf to see if I can find them and learn more about them
Priya
Wat a healthy and super tempting oats pongal,simply makes me hungry.
S.Menaga
Never add onion in pongal,such a healthy BF looks very tempting me!!
Sayantani
thats real delicous and real healthy. bookmarked.
Judy
Great idea to mix it up so you don't get bored eating oat porridge.
Tina
This gets a thumbs up from me, delicious, hearty and healthy! Great post, enjoy the day.
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VineelaSiva
Wow healthy and tasty simple yummy recipe.I really love this.When ever i feel little lazy i used to prepare this recipe.
Torviewtoronto
delicious looking pongal
@lekshmi
wow....oats pongal .....nice recipe
Nalini's Kitchen
Wow!!!such a delicious and healthy pongal with oats...looks tempting.
khushi
such a healthy recipe....but it does not compromise with taste at all..nice version
Roshu
Wow nice combo....xcellent recipeeee
Roshni
never tried it this way. will surely give it a shot
Christy Gerald
This is truly a tasty n healthy BF snack.Is in my do list.fabulous recipe.YUmmy!
Claudia
Yes, we happily do our oats here also - but never in such a delicious fashion.
Sobha Shyam
very healthy and delicious pongal..i too make this..
Hema
Very healthy Pongal recipe Aarthi, for people who don't like plain oats..
CaySera
that looks healthy and yummy aarthi....thanks for sharing!
Neha
Very nice and healthy option for breakfast...
Sushma Mallya
This looks absolutely yummy...lovely and healthy recipe:)
kankana
That is a very interesting twist to pongal and I bet tasty too!
Catherine
Dear Aarthi, I love your step by step instructions. This is something that I love all the flavors. Very delicious. Blessings, Catherine xo
Kalyani's Platter
looks yummy and healthy too .....
Now Serving
That looks healthy and delicious - have made it like this before too and loved it!
Now Serving
That looks healthy and delicious - have made it like this before too and loved it!
Sreevalli
Delicious pongal... I love it when it's healthy..
Chatty Crone
Okay - what type of cooking is this would you say - very unusual. Looks good though. sandie
Junia
oats and dahl sound amazing!! i've never heard of anyone using oats in their indian food before. they add such great texture too. 🙂
divya
wow...look fabulous... beautiful presentation...
Chef Mireille
I never would have thought of mixing oats in dal. This looks delicious...have to try it!
Smitha
looks delicious!...healthy breakfast!
Urmi
Absolutely mouth watering, yummy and delicious dish.
Blackswan
This is great for people who likes oatmeal. Another alternative method than to eat it plain 🙂
rekhas kitchen
Thats a real healthy one looks yumm..
rekhas kitchen
Thats a real healthy one looks yumm..
Deeps @ Naughty Curry
wow, oats is such a nice & healthy alternative to rice! really like this recipe 🙂
Ganga Sreekanth
Delicious and inviting recipe....
Kalpana Sareesh
Beautiful love it..
Ann
Delicious! Here in the US, oats are always sweet - even in baked goods....I think this is the first savory oat dish I've ever seen- but it sure does look good1
Hemavathi Murari
how did i miss it out dear. oats pongal great recipe yaar, heard of it but never seen.
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foodiliciousnan
Oats is such a healthy addition and a lighter variation to the usual rice in pongal!
Sharmilee! :)
Healthy n yummy pongal
Giovanna
complimenti un blog carinissimo mi sono aggiunta se ti va passa mi farebbe piacere
Ramya
Oats pongal! what a lovely idea:-) Wud love to try it!
veena krishnakumar
This version Of pongal is so good
jeyashrisuresh
healthy and yummy pongal. Adding onions sounds interesting
Suma Gandlur
Healthy n yummy one!
Cool Lassi(e)
Lovely healthy pongal!
Princy Vinoth
wow amazing healthy idea!
vaishali sabnani
grt...looks too good.like the idea of oats.
FigsandOlives
Hi Aarthi, you are v creative, admire your recipes, you inspire me to cook. One day will try each and every recipe you have posted. I am new to the blogging world and stumbled upon your blog. Great work and keep it going. God bless, today i am trying your eggless and butterless chocolate cake. Go through my blog when you find time.
morri
I've never cooked oats with dal before. At first I only wanted to make a half-portion - one cup of oats, half a cup of dal - because I wasn't sure if everyone would like this combination. But then I thought "Hey, it's a Yummy Tummy recipe - of course everyone will like it!". And so I added more ingredients and made the full portion. And, yes, we did love it.
Anonymous
I tried this today. My hubby loved this dish so much. He asked to prepare this dish often... thanks for yummy dish
Anonymous
Wow this looks yummy ! I always have oats porridge for breakfast as part of my diet and its so boring! Oats pongal looks yum!
Aarthi can i request you to post more of healthy and less calories recipes for ppl like me who are trying to lose weight? Varieties while dieting will make us stick to the diet 🙂 And instead of ghee here can we add oil? or will it spoil the taste?
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can add oil too
Rajalakshmi Velayutham
I tried this recipe for dinner. I came out delicious. I am someone who ll starve but not have oats but i loved this dish. Now it is added to my fav food. Thanks aarthi for detailed instructions and pictures.