North Indian
Masala Oats (Savory Oats)
Masala Oats (Savory Oats) is North Indian home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 1 tomato
- 1 green chilies
- 1 tbsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 2 tbsp neutral oil
- 3 cups water
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 3/4 tsp salt
How to cook it
- Heat the oil in a pan over medium and let the cumin seeds sizzle, then add the onion, ginger, and green chili and cook until soft.
- Stir in the carrot, peas, tomato, turmeric, and salt and cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the oats and toast them for a minute, then pour in the water.
- Simmer, stirring, until the oats are soft and creamy, about 5 minutes.
- Finish with the cilantro and serve warm.
Serve it with
A North Indian breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Masala Oats (Savory Oats), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Masala Oats (Savory Oats) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- Low
- Food groups it covers
- Grains and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Masala Oats (Savory Oats) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
Watch someone make it
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More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on oats, carrot, and peas.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from North India.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
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