Oats Upma

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Oats (old-fashioned)

1/2 Yellow onion (chopped)

2 Green Chilli (cut lengthwise)

1tsp Ginger (minced)

5-6 Curry leaves

1/2tsp mustard seeds

1/2tsp Urad dal

8-10 Almonds (optional)

2 1/4 cups Water

2tsp + 1tsp Oil

Salt

How to:

• Heat 1tsp of oil in a pan, roast the almonds and keep it aside.

• Heat 2tsp oil in a skillet, add mustard seeds, when they splutter, add urad dal, followed by asafoetida.

• Then add onions along with little salt and saute until tender.

• Add green chilli, curry leaves and ginger and saute for a couple of mins or until onions turn golden brown.

• Then pour the water along with salt, when it starts to boil, add the oats, mix well and cook for 7 mins with lid closed. (Stir once or twice to avoid sticking or burning at the bottom.)

• Remove the lid, gently stir and cook until water is all evaporated and left dry.

Switch off, serve warm topped with roasted almonds and hot sauce as a side.

Egg-Broccoli Fried Quinoa

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Quinoa 

1 1/2 cup Broccoli (florets separated)

1/2 Green Bell pepper (thinly sliced)

1/2 Yellow onion (diced)

2 Green Chilli (chopped)

1tsp Ginger (grated)

1tsp Garlic (grated)

2 Eggs

3/4tsp + 1/4tsp ground Black pepper

1tsp White Vinegar

1 1/2tsp Soy sauce

1tbsp + 1tsp + 1tsp Oil

Water

Salt

How to:

• In a bowl, beat the 2 eggs along with 1tsp water, 1/4tsp of salt and pepper each.

• Heat 1tsp oil in a pan, pour the beaten eggs and scramble'em.

• Transfer it to a plate and keep aside.

• Heat water along with salt in a small skillet, bring it to a boil, add the broccoli and cook for 4 mins.

• Drain the water and keep it aside.
• Also pressure cook the quinoa in 1 1/4 cups water along with 1tsp oil and salt. Fluff it with a fork and keep aside.

• Heat the remaining oil in a skillet, add green chilli, followed by ginger and garlic, saute until raw smell disappears.

• Now add onions and saute until tender.

• Add the bell pepper along with salt and saute until tender.(Do not brown the onions.)

• Toss the cooked broccoli and saute for a min.

• Then pour the vinegar and soy sauce, give it a quick stir.

• Add the cooked quinoa into the skillet and toss gently until its mixed well.

• Now add the scrambled eggs and fold gently with the quinoa.

• Add pepper powder and check salt for taste at this time. (You can also add chilli-garlic sauce for extra heat.)

• Reduce the flame to medium-low and cook for a couple more mins.
• Switch off and garnish with chopped cilantro.

Serve hot with raita and potato chips.