Healthy Breakfast Recipes With Oats That Will Spice Up Your Diet

Oats are a really healthy meal for everyday consumption. It is high in carbs and fibre content and helps in lowering cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It controls calories as well as promotes healthy digestion. Oats recipes are the in thing as they are a good option for breakfast as it is low in calories and filling.

However, eating the same oat dishes everyday can be quite boring for your taste buds. The bland taste of oats is quite a reason why few people avoid eating it. For people who have dedicated diet charts that include oats essentially, it becomes hard to avoid them as they are nutritious and filling.

For people who think that there is no way that they can make oats tastier, let me tell you that there are various spicy and savoury oat recipes that add a twist to the traditional diet meal. You have to just cook it with a different recipe, add some spices and vegetables and your daily, boring oats becomes a delicious breakfast that you will want to eat everyday. With these 5 healthy breakfast recipes with oats, you no longer have to compromise with your diet and taste buds.

Healthy Breakfast Recipes With Oats

Oats Upma

1. Take 1 cup oats and dry roast them in a pan on medium flame and take them out in a plate.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and cumin to it. After the contents sizzle, add some peanut, urad daal and chana daal to it.
3. Fry till daals get golden. Then add grated ginger and curry leaves and fry. Add finely chopped onions and green chillies to it and fry till onions turn golden brown.
4. If you like vegetables, you can add peas, chopped carrots and capsicum to the pan at this stage and fry them for 2 minutes. Add some water and cover the pan to cook the vegetables for 2-3 minutes. You can skip vegetables if you don't like them.
5. Add turmeric and salt to taste. Then add 1 cup water and bring it to a boil. Then add roasted oats to the pan.
6. Mix the contents and cover the pan. Cook for 2 minutes on low flame. Switch the flame off. Garnish your oats upma with lemon juice and enjoy with curd.

Coconut Oats

1. Take oats in a strainer and rinse them with water. Shake lightly and drain water completely.
2. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard and cumin.
3. When the cumin and mustard sizzles, add some peanuts/cashews, urad daal and chana daal to the pan. Fry on medium flame until they get golden brown.
4. Add some freshly grated ginger, curry leaves and green chillies. Saute them and then add asafoetida, turmeric and salt to taste.
5. Now add 1-2 cups water and cook the daals. When the water evaporates, add oats to the pan and mix the content. Cover the pan and cook for 1-2 minutes. Switch off the flame.
6. Add grated coconut and some coriander and mix well. Coconut oats is ready to eat.

Overnight Oats

1. Add 1/2 cup oats to an air-tight jar and add milk just enough to immerse the oats to the jar.
2. Add nuts and dry fruits of your choice to it. Then add chopped dates to the jar and add some more milk to soak all the contents. You can replace dates with any other sweetner.
3. Cover the jar and refrigerate it for at least 4 hours. After refrigerating, the oats will be soaked well.
4. Add your favourite toppings like grated coconut, dry fruits, choco chips etc. and enjoy your no cook oats that you can take anywhere with you.

Oats Fruit Smoothie

1. Rinse and drain oats completely. Now soak the oats for 8-12 hours  in lukewarm water and little lemon/orange juice. The ratio of water and lemon/orange juice should be 1 cup : 1 tbsp.
2. After soaking, add oats to blender. Add 1 cup orange juice, 1 medium sized ripe banana and fruits of your choice to the blender.
3. Blend the content into a smoothie. You can add more juice to maintain the consistency. Garnish with dry fruits and cinnamon powder.

Oats Cheela (Pancakes)

1. Add 1 cup oats to a grinder and grind to slightly course flour.
2. Add the oats to a bowl followed by 1/4 cup besan, salt, cumin seeds and turmeric.
3. Add finely chopped coriander leaves and green chillies to the bowl. If you like vegetables, you can add grated carrots, ginger and finely chopped onions as well.
4. Add 1 cup water and mix the batter. You can add more water to get a slightly thick consistency.
5. Heat a tawa(pan) and grease it with little oil. You don't need to add oil if you use a non-stick pan.
6. Add 1 ladle of batter on the heated pan and spread lightly. Put some oil on the edges and cook until the base is firm. Flip and repeat it with other side as well.
7. Cook the cheela until both the sides are slightly crisp and brown. Enjoy it with a healthy dip or chutney.

These recipes are curated keeping in mind that they take contain as less calories as possible. So you don't have to worry if these changes will increase your calorie intake significantly. Try these and many such recipes everyday so that you do not get bored of oats. You can make a new oat dish everyday of the month by getting inspiration from these recipes. A little effort and simple improvisation can easily spice up not just oats but many of your diet meals. Just make sure that the ingredients you add are not high in calories.

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