Oats Upma

Ingredients:

Oats – 1 Cup
Finely chopped onion – 1
Chopped green chillies – 1
Finely chopped ginger - 1 small piece
Oil – 1 tsp
Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp
Urad dal – 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Lemon juice – 1 tsp
Curry Leaves
Coriander leaves
Salt
water

Method:

Heat oil in the pan, then add mustard seeds and urad dal.
Wait till the mustard seeds splutter and add curry Leaves and chopped ginger, green ghillies and fry for a minute.
Then add chopped onions and turmeric powder and fry.
Once the onions become little transparent, then add Salt to the the above mixture and fry for a minute.
At this stage, add Oats to the pan and fry for 2-3 minutes and  a nice aroma will come and the colour of the Oats wll turn into light brown.
Now sprinkle about 1/2 to 3/4 cup of water to the above fried Oats mixture in the pan and mix well all the ingredients with a spatulla and cook till the Oats turn soft.
Once the oats become soft, then switch off the stove & add Lemon Juice to the upma and mix well & finally garnish with Coriander leaves.

Now the Oats Upma is ready to serve.

Note: Make sure not to add excess water to the Oats Upma, as the whole mixture can become too soggy.