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    Last Updated: July 17, 2020 | First Published on: December 27, 2018 by Hari Chandana Ponnaluri

    Oats Ven Pongal Recipe – Healthy Indian Oats Recipes

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    Oats Ven Pongal Recipe – Healthy and delicious Indian style oats breakfast recipe with step by step photos and video.

    Indian style oats breakfast with spices

    Ven Pongal / Khara Pongal / Katte Pongali is a traditional South Indian savory breakfast. Traditionally it is made with rice and lentils and seasoned with ghee roasted spices. I have replaced the rice with oats to make this dish healthier.

    This Oats Pongal is one of the easy and delicious Indian oats recipes and perfect for breakfast or dinner. Can be made in 25-30 minutes.

    South Indian style oats pongal garnished with spices

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    How to Make Oats Ven Pongal Recipe Video Below:

    Oats Ven Pongal Recipe

    Hari Chandana Ponnaluri
    Oats Pongal / Oats Ven Pongal / Oats Khara Pongal is a healthy & quick Indian style savory breakfast made with oats and lentils and seasoned with spices. 
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    Cook Time 25 minutes mins
    Total Time 25 minutes mins
    Course Breakfast, Main Course
    Cuisine North Indian, South Indian
    Servings 4
    Calories 276 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup Instant Oats
    • ½ cup Moong Dal
    • 3 tbsp Ghee
    • 2 tsp Black Peppercorns lightly crushed
    • 2 tsp Ginger finely chopped
    • 2 tsp Cumin Seeds
    • ⅛ tsp Hing
    • 1 Green Chilli
    • Salt to taste
    • 20 Cashews
    • 1 Sprig Curry Leaves
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    Instructions
     

    • Pressure cook the rinsed moong dal with 1.5 cups of water for 3 whistles.
    • Lightly mash the cooked dal and keep it aside.
    • Dry roast the quick oats over a low-medium flame for about 5 minutes.
    • Pour 1 cup of water to the roasted oats and keep mixing and cook for 3 - 4 minutes or until oats are cooked.
    • Now add the cooked moong dal and salt and mix until well combined.
    • Turn off the flame.
    • Heat ghee in a pan for seasoning. Add cumin seeds, cashews, finely chopped ginger and finely chopped green chillies and roast until golden brown color.
    • Then add curry leaves, crushed pepper and hing and saute for a couple of seconds.
    • Turn off the flame and pour this seasoning over the cooked oats mixture.  
    • Mix well and serve hot with chutney or sambar.

    Video

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    Notes

    Add more water while cooking the oats to get the thin consistency.
    Adjust the pepper and green chillies according to your taste.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 276kcalCarbohydrates: 32gProtein: 9gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 28mgSodium: 44mgPotassium: 442mgFiber: 7gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 45IUVitamin C: 2.6mgCalcium: 63mgIron: 3.6mg

    Nutrition values are estimates only.

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    Oats Pongal Recipe with Step by Step Photos:

    cooking moong dal to make oats pongal

    • Wash and drain ½ cup of moong dal and transfer to a pressure cooker. Add 1.5 cups of water to it and cook for 3 whistles. You can also cook the moong dal on the stovetop.

    cooked and mashed moong dal for oats ven pongal

    • Lightly mash the cooked dal and keep it aside until use.

    roasting quick oats to prepare oats ven pongal

    • Take a wide pan, add and roast the oats for about 5 minutes over a low-medium flame. Do not burn them.

    cooking quick oats to prepare oats khara pongal

    • Add one cup of water the roasted oats and mix well.
    • Keep stirring and cook for 3-4 minutes or until oats are cooked completely.

    cooking instant oats to make an Indian savory breakfast dish

    • Oats should be cooked completely. See the above image for consistency.

    combining cooked oats and cooked lentils to make a healthy Indian breakfast

    • Now add the cooked moong dal and required salt to it and combine well.

    Making South Indian Oats Pongal

    • Turn off the flame and keep it aside.

    making south indian khara pongal

    • Take ghee in a small pan or tadka pan for seasoning.
    • Add cumin seeds, cashew nuts, finely chopped ginger and finely chopped green chilli and saute until they are golden brown.

    roasting spices in ghee to make healthy oats breakfast

    • When they are browned, add curry leaves, crushed pepper and hing to it and saute for a couple of minutes.
    • Remove from the heat.

    • Pour the prepared seasoning over the cooked oats pongal and mix everything well.

    A bowl of healthy Indian oats pongal topped with ghee roasted spices

    • Serve hot with chutney or sambar.

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    1. Nithiyaa says

      November 05, 2019 at 6:25 am

      Superb !!

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      • Hari Chandana Ponnaluri says

        November 05, 2019 at 6:54 pm

        Thank you! 🙂

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