Oatmeal does not just have to be eaten for breakfast. This Thayir Oats or Oats Bagalabhath is spicy yogurt oatmeal and is my favorite lunch. I can eat this any day and is so simple to make.
This week my theme for Blogging Marathon is guilt-free indulgences. Hence, I am going to be blogging about the basic lifestyle changes that I have made for my family over the past few years.
I love cooking with whole grains as I love the nutty texture and the flavor they render to a recipe. I have been trying to use a lot of whole grains in my everyday cooking and there are some recipes that have become a norm in my house. Using whole wheat flour instead of refined flour is something that I have been doing a lot now.
I also try to limit my white rice consumption and have been using brown rice, quinoa, and now my new favorite, steel-cut oats. When it comes to substituting the white rice, it is just me in the house.
My husband just does not want to eat his sambhar, rasam, or curd with anything else other than regular rice. I do agree that it takes a while to get used to the flavors and the textures, but once we get used to them it is a treat.
What is different in this recipe
This Thayir Oats recipe though was an exception and my husband simply loved it. Last week, one of the afternoons, it was just me and my husband for lunch. I was thinking hard about what to make for just us and carry over for dinner. That is when I thought why not use oats to make a spicy Bagalabhath?
I love steel-cut oats for their texture and lately have been using them a lot for breakfast. It does take a while to cook, so I have made it a habit to cook a large batch in an evening and then take out a little of it each morning to make it our breakfast. All we have to do in the morning is add the needed milk, flavorings, and nuts, or dry fruits of our choice.
For this spicy yogurt oatmeal recipe, I did the exact same thing as cooking the oats and then I added the seasonings along with yogurt and it made a delicious Thayir bagalabhath. I have also added a few onions which can be omitted if preferred. Steel-cut oats would be my choice of oats for this particular recipe as the texture works great.
Preparation time – 5 minutes
Cooking time – 30 minutes
Difficulty level – easy
Ingredients to make Thayir Oats – (serves 2)
- Steel cuts oats – ½ cup
- Yogurt – 1 ½ cups
- Onion – ¼ cup (finely chopped)
- Green chilies – 2 (slit)
- Red chilies – 1
- Ginger – ½ teaspoon (finely grated)
- Curry leaves – few
- Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
- Ullutham paruppu / urad dal – 1 tsp
- Asafetida – a pinch
- Oil – 1 ½ tsp
- Salt – to taste
Procedure to make Oats Bagalabhath
- Add a drop of oil to a pan and fry the oats until aromatic. This step is optional but it releases a lovely nutty flavor which I love.
- Add about 2 cups of water to the fried oats and let them cook on low flame until soft. It takes a good 15 to 20 minutes for the oats to cook. If using rolled oats, it will take very less time than this. Also, add a pinch of salt when the oats are cooking.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in another pan. Add the mustard seeds and urad dal. When the seeds splutter, add the red chilies, curry leaves, green chilies, asafetida, and ginger. Fry for about 30 seconds.
- Now add the chopped onions and let it fry for about 2-3 minutes. Make sure that the onions still have a crunch to them.
- Add the seasonings to the cooked oats along with the salt needed. Whip the yogurt a little bit and then add it to the oats. Mix well and garnish with cilantro.
- Serve the Spicy Yogurt Oats with pickles or as is.
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Recipe
Thayir Oats | Oats Bagalabhath | Spicy Yogurt Oats
Equipment
- pan
- Stove
Ingredients
- ½ cup Steel cuts oats
- 1 ½ cups Yogurt
- ¼ cup Onion finely chopped
- 2 Green chilies slit
- 1 Red chilies
- ½ teaspoon Ginger finely grated
- Curry leaves few
- ½ teaspoon Mustard seeds
- 1 teaspoon Ullutham paruppu / urad dal
- Asafetida a pinch
- 1 ½ teaspoon Oil
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Add a drop of oil to a pan and fry the oats until aromatic. This step is optional but it releases a lovely nutty flavor which I love.
- Add about 2 cups of water to the fried oats and let it cook in low flame until soft. It takes a good 15 to 20 minutes for the oats to cook. If using rolled oats, it will take very less time than this. Also add a pinch of salt when the oats is cooking.
- Meanwhile heat the oil in another pan. Add the mustard seeds and urad dal. When the seeds splutter, add the red chilies, curry leaves, green chilies, asafetida and ginger. Fry for about 30 seconds.
- Now add the chopped onions and let it fry for about 2-3 minutes. Make sure that the onions still have a crunch to it.
- Add the seasonings to the cooked oats along with salt needed. Whip the yogurt a little bit and then add it to the oats. Mix well and garnish with cilantro.
- Serve the Thayir Oats with pickles or as is.
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