Steel cut Oats Upma
1 cup steel cut oats 1/2 of an onion chopped fine 1 medium carrot 1/3 cup each of frozen beans and frozen peas 1-2 green chilies chopped small piece of ginger grated 1/2 tsp mustard seeds 1 tsp urad dal few curry leaves Heat up a spoon of oil or ghee and roast the oats till it changes color and you begin to get a nice aroma. Keep it aside. Heat up a table spoon of oil and splutter the mustard seeds followed by urad dal. Add the chilies and ginger and stir for 1/2 a minute. Follow it with onions and saute it on high for a minute. Add the beans and add the carrot and peas after a minute. Add salt just enough for the vegetables and cook covered on low to medium heat for 3 minutes. In the meanwhile heat up about 2 cups of water and add it to the vegetables. Once it begins to bubble, add the oats and the needed salt and let it come to a nice boil. Cover the pan with a lid and cook the oats on low heat. It took about 20 minutes for ...