Oats Kanji - Indian style oats porridge (drinkable) for breakfast with garlic, coconut milk and spices. Perfect to suit Indian taste buds.
This is a perfect breakfast to kick start a day, healthy and a spicy, tasty, flavourful one. Not at all bland and boring. As we are used to the flavors and spices in out cooking, being oats too new to our taste buds, no need to have it bland. You can preprare this way and enjoy it in our very own way.
As a kid I have tasted nombu kanji once from our sweet Muslim neighbor friends, when I was in holidays at my Periyappa's place in near Karaikal. It is a small place near Tarangambadi and have a lot of Muslim people living in the community. They are very friendly and they passed this vegetarian nombu kanji when I was there.
It is very flavorful and healthy one…It's made of raw rice and moong dal, with lots of garlic, veggies, coconut milk and flavored with fennel and coriander too! They make this Kanji to end their fasting .
We too make a similar version and call it as vendhaya kanji and it's very healthy, as it contains fenugreek seeds, garlic and coconut milk. It cures stomach/mouth ulcers, we don't add fennel or any other ingredients in it.
So this oats porridge is fusion of the above two. This recipe is actually inspired by idea of Prathiba's savory oats porridge, I tried recently her version and liked it so much, so thought I should try as my own version.
This kanji is good for feeding mothers too as it have oats and garlic which helps in increasing the milk supply as well as shedding off those pregnancy weight.
Recipe card
Oats Kanji - Indian style oats porridge
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Ingredients
- ½ cup Instant Oats I used Quaker easy cook
- 6 Flakes of Garlic
- 3 tablespoon Carrot chopped
- ½ Tomato chopped
- 1 Green chilli Chopped
- ¼ teaspoon Fennel crush slightly
- 2 tablespoon Coriander leaves chopped
- Salt to taste
- ¼ cup grated Coconut Or Low fat Milk - ¼ cup
Instructions
- Pressure cook everything with enough water (just add to cover the oats), except coconut or milk in the above ingredients up to 2 whistles.
- Open the cooker and mash it well with a masher. Make sure you mash the garlic properly so that the flavor blends well.
- Extract milk from the coconut by grinding it with lukewarm water and squeeze out the milk.
- Add the extracted milk or low fat milk to the porridge and mix well and just heat a little.
Notes
- Instead of extracting coconut milk, you can also add it grated as such.
Oats kanji method
- Pressure cook everything with enough water (just add to cover the oats), except coconut or milk in the above ingredients up to 2 whistles.
- Open the cooker and mash it well with a masher. Make sure you mash the garlic properly so that the flavor blends well.
- Extract milk from the coconut by grinding it with lukewarm water and squeeze out the milk. Add the extracted milk or low fat milk to the porridge and mix well and just heat a little.
Smells great with garlic, fennel, coriander and tastes great with coconut milk. Enjoy hot!
Anonymous says
My hus luv oats porridge...so thank u so much dear.
rekhas kitchen says
OMG look at that pic. s so tempting nice and interesting recipe Will sure give a try.
LG says
very tempting pictures Raji..morover a tasty breakfast too..
Sharmilee! :) says
Healthy breakfast & a lovely click!
Varsha Vipins says
This looks really yum Raks..Oats is one staple breakfast here..n I havent ever thought of a savory version..will try it sometime..Thanks..:)
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Bharathy says
Quaker Oats Koozh!! 😉
Pramadham!
Love the way you have topped the pachamilagai..
Should be comforting and healthy!..
Nice recipe, Raks!!
Nags says
i have those same towels 🙂 and is the bowl from ikea? 😀
jeyashrisuresh says
oh nice and different recipe. perfect click of course. i often take oats kanji for dinner and beakfast. will try out this
Shama Nagarajan says
healthy recipe dear..nice picture
RAKS KITCHEN says
Thanks for all lovely words!
Nags,
yes of course! Both the bowl and towel from IKEA 🙂
jayasri says
hi, raks, something different from the oats plain porridge, must try it sometime.., a very healthy breakfast, pictures are quite tempting
Mangala Bhat says
Very interesting recipe ..looks too good ..Love the pics ..Hey awesome .!Thanks for sharing healthy recipe .
My Experiments with Cooking says
I keep searching for oats recipes. I amde oats upma and it stopped there. I woulds surely make this, but can I substitute coconut milk with anything else?
RAKS KITCHEN says
I think low fat milk/milk u can try and see 🙂
Vrinda says
Thats indeed a healthy porridge..Kanji is very common in Kerala but v always make with boiled rice or with special kanji rice..superb clicks
Rajalakshmi says
Water quantity should be increased. For me, it burnt out when I added water just to immerse.
Thank you Rajeswari for the nice recipe
Raks Anand says
Hi Rajalakshmi, Thank you for your feedback 🙂 I did in pot in pot method, if using direct pressure cooker, there is lot of chances for burnt bottom.
Sireesha says
Droolyfying pics and delicious brekfst.....
Sailaja Damodaran says
nice click.....
Sushma Mallya says
very nice pic raks...looks healthy with those vegetables....will def try it out
Jaishree says
Nice and Very interesting recipe ..Looks too good.. lovely click!
Srivalli says
Thats lovely raji..am sure this shoos away the morning blues!
Priya says
Wat a healthy and delicious porridge, looks simply fantastic yaar!
Aysha says
hey very nice and healthy recipe dear...nice click too
Chitra says
Looks yumm..will try for sen and tell u 🙂 I've posted veg pizza for ur event .Pls check it !!
Uma says
looks gorgeous and tempting! Nice dish 🙂
Sush says
very healthy dish Raks. Pictures are as usual great!!
vidhas says
Looks yum and sounds yum too. Awesome clicks.
Mythreyi Dilip says
I love oats porridge, everyday i take it as my breakfast, ur version looks yummy and delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Viki's Kitchen says
Oats porridge sounds healthy n yummy.
P.s:
I welcome you to participate in the 'side dish for chapathi' event.
http://elitefoods.blogspot.com/2009/08/announcing-event-side-dish-for-chapathi.html
Cheers,
Viki.
Divya Vikram says
Looks like a great way to start a day! Havent tried the savoury version though!
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine says
Looks lovely, i use yogurt and other spices. Coconut milk is real interesting.
EC says
Super healthy one..thanks for participating
Parita says
Healthy and delicious breakfast! nice click!
Priti says
Looks gud..and nice use of oats..I just throw mine 1kg oats coz it got spoil I never use you see :(...perhaps next time if I buy will make this 🙂
Suma Rajesh says
looks very healthy and great..
Shri says
Such a healthy and a yummy dish!
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Sunanda says
First time in your blog... u have a nice blog dear... Oats porridge looks extremely healthy and delicious.
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Several tips says
Very good recipe.
lata raja says
I cook ordinary oats kanji...yes quite boring. Now it is time to change. Thank you for this recipe.
raaji says
nice pic rajeshwari....though we are not a big fan of oats ur pic make me have it
Hema says
It is a simple kanji.. awesome click as always
Kitchen Flavours says
Oh wow...that's a delectable and yum recipe.....Healthy too...love that green chilli floating on porridge.....hmmm having fun with headers i think...this header also looks gr8 dear....
Geetha Achal says
சூப்பர்ப்..சத்தான ஒட்ஸ் கஞ்சி...எனக்கும் மிகவும் பிடித்தது..
Meenal Ramanathan says
hi raks
i tried ur oats porridge.tastes good
but when i added coconut milk it curdled up(ready made coconut milk)
i added coconut milk when it was hot
can u tell me where i went wrong
RAKS KITCHEN says
You can try adding when it becomes warm. But I dint had this problem so far, only if we boil after adding coconut milk, then it curdles.
தேன்மொழி says
Hi ,have been following your blog for quite sometime .. very nice recipes... you come to my mind first when i want to search for some recipe ... good work ..
i have a doubt in this recipe .. can i avoid adding coconut ? as i am little weight conscious i don't prefer using coconut ...
RAKS KITCHEN says
Yes you can avoid coconut and use low fat milk instead...
Sri Vidya says
Hey!! Can i try preparing the entire recipe till pressure cooking and store it in the fridge in the night and take it out in the morning and then add low fat boiled milk just before having breakfast??? Will there be any change in the taste or will it become thick if refrigerated and hence spoil the porridge completely. I'm asking this alternative cz I can save time in the morning. Awaiting ur reply...
ss says
Thanks for this recipe.When my daughter suddenly became health conscious she brought home a big pack of oats, after trying it once she didn't like its bland taste.(she likes everything super savoury) I think this porridge will suit her taste.
Sudha Sreedhar says
Hi raks.... yummy oats porridge dear.. though read it sometime back tried it today and tasted excellent..
Raks anand says
Thank you for the feedback 🙂
Visalakshi Karthikeyan says
Thank you for this version of oats porridge...tried...tasted so yummy...
Raks Anand says
Thank you for the feedback 🙂