Indian style oats drinkable porridge / Kanji for breakfast. with garlic, coconut milk and spices
This is a perfect breakfast to kick start a day,healthy and a spicy,tasty,flavourful one. As a kid I have tasted nombu kanji,from our sweet Muslim neighbor friends ,very flavorful and healthy one…Its made of raw rice and fenugreek seeds,with lots of garlic,veggies,coconut milk and flavored with fennel and coriander too! They make this Kanji for ending 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 though!
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.
Oats kanji recipe
Prep Time:15 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | serves: 2
Ingredients
Instant Oats (I used Quaker easy cook) – 1/2 cup
Garlic – 6 flakes
Carrot chopped – 3 tbsp
Tomato chopped – 3 tbsp
Green chilli,Chopped – 1
Fennel, crush slightly – 1/4 tsp
Coriander leaves, chopped – 2 tbsp
Salt – to taste
Coconut grated – 1/4 cup
Or Low fat Milk – 1/4 cup
Method
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- Pressure cook everything with enough water(just add to cover the oats),except coconut 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.
- Pressure cook everything with enough water(just add to cover the oats),except coconut in the above ingredients up to 2 whistles.
Add the extracted milk or low fat milk to the porridge and mix well and just heat a little and serve hot!! Smells great with garlic,fennel,coriander and tastes great with coconut milk! Enjoy hot!! 
Sending this to EC’s WYF : Breakfast.
Anonymous
August 13, 2009 at 6:00 amMy hus luv oats porridge…so thank u so much dear.
rekhas kitchen
August 13, 2009 at 6:05 amOMG look at that pic. s so tempting nice and interesting recipe Will sure give a try.
LG
August 13, 2009 at 6:23 amvery tempting pictures Raji..morover a tasty breakfast too..
Sharmilee! :)
August 13, 2009 at 6:43 amHealthy breakfast & a lovely click!
Varsha Vipins
August 13, 2009 at 6:52 amThis 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
August 13, 2009 at 6:56 amQuaker Oats Koozh!! 😉
Pramadham!
Love the way you have topped the pachamilagai..
Should be comforting and healthy!..
Nice recipe, Raks!!
Nags
August 13, 2009 at 7:01 ami have those same towels 🙂 and is the bowl from ikea? 😀
jeyashrisuresh
August 13, 2009 at 7:31 amoh nice and different recipe. perfect click of course. i often take oats kanji for dinner and beakfast. will try out this
Shama Nagarajan
August 13, 2009 at 8:12 amhealthy recipe dear..nice picture
RAKS KITCHEN
August 13, 2009 at 8:20 amThanks for all lovely words!
Nags,
yes of course! Both the bowl and towel from IKEA 🙂
jayasri
August 13, 2009 at 9:12 amhi, raks, something different from the oats plain porridge, must try it sometime.., a very healthy breakfast, pictures are quite tempting
Mangala Bhat
August 13, 2009 at 12:13 pmVery interesting recipe ..looks too good ..Love the pics ..Hey awesome .!Thanks for sharing healthy recipe .
My Experiments with Cooking
August 13, 2009 at 12:56 pmI 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
August 13, 2009 at 12:57 pmI think low fat milk/milk u can try and see 🙂
Vrinda
August 13, 2009 at 1:11 pmThats indeed a healthy porridge..Kanji is very common in Kerala but v always make with boiled rice or with special kanji rice..superb clicks
Sireesha
August 13, 2009 at 1:43 pmDroolyfying pics and delicious brekfst…..
Sailaja Damodaran
August 13, 2009 at 3:01 pmnice click…..
Sushma Mallya
August 13, 2009 at 4:08 pmvery nice pic raks…looks healthy with those vegetables….will def try it out
Jaishree
August 13, 2009 at 4:14 pmNice and Very interesting recipe ..Looks too good.. lovely click!
Srivalli
August 13, 2009 at 4:28 pmThats lovely raji..am sure this shoos away the morning blues!
Priya
August 13, 2009 at 9:20 pmWat a healthy and delicious porridge, looks simply fantastic yaar!
Aysha
August 14, 2009 at 1:21 amhey very nice and healthy recipe dear…nice click too
Chitra
August 14, 2009 at 5:52 amLooks yumm..will try for sen and tell u 🙂 I've posted veg pizza for ur event .Pls check it !!
Uma
August 14, 2009 at 6:10 amlooks gorgeous and tempting! Nice dish 🙂
Sush
August 14, 2009 at 9:52 amvery healthy dish Raks. Pictures are as usual great!!
vidhas
August 14, 2009 at 11:32 amLooks yum and sounds yum too. Awesome clicks.
Mythreyi Dilip
August 14, 2009 at 6:29 pmI love oats porridge, everyday i take it as my breakfast, ur version looks yummy and delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Viki's Kitchen
August 14, 2009 at 6:46 pmOats 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
August 14, 2009 at 11:31 pmLooks like a great way to start a day! Havent tried the savoury version though!
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine
August 15, 2009 at 2:39 amLooks lovely, i use yogurt and other spices. Coconut milk is real interesting.
EC
August 15, 2009 at 1:41 pmSuper healthy one..thanks for participating
Parita
August 15, 2009 at 9:13 pmHealthy and delicious breakfast! nice click!
Priti
August 16, 2009 at 4:15 amLooks 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
August 17, 2009 at 11:29 amlooks very healthy and great..
Shri
August 17, 2009 at 1:40 pmSuch a healthy and a yummy dish!
Anonymous
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Sunanda
August 17, 2009 at 4:19 pmFirst time in your blog… u have a nice blog dear… Oats porridge looks extremely healthy and delicious.
do visit my blog when u find time…
Several tips
August 18, 2009 at 11:49 amVery good recipe.
lata raja
August 18, 2009 at 12:01 pmI cook ordinary oats kanji…yes quite boring. Now it is time to change. Thank you for this recipe.
raaji
August 18, 2009 at 10:20 pmnice pic rajeshwari….though we are not a big fan of oats ur pic make me have it
Hema
August 18, 2009 at 10:27 pmIt is a simple kanji.. awesome click as always
Kitchen Flavours
August 19, 2009 at 5:27 amOh 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
September 16, 2009 at 5:43 amசூப்பர்ப்..சத்தான ஒட்ஸ் கஞ்சி…எனக்கும் மிகவும் பிடித்தது..
Meenal Ramanathan
November 21, 2012 at 1:23 amhi 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
November 21, 2012 at 1:28 amYou 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
April 27, 2013 at 6:43 amHi ,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
April 27, 2013 at 6:47 amYes you can avoid coconut and use low fat milk instead…
Sri Vidya
August 5, 2015 at 5:38 pmHey!! 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
October 26, 2015 at 12:40 amThanks 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
May 9, 2017 at 12:55 amHi raks…. yummy oats porridge dear.. though read it sometime back tried it today and tasted excellent..
Raks anand
May 9, 2017 at 1:10 amThank you for the feedback 🙂