Ingredients:

• 500 g – instant Oats
• 1 – 3 cm piece ginger, minced
• 3 tsp – Ghee
• Curry leaves
• 2 tbsp – sesame oil
• 4.5 cups – water
• 1 tsp – Urad Dal
• 1.5 tsp – salt
• 2 tsp – Channa dal
• A pinch of Asafoetida
• 1 tsp – Mustard Seeds
• 3 – green chillies, sliced
• 2 – dried chillies
• 1 – onion, sliced

Method:

1. Heat ghee in a pan and dry roast oats till fragrant. Keep aside.
2. Heat oil. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal and dried chillies.
3. When dal has turned golden brown, add sliced onions, ginger and curry leaves.
4. Saute onions till limp. Add water, salt, asafoetida and green chillies.
5. When water is boiling, add oats a little to prevent lumping.
6. Keep stirring upma till water is absorbed and the oats are thoroughly cooked.
7. Serve hot with coconut chutney.

Recipe courtesy of Bharathi