Oats upma 

Ingredients

Quick cook oats	1 cup
Onion	1
Mixed vegetables	3/4 cup
Green chilli	3
Water	1/2 cup
Salt	As needed
Coconut oil/ sesame oil	1 tsp

To temper

Oil	2 tsp
Mustard	3/4 tsp
Urad dal	1 tsp
Channa dal	2 tsp
Curry leaves	1 sprig Method Chop vegetables and onion finely. I used half a carrot, 4 beans and a fist full of forzen peas. slit green chillies. Heat oil in a pan and temper with the items given under ‘To temper’ table, then add onion and fry until transparent. Add vegetables, green chillies and if you want you can sprinkle 1/4 tsp sugar to maintain its  colour and fry in medium flame for 2 minutes. Add a little salt just for the vegetables if you want. Add the oats, salt and mix well for a minute. Add 1/4 cup water and mix well and cook covered for 2 minutes. Later again sprinkle the remaining water and mix well and cook covered for another 2 minutes. This way it wont turn too gooey but still gets cooked moist. Top with coconut oil or sesame oil if desired. Notes You can add your own choice of vegetables, just make sure you chop finely to make sure it gets cooked. You can add finely chopped ginger along with onion to make it flavourful and easy to digest. You can add turmeric if you want to make it look yellow. Always eat hot immediately. I have it as such, if you want you can eat it with any chutney or sambar.