Oats Spinach Pongal

Another Oats recipe of mine...  This is a quick healthy nutrious breakfast recipe and is quiet filling too. Goes well with coconut chutney. Normally in south they make Pongal with rice but here i have used oats.

Do try it you will love it.

Ingredients

1 cup Oats ( i have used quaker oats)
1/3 cup Yellow Moong dal
1/2 cup Spinach
2.5 cups Water
Salt as needed


For tempering
2 tsp Ghee or oil
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 to 1.5 tsp Black pepper corns
Few Curry leaves
1 to 2 Green chillies
1 tsp Ginger finely chopped

Method

1. Wash the dal and then pressure cook the dal until mushy
2. Crush the cumin seeds and black pepper coarsely in a morter
3. Slit the green chillies and ginger finely. Also wash and cut the spinach
4. Heat a wok add the ghee , then fry the cashews, once done keep it aside
5. In the same wok add some more ghee and crushed cumin seeds and black pepper, once it splutters add curry leaves and green chillies and ginger
6. Now add the cut spinach and sauté for 2 to 3 mins
7.  Add water and bring it to boil, add oats and moong dal. Mix well and cover and cook on a low flame for 5 mins. Cook until desired consistency
7. Finally add the cashew and give a quick stir

Notes

1. Adjust the water as per your desired consistency
2. You can add turmeric too
3. Adjust the spice according to your taste
4. Incase you don't have spinach you can skip it and make plain Oats Pongal
5. You can also add vegetables of your choice