Oats khichdi recipe | How to make moong dal khichdi | Easy light dinner recipes
By Latha on January 6th, 2021
Oats khichdi recipe explained with step by step pictures and a video. This is a very tasty and easy light dinner recipe. This oats khichdi can be prepared as a breakfast also. Oats khichdi is prepared using moong dal (hesarubele), oats, mixed vegetables, onion, tomato, ginger, ghee, green chilli, black pepper and few other spices. This is a very tasty and healthy light dinner recipe and can be prepared in very less time. I have prepared this khichdi using oats, which can be replaced with rice or broken wheat.
You can find one more oats payasa or kheer recipe on this website.
I have also posted many ricebath recipes like bisi bele bath, veg pulav, tomato bath, curd rice, ghee rice, pongal, gorikayi rice bath, vangi bath, methi rice, puliyogare and pudina pulao recipes.
If you are looking for more Karnataka style breakfast recipes then do visit our breakfast section.
I have made a video on this oats khichdi recipe with Kannada narration, which I have embedded it below. Kindly have a look.
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 30 min
Serves: 3
Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)
- 1/4 cup moong dal or hesarubele
- 1/2 cup oats (can be replaced with rice or broken wheat)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
- 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
- 1/2 tsp chopped ginger
- Few curry leaves
- 1/2 onion finely chopped
- 1 - 2 green chillies
- Crushed black pepper (as per taste)
- Big pinch turmeric powder
- Big pinch asafoetida
- 1/2 tomato chopped
- 1/2 cup mixed vegetables (beans, carrot, peas, capsicum, cabbage etc.,)
- Salt as per your taste
Instructions for making oats khichdi recipe:
- To begin with soak moong dal for 15 minutes. In that time, chop all the vegetables.
- Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pressure cooker.
- Prepare tempering using mustard seeds and cumin seeds.
- Add in finely chopped ginger, curry leaves, slit green chilli and chopped onion. Fry everything together for a minute.
- Add in crushed pepper, turmeric powder and asafoetida. Give a quick mix.
- Add in chopped tomato.
- Add in mixed vegetables and fry for a minute. You can use any mixed vegetables of your choice.
- Drain the water and add in soaked moong dal. Fry for few seconds.
- Add in oats. You can replace oats with rice or broken wheat.
- Add in 2 cups of water.
- Add in salt.
- Give a quick mix and bring it to boil.
- Close the lid and cook by making 2 - 3 whistles.
- Serve it hot as a breakfast or as a light dinner. This is a very healthy, easy and tasty recipe.
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