Oats and Aubergine – Savoury Porridge/Vangibath
About:
To someone who has never tried making or eating savory oats, they might sound a little strange. Usually, when we think of oatmeal or porridge, we see sweet fruits and spices folded into the creamy grains. But, believe me, savory oats hit a spot of filling satisfaction that sometimes the sweeter can’t really give. I love to incorporate veggies into mine to bring it full circle.
This dish is similar to Vangibath, south Indian breakfast dish.
Health Benefits:
Including oats in your dialy diet is essential for overall good health. It helps in healthy weight management, reducing cholesterol and reduces the risk of heart disease
Serves: 2-3
Cooking time: 20-25 minutes
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Oats-1cup
- Chopped onion-1medium
- Cubed eggplants-1cup
- Tamarind pulp-2tbsp
- Oil-2tsp
- Cumin seeds-1tsp
- Mustard seeds-1tsp
- Curry leaves-8-10
- Salt – to taste
For Masala powder:
- Unsalted roasted peanuts-2tbsp (I used with skin)
- Red chillies-3
- Fennel seeds-1tsp
- Urad dal/split black gram -1tbsp
- Clove-4
- Cinnamon-1 stick
- Cardamom-2
- Pepper corns-6
- Curry leaves-8-10
For garnishing:
- Roasted cashwes/peanuts
- Chopped fresh cilantro/coriander
Procedure:
For masala powder:
- Dry roast urad dal, red chillies, clove, cinnamon, pepper corns for 2-3 minutes on a medium low flame, allow it to cool .
- Once cool place the roasted ingredients with peanuts, curry leaves in a food processor/blender and ground to a fine powder and set aside.
- Dry roast oats in a pan on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes while stirring often to avoid them from burning. Once done turn off the flame and set aside.
For porridge:
- Heat oil in a pan add mustard seeds, as it splutters add cumin seeds, curry leaves, onion and saute for a minute or two or until translucent.
- Add auberging/eggplant , tamarind pulp, salt and saute for 4-5minutes/until tender.
- Now add 2cups of water and bring it to boil on a medium heat.
- As the water comes to boil add roasted oats, lower the flame and stir the oats every minute or so, as they tend to burn the bottom.
- And cook together for 4-5 minutes (adjust the consistency as per the taste) as the oats will soak the moisture up for the perfect texture.
- Now finally stir in the ground spice powder 1-2tbsp (or as per the spice preferred) .
- Turn off the flame, garnish with chopped cilantro/coriander and serve warm.
Serve hot.
Note:
- Spices and the consistency can be personalised as per the taste.
- Green peas/bell peppers or any veggies of choice can be included as a variation
Posted on November 24, 2015, in Breakfast, Indian, International and tagged Aubergine recipes, Chitras healthy kitchen, drchdietfood, easy healthy breakfast ideas, Eggplant, Indian oats recipes, Indian recipe, oats, oats breakfast recipes, Oats Vangibath, savoury oats porridge. Bookmark the permalink. 54 Comments.
Oats and eggplant nice. Chitra, I must say you are thinking out of box
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Thanks Vidya…nice to hear such compliments on Monday morning..
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🙂
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Vaangi bath with Oats!! very interesting…..
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Thanks Malar…trying variations with oats
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very innovative, Chitra! looks very yummy!
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Thanks Freda
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Hi Hi! I’m not sure if I was missing a few of your posts, been a while 🙂
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Andy – Am missing your feedback and visit…I am doing 2-3 posts/week now..
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mmmm strange, I’ll unfollow and refollow 🙂
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Let me do the same and see if it works… Thank you Andy… 🙂 🙂
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Great recepie 👍
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Thanks Shweta…
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Mouth watering. love the oats eggplant combo!
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Thank you Kushi
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wow, that looks gooood.
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Thanx a lot…. glad you liked it…
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Oh my gosh! This sounds so interesting!
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Thanx a lot…. glad you liked it….
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I have to bookmark it!
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This sounds amazing and something very new for me! yumm
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It’s similar to vangi bath where I have used oats instead of rice and glad you liked it dear Lynz…. thanx a lot. ..
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yumm sounds so good!
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Thank you Lynz…
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most welcome!
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☺☺😘😘
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It sounds interesting and the photos are lovely 😊
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Thanx a lot for stopping by and appreciating me with your lovely comment….
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This looks like a great comfort dish for our cooler days!
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Thank you Julie…. 🙂 🙂
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Sounds different and delicious ☺☺☺
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Thank you Lina….
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Delicious ,healthy bath..Nice recipe Chitra…
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Thank you Swapna… glad you liked it…:) 🙂
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Chitra oats vaangi baath, I can never think of such innovative ideas!! You are awesome!!
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Thanx a lot Maker for your lovely words…. feel blessed…
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Wow I would have never imagined oats and eggplant together! Awesome Chitra 🙂
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Thank you Ch…glad you liked it.
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I love how you transform traditional dishes into healthy ones!
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Thank you Aruna for your lovely words…. 🙂 🙂
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vaangibaat with oats amazing chitra.
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Thanks Sri…
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I love vangi bath but never tried with oats…will do it next time I make :)…Lovely share 🙂
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Thanx a lot dear… glad you liked it… 🙂 🙂
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One of my favorite Indian dishes is with eggplant. Your recipe looks tasty.
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Thanx a lot Jackie…. your support and encouragement boosts me up each time….
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Wow, that looks good, I think it’s about time I tried savoury oats 🙂
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Thank you Elaine… glad you liked it… 🙂 🙂
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You don’t need lunch after this 🙂
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Agreed…Oats is really filling
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Nice meal Chitra. I use oats in bread too, it is healthy too and it fills up the stomach very fast.
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Very true Irene..Oats is a must have as part of healthy diet
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I agree Chitra, just not too much, because they contain much fat too.
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True Irene…. 🙂 🙂
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