When I decided to do "cooking with store bought mixes", all I could think of was desserts and sweets; brownies, cakes, trifle pudding and if these were not enough, I went and picked up sheer kurma mix and vermicelli pudding mix from the Indian store. I told myself I was not going to do more than one dessert/sweet recipe for this theme. I kept them as back recipes, in case I can not come up with anything interesting for this theme.
When I saw Suma’s Oats Bisibele Bhath last week, I wanted to try something with oats. I had a box of rolled oats which has to be consumed in less than a week. I did pick up bisibele bhath powder and I also picked up a pack of puliogare powder from the Indian store. I ended up making oats pulihora. Puliogare powder is made of tamarind and spices to prepare the infamous pulihora or puliogare, tangy rice from South India. Tamarind pulihora is usually made with paste prepared with cooking together tamarind juice and spices. I substituted rice with oats and I was surprised how the tasteless oats transformed into flavorful morsels! This was my breakfast yesterday & today. I seldom use store bought spice powders but I think this puliogare powder is going to be put to good use to spice up my oats.
Cooking Time: 10 – 15 minutes
Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- ½ cup Rolled Oats
- ¾ cup Water
- 1 tsp. Oil (approx.)
- 10 Peanuts
- 2-3 Curry Leaves tore into two pieces
- 1 Green Chili split into two (Opt.)
- Pinch of Salt
- 1 tsp. Puliogare Powder (I used MTR brand)
Preparation:
- Lightly toast oats in a sauce pan, this should take about a minute or two.
Add water and cook until the oats are cooked. I used 1: 1 ½ ratio oats to water. It takes about 5-7 minutes to cook the oats. I cooked it on high flame until it came to a boil and reduce the heat and cooked until all the water evaporated. - In a separate pan, heat oil and roast peanuts until light brown.
- Add curry leaves, green chilies, salt and lightly roast them.
- Add puliogare powder and cook for a minute. Turn off the heat.
- Pour the tempering into the oats or transfer the oats to the tempering pan and mix well.
- Serve hot.
Note:
- Puliogare powder is well seasoned with spices and need not add green chilies or curry leaves. I used them in the tempering as I wanted my photo to look good and off course, it did enhance the flavor of the oats too. This powder also has peanuts in it but I felt I could add a few more. If one does not like peanuts, they can skip it in the tempering.
- Pulihora mix had too much hing aka asafoetida for my taste. We do not use hing in our everyday cooking, both at my maternal & married family. So I used only 1 tsp. of puliogare powder. It was seasoned well but if one wants a tangier flavor, one can add more puliogare mix.
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Sayantani says
thats an awesome platter. would love anyday any time over some greasy breakfast options. I have been trying to make savory oats for breakfast these days but with quick cooking variety it gets lumpy. guess the rolled oats are better in this matter. would have to look for it.
Pavani says
Using oats & pulihora powder definitely makes this an instant version for traditional pulihora.. Looks delicious.
Vardhini Koushik says
Looks perfectly made and a healthy one too. Gorgeous click Usha.
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Suma Gandlur says
MTR puliyogare powder is absolutely my favorite and I was thinking to use it for last week's marathon but somehow dropped the idea at the last moment. 🙂
Now I need to try this. 🙂 🙂
sucharitha says
usha superb item nijanga health ki manchidaina oats tho daily tine food chupinchinanduku thank u sooo much dear.........
Cool Lassie says
Lovely healthy variation to pulihora made with rice!
chitra says
Very nice. must try..
Rajani says
I have never thought about making puliodare with oats! Nice idea though.
priya srinivasan says
A nice twist to healthy Oats!!!!! Will give it a try!!!!
harini says
that is a very inviting bowl of oats pulihora!!
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nirmala says
Very healthy!!!Never tried with oats...Will soon try it...
Gayathri Kumar says
Very nutritious puliogare...
Divya Prakash says
Pulihora with oats.. Thats a unique idea..
Looks delicious..
Jayanthi says
Thats a nice idea to make pulihora with oats. Looks so delicious.
Priya says
Thats super inviting,healthy and wholesome.
Mireille says
looks yummy and healthy
Lubna Karim says
It's not mushy.....would love to try this....look delectable....
padma says
Now that s a pulihora recipe with oats nice idea Usha looks yumm too