Oats Ven Pongal || Oats Pongal

Happy Makara Sankranti to all friends and family. Hope everyone enjoying Sankranti festival holidays with your family. Today i am sharing Oats Ven Pongal - Ven Pongal prepared using oats. Regularly we prepare pongal with rice and moong dal/ pesara pappu, here i am replacing rice with oats. I had as it is without any chutney, it taste very delicious and goes in smoothly. It is easy to prepare, if you are planning for weight loss this recipe will helps you. For Makara Sankranti we prepare many sweets and snack recipes, in that katte pongal / ven pongal and sweet pongal are prepared commonly in all 
regions. 

Makara Sankranti is celebrated to mark the beginning of the harvest season in India, and this festival is dedicated to Lord Surya and also marks the beginning of Uttarayana . This festival is celebrated in India with different names. In Andhra we celebrate this festival for four days - Bhogi, Makara Sankranti(Pedda Panduga), kanuma and mukanumma. All family members gathers for this festival, i use to love this festival a lot in my childhood because we use to get 10 days holidays in school 😂😍. Bhogi mantalu,Bhogi pallu, color muggulu / rangoli, kodi pandem / cock fighting  are some main rituals during Sankranti festival. We draw beautiful rangoli / kolam with many different colors and patterns with cow dung balls called as gobbemmalu with flowers and different kinds of grains.

    
    

                              

I am sharing this recipe for this week  #229SaankrantiRecipes theme in FoodieMondayBloghop fb group where i am part of it. This week theme was suggested by Renu who blogs at "cookwithrenu". As we have Sankranti festival in a day, she suggested theme to prepare sankranti recipes. Renu is very talented chef, you can find many interesting recipes like her blueberry banana smoothie, 5 min greek yogurt dill dip which i bookmarked to try it.  Do check her space, you will love it.                                                                 

  

  

                                                            Oats Ven Pongal

                           

Preparation time - 5 minutes

cook Time : 15 minutes

Serves : 1 bowl

Category : Breakfast / Festive

Recipe Cuisine: Indian 

Main ingredients : Oats, Moong dal

Author : Aruna SarasChandra

   

Ingredients

Oats - 1 cup (I used Lion brand)

moong dal / pesara pappu - 1/4 cup

oil - few drops

For tempering

ghee - 2 to 3 tsp

cumin seeds - 3/4 tsp

black pepper cor - 5 to 7

ginger - 1 inch (chopped)

curry leaves - 1 sprig

cashew nuts - 7 

hing - small pinch

salt as per taste 

Instructions

1) Dry fry moong dal till you get nice aroma then wash it under water twice. Add 1 glass water and few drops of oil and pressure cook it for 3 whistles, once pressure comes down lightly mash cooked moong dal.

2) Dry fry oats till it starts changing color and take it into plate. 

3) Add 4 glasses of water and salt in a pan, let it boil then add fried oats. Cook till oats becomes smooth it won't take much time.

4) Then add cooked and mashed moong dal to it and mix everything well. (if need add some water)

5) Heat ghee in a pan, then add cumin seeds, ginger, cashew nuts, lightly crushed peppercorn, curry leaves and hing one after other and fry it.

6) Add tempering into oats pongal with extra ghee.

That's it Oats Ven Pongal is ready to serve.

Tips

** If you want it spicy then you can add green chilies in tempering.

** Add ghee according to your taste or you can skip it if you planning it in out weight loss diet.

** Adjust water accordingly, oats taste good when it is hot.

Also other festival recipes by just clicking the link below pic..

Pongal

                                    Sweet Pongal

Coconut Rice / Kobbari annam

                                      

                                                               Mango Rice

                                            Ellu Bella Mix

                                      Pineapple Sheera

                      Puffed Rice/Maramarala LAdoo

                                       Senaga gugillu

                                          Kesari bath

                              Poha Badam Ladoo

   

                       Ragi Peanut ladoo            

                                      Atukula Payasam 

                     Homemade Ghee

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