Here are some oats recipes that are nutritious and your kids will love.
Baby Porridge
- Mix half a cup of oats with milk, one chopped (and peeled) apple and sugar and bring it to a boil.
- When it’s cooled down, blend it and your baby’s healthy and easy-to-eat porridge is ready.
- Instead of apples, you could even use boiled vegetables.
Dosa
- Mix oats, rice flour and sooji in a 3:2:2 ratios.
- Add chopped coriander, a little ginger paste, cumin seeds, one green chilli (can be avoided if required) and a pinch of salt.
- Add water and mix well so that no lumps form.
- Heat a wide pan with some oil and pour the batter into it once the oil is very hot.
- Spread the batter so that it forms a circle.
- There is no need to flip it.
- Serve hot in a dish with homemade mint chutney.
Upma
- In a cooking pan add oil and sauté one chopped onion with mustard seeds, ginger paste, urad dal, curry leaves, chopped green chillies and nuts (optional).
- Then add chopped boiled vegetables of your choice and sauté for a few more minutes.
- Add a cup of water and bring it to a boil.
- When the water starts boiling, add a cup of oats and salt to taste and mix it well.
- Cook for a few minutes.
Sweet Bar
- Mix oats and wheat flour in 4:1 ratio.
- Add a tablespoon of baking soda.
- To this add a cup of chopped dry fruits and a cup of melted butter.
- Add honey and chocolate chips and mix the batter well.
- Pour into a baking pan and bake for around 20 minutes.
- Let it cool before you cut them into pieces.
- Store in airtight containers in the fridge.
Lollipop
- Heat a tablespoon of ghee in a cooking pan.
- Once it’s hot, add half a cup of jaggery and wait for it to melt.
- Remove it from the burner and add a cup of oats and chopped nuts.
- Mix it well and then leave it to cool.
- Once it’s cooled, take out small lumps of it and roll them into balls.
- Insert a small stick through it and refrigerate.
- You can store these delicious yet healthy lollipops in the fridge for many days.