Masala oats

Recipe and Photos shared by Lavanya. Thanks to her for sharing .

Ingredients:

• Regular oats - 1 cup 
• Frozen or regular peas  - 1/4 cup

To coarsely grind : 

• coriander - 1 tbsp
• Peppercorns - 1 tbsp 
• Cumin - 1 tsp.

To temper :

• Cumin - 1 tsp.

Method : 

In a kadai heat 1 tbsp oil and temper with cumin . In the meantime coarsely grind coriander, peppercorns and cumin with pestle and mortar or mixie. 

Add the frozen peas in the oil and slightly fry them. Add salt to taste and when the peas starts to split, add the coarsely grinded masala. Add water and cook the peas. 

When the peas is almost done add oats and cook (method more similar to how we cook veggies while making kichdi). Cook the oats till its completely cooked.
Best to add buttermilk or rasam at the end.