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.

Peas Paratha

Ingredients needed :

For outer dough:

• Wheat flour 
• Salt
• Water

For Stuffing:

• Green peas 
• Salt
• Turmeric powder
• Chili powder 
• Garam Masala powder

Method :

For chapathi dough : 

           Take a bowl add wheat flour + salt and mix it well and add water little by little and make soft dough and cover it and set aside. 

For stuffing :

              Soak dried green peas overnight and add little salt and pressure cook it till done..drain water and allow it to cool well  then grind it in mixer ...you will get powdered consistency ...

Heat a kadai add 2 tsp. oil and then add the powdered green peas + turmeric powder + chili powder + garam masala powder and cook it for few mins. allow it to cool well...if needed u can make small ball size and keep it aside .

Take a small ball size of the  chapathi dough and make cup shape and place the stuffing and bring the edges together and dust with flour and roll it like chapathi ...and heat a tawa and fry the paratha on both sides apply oil if needed .

Yummy parathas are ready and serve it with pickle and curd . 

You can make this paratha using Maida flour also .