Oatmeal Upma

I've been trying to use oatmeal a lot these days. I have trouble with it as a cereal and I have 2 whole packets that I wanted to use up one way or the other. I tried dosa, which came out ok, so I moved on to upma. It was pretty good. I've tried it a few times now and it was consistently good, giving me a chance to post it. It follows the standard recipe for upma, just substituting the sooji with coarsely powdered oatmeal. I topped it off with some toasted nuts. You can use peanuts, cashews, walnuts or almonds. I made this a while ago and I'm not totally sure about the proportion of water and oatmeal. It might be off by about half a cup, so need to adjust it depending on the consistency.




Ingredients:

Oatmeal, coarsely powdered in a blender - 1 and half cups
Water - 3 cups
Onion, chopped - 1
Green chilies, chopped -2
Ginger, a small piece, about an inch, chopped
Salt - 1 tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 1tsp
Chana dal - 1 tsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig

Preparation:

1. Heat oil in a saucepan. Add mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, curry leaves. Saute for a minute. Add chopped onions, green chilies, ginger. Saute until the onions turn translucent.
2. Add water, salt and bring to a boil. Turn the heat to low.
3. Add oatmeal in a steady stream, with constant stirring to prevent any lumps. Cover, turn up the heat to medium and cook until the oatmeal is set and cooked.
4. Garnish with toasted nuts and serve hot with chutney.