Best Time to Eat Oats - Know How It Helps!

Being one of the healthiest grains in the world, oats have become part of everyone’s food nowadays. From infants to diet freaks to adults, everyone is dependent on oats because of its nutritional and healthy cholesterol-lowering properties. It has become the number one ‘health food’ in the past few years.

There is no particular time to eat oats. You can consume the oats at lunch and dinner too. This cereal, however, is consumed in breakfast mostly. It contains fiber, magnesium, complex carbohydrates, etc, which help in keeping your tummy full for a longer time, thus, reducing overeating.

As it contains low calories, you can consume oats anytime in the day or after a workout. Ultimately, consuming this healthy grain will provide you with plenty of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, etc. Oats are very versatile in nature, you can consume them in any part of the day. Here, we have discussed how you can make oats a part of your day:

Summary: As oats contain low-calorie content and high-dietary fiber, you can consume it at any time in your day to get complete nutrition for your body

Oats in Breakfast:

A good breakfast makes you ready for the entire day. So why not to make a delicious dish to start your day:

1. Oats with fresh fruits and milk:

   This is a recipe you can cook within a few minutes. Add some warm milk in your oats and top it with delicious berries, sliced apples, almonds, walnuts or seeds, etc, to make it delicious. Now your healthy bowl of the recipe is ready to be eaten.

2. Oats Uttapam:

   Powder the rolled oat and make a batter (just like sooji and rice flour) for uttapam. Add some butter on a greased tawa and pour the batter. Top the batter with veggies of your choice and press them. Cook until the base turn light brown. Now flip the batter and cook on the other side. Serve this delicious recipe with coconut or mint chutney.

Oat at Lunch

Lunch hours are the best. Working people wait desperately for this time to kill their hunger and get a brief relief from the workload. So, why not we make this valuable break a healthy one by consuming some delicious oats recipes:

1. Oats Khichdi:

   Ingredients:

   • 100 gms moong dal
   • 2 spoons ghee or oil
   • 2 Cups oats
   • Vegetables of your choice
   • 1/2 spoon Chopped ginger

   How To Make?

   • Soak moong dal in water for around 30 minutes
   • Heat a pan and add a little amount of ghee or oil
   • Add ginger and fry until fragrant
   • Now add vegetables, moong dal and oats
   • Add 1-2 cups of water and stir well
   • Serve hot with pickle or chutney
2. Oats Idli:

   Ingredients:

   • 2 Cups oats
   • 1/2 litre curd (slightly sour)
   • 1 spoon mustard seeds
   • 1 spoon urad dal
   • 1/2 spoon channa dal
   • 1/2 spoon oil
   • 2 spoon green chillies, finely chopped
   • 1 cup grated carrots
   • 2 spoon coriander (chopped)
   • ½ spoon turmeric powder
   • Salt to taste
   • Fruit salt

   How To Make?

   • Dry roast the oats on tawa until it turns slightly brown
   • Powder the oats in a mixer
   • Add oil, mustard seed, urad dal, channa dal and let them all turn light brown in colour
   • Add chopped chillies, coriander and grated carrots
   • Add a pinch of turmeric powder and fry for one minute
   • Add this seasoning to the powdered oats mixture and curd to make a batter
   • Do not add water to the batter, knead it using curd as required
   • Grease the idli steamer plates with oil and pour the batter into each plateSteam the idlis for 15 minutes

Oats at Dinner

Instead of eating less, eat better for dinner. We have provides some easy-cooked mouth-watering recipes for you:

1. Mushroom oatmeal:

   Ingredients

   • 1 cup of oatmeal
   • ½ cup of water
   • 7 to 8 chopped mushrooms
   • 1 teaspoon minced fresh rosemary
   • Salt to taste
   • Oil to grill

   How to Cook?

   • Cook 1 cup of oatmeal with ½ cup of water until it turns thick and creamy
   • Stir it by adding low-fat milk, salt and pepper
   • Heat oil in a pan, add mushrooms, rosemary, salt and fry for few minutes until soft
   • As soon as mushroom gives out some water, turn off the heat
   • Add these mushrooms to the oats and cook for a minute or two
   • Sprinkle a pinch of salts and pepper to taste
   • Now your healthy bowl of dinner is ready to be served
2. Yogurt and Oats Kebab

   Ingredients

   • 1 cup of oats
   • 400 gms yogurt
   • 100 gms paneer
   • 2 spoons chopped onion
   • 1 spoon chopped ginger
   • Chopped fresh coriander
   • 10 finely chopped almonds
   • 7 to 8 chopped raisins
   • 1/2 spoon white pepper powder
   • 1/2 spoon green cardamom powder
   • Salt to taste
   • Oil to grill
   • Cornflour

   How to Cook?

   • Hang yogurt overnight in a muslin cloth
   • Saute the onion and ginger in oil till the onions turn light brown in color. Keep aside to cool
   • Take the yogurt in a bowl
   • Add crumbled cottage cheese, chopped raisins, coriander, almonds, and the onion mixture
   • Add white pepper powder, cardamom powder and salt
   • Now make round patties with this mixture and sprinkle cornflour after giving them a shape.
   • Crush the oats to resemble breadcrumbs and dredge the patties in this oat powder
   • Grease a pan with olive oil and grill these patties till they turn brown.
   • Serve hot with chutney

Oats after Workout

Health freaks have limited options to eat or drink. So, why to compromise your taste when you can consume these delicious recipes made with oats which will keep you healthy and will also enhance your taste buds.

Athlete post-workout recipe

1. Oatmeal recipe post-workout

   Ingredients:

   • 1/2 cup of whole-grain oats
   • 1 spoon vanilla whey protein powder
   • 1 spoon ground flaxseed
   • 1/2 spoon cinnamon
   • 1 cup milk
   • 1 spoon honey

   How To Cook?

   • Mix all the ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl
   • Add milk and mix well
   • Microwave on high power for 2.5 minutes
   • Mix again with the whisk and add honey
   • A diet-bowl of oats is ready to be eaten post-workout

Likewise, you can also make your own recipe by adding oats with milk or yogurt and topping with seeds, fruits and dry fruits of your choice.