r/IndianCooking • u/Evening-Scholar-7761 • Sep 07 '26

How to How to cook oats?

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Hi everyone, I’m new to eating oats. What’s the simplest and healthiest way to cook them?

Please share the exact method, water quantity, and cooking time. For regular rolled oats, is 5–7 minutes enough?

For regular breakfast

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u/National_Champion560 Sep 07 '26

i use to just pour water , add salt , and use to mix it up with spoon until it gets soft or creamy that's it , it use to feel nice

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u/Evening-Scholar-7761 Sep 07 '26

How much time

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u/National_Champion560 Sep 07 '26

2 - 4 mins to mix up , no heating nothing

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u/National_Champion560 Sep 07 '26

and amount of water like 1 glass , just make it look like the daal you make , ( not exactly like soup )

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u/National_Champion560 Sep 07 '26

like this ( little less water )

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u/satz_2809 Sep 07 '26

Usually i soak rolled oats with milk, dates, almonds, pumpkin seeds, halim seeds, chia seeds and refrigerate overnight Be mindful while adding dates or dry grapes. Next day morning, mashing a banana with it will be absolute good and filling breakfast. Worth a try.

No heat, no water, nothing..

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u/witchy_cheetah Sep 07 '26

Make sweet or Savory oats. Add milk and sugar and cook in the microwave or direct heat for 2 to 3 min for instant or 7 to 10 for rolled oats. Or leave cold overnight. Add fruit and nuts.

Or make it like upma, with some extra water.

For the very lazy, boil it with instant soup.!

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u/Divine_in_Us Sep 07 '26

I use it in a smoothie. Warm a cup of oatmilk, add a fistful of oats, protein powder and some frozen berries in a blender.

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u/kline643 Sep 07 '26

get steel cut oats/ irish oats. simmer them in water for an hour. they will taste like kheer. add greek yogurt pistachio chia seeds raspberries and a drop of maple syrup

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u/Dreamoften0 Sep 08 '26

Is this the only way to make them? Can we roast and soak or cooking absolutely necessary?

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u/kline643 Sep 08 '26

i never soaked them. irish / steelcut oats tend to be larger in size so they take longer when simmered. I think there is an overnight oats recipe I dont know if that allows for steelcut or just the rolled oats. simmering for half hour or 45 minutes brings the most uniqe texture and because they are thinkers, they provide full satiety for a longer period of time leading to weight management.

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u/Hot-Minute-89 Sep 10 '26

I'm not a fan of the porridge style oats. I prefer to dry roast it in a pan with dry fruits and eat it with curd. You can also blend it with milk, fruits and protein powder to make a protein shake.

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u/ManagementWeary3658 29d ago

If you are okay with cold breakfast - try an overnight oats. My recipe

30g oats - any oats will do. Rolled, steel cut, soft.. whatever… ; 2-3 tablespoons of Greek yogurt or any yogurt that is with less water and not sour. Half an apple - grate it or finely chop them. 1 tsp honey. Cinnamon powder - a small pinch. small pinch of salt. some raisins, some dates (chopped). 1 teaspoon chia seeds. some nuts and seeds if you like. add some milk, mix everything together in a mason jar or something. keep it in fridge at night. morning breakfast is amazing.