Indian Style Overnight Oats with Chia (Savory Tadka Oats)

Savory Overnight oats chia in a glass bowl garnished with chopped cucumber, carrot and tempering.

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Indian Style Overnight Oats with Chia (Savory Tadka Oats)

Savory Indian-style Overnight Chia Oats is an easy, high-protein breakfast or snack made with rolled oats, chia seeds, yogurt, milk, and veggies, finished with a simple Indian tadka inspired by South Indian curd rice.

Course Breakfast, Side Dish

Cuisine Indian

Keyword overnight oats with chia indian style, savory oats chia with tadka

Diet Gluten-Free, Vegetarian

Method Stovetop

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Resting Time 4

Total Time 4 10

Servings

Calories 564kcal

Author Bhavana Patil

Ingredients

For soaking

½ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
1 tablespoon chia seeds
½ cup yogurt
¼-1/2 cup whole milk (or almond milk)
½ teaspoon salt

Tempering

1 teaspoon oil
2 tablespoons raw peanuts
1 teaspoon mustard seeds
1-2 dried red chilies
1 stalk curry leaves
½ teaspoon ginger
1 pinch hing (asafoetida) optional

Others

2 tablespoons finely chopped cucumber
2 tablespoons shredded carrot
1 tablespoon coriander leaves

Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine old-fashioned oats, chia seeds, Greek yogurt, whole milk, and salt. Mix well with a spoon.
Note: This recipe serves one person. You can also soak in individual serving containers.
Cover the container with a lid. Refrigerate it for at least 4 hours or overnight.
For Tempering: Heat oil (or homemade ghee) in a pan. Once the oil is hot, add raw peanuts and saute till they are nicely roasted. Next, add the mustard seeds and dry red chilies, and let them splutter.
Now add minced ginger, curry leaves, and hing (asafetida) and saute for a few seconds. Tempering is ready, keep aside.
Open the lid and add diced cucumber, grated carrot, and coriander leaves. Mix well. Add the tempering to the bowl and mix everything again.
Garnish with pomegranate seeds (optional) and serve.

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