Botanical name: Avena sativa
Preparation:Recipe 1:Ingredients:1. Oats Flakes ½ cup
2. Water - 2 cups.
3. Butter milk - ½ cup
4. Onion (chopped) - 2 spoons
Preparation:1. Put the Oat flakes in boiling water and cook it for 5-7 minutes.
2. Add salt, buttermilk, and onions
3. Mix well and serve
Recipe 2:Ingredients:1. Oats Flakes ½ cup
2. Water - 2 cups
3. Milk - ½ cup
4. Palm sugar - 2 spoons
5. Cardamom (powdered) - 2 pinches
Preparation:1. Put the Oat flakes in boiling water and cook it for 5-7 minutes.
2. Add palm sugar, milk, and cardamoms accordingly to taste
3. Mix well and serve hot.
Properties:
- Oats porridge is ideal for people with heart diseases and diabetes
- It reduces blood cholesterol and sugar levels while nourishing the body
- Easily digestible
- Consuming oats is a less expensive way to lower cholesterol as compared to drugs
- It is a mild natural stimulant that is said to reduce the craving for caffeine, alcohol and smoking
- Rich in total fiber (soluble), calcium, magnesium
- Fair in phosphorus, potassium, sugar, fat, protein, carbohydrate, Vitamin B, Vitamin - E, Vitamin - K, Lutein and Zeaxanthin