No added sugar oats recipes
Sweetness from fruit and dates only. No sugar, jaggery, honey or syrup in the ingredient list.
32 recipes on file
- Breakfast · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 30 min
Eggless Tomato Oats Omelette
The Maharashtrian tomato omelette contains no egg and never did. Besan, powdered oats and chopped tomato make a thin, crisp-edged pancake in 15 minutes.
- Savoury · Continental · 25 min
Oats Vegetable Soup
A garlicky vegetable soup that gets its body from a handful of oats instead of cornflour or cream. Twenty minutes, one pot, and properly filling.
- Breakfast · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 55 min
Oats Methi Thepla
Soft Gujarati methi thepla with ground oats in the dough. Half atta, half oats, a fistful of fresh fenugreek, rolled thin and roasted with a little oil.
- Breakfast · Gujarati & Maharashtrian · 50 min
Oats Thalipeeth
A Maharashtrian thalipeeth made with oat flour and a little besan: patted thin by hand, holes poked in, crisped on the tawa. No rolling pin needed.
- Savoury · Continental · 45 min
Oats Pizza Base
A no-yeast pizza base made from oat flour and curd, ready to top in ten minutes. Pre-baked so it stays crisp under a quick tomato sauce, vegetables and mozzarella.
- Snacks · North Indian · 40 min
Oats Onion Pakora
Thin onion slices, quick oats and a little besan, fried into lacy, crunchy pakoras. Rain and chai optional. An air-fryer version is included for weeknights.
- Snacks · South Indian · 65 min
Oats Murukku
Rice flour, roasted oat flour and pottukadalai, pressed into spirals and fried till they crackle. A Diwali tin staple, with an air-fryer route too.
- Snacks · North Indian · 90 min
Baked Oats Mathri
Flaky ajwain mathri made with oat flour, atta and a spoon of sooji, baked rather than fried. Crisp, layered and very hard to stop eating with chai.
- Snacks · South Indian · 165 min
Oats Masala Vada
Coarse chana dal, quick oats, fennel and curry leaves, pressed into vadas with craggy, crunchy edges. Deep-fried, shallow-fried or air-fried, your call.
- Savoury · North Indian · 50 min
Masala Oats Khichdi
Rolled oats and yellow moong dal cooked soft with vegetables, cumin and a ghee tadka. One pot, three whistles, about 30 minutes at the stove.
- Desserts · North Indian · 95 min
Oats Khajur Rolls
Soft dates cooked down in a spoon of ghee, packed with toasted oats and nuts, rolled into a log and sliced. Sweet from the dates alone, no sugar added.
- Savoury · Asian · 25 min
Oats Fried Rice
Indo-Chinese fried rice, minus the rice. Rolled oats are toasted and steamed into separate grains, then tossed on high heat with garlic, crisp vegetables and soy.
- Snacks · North Indian · 40 min
Vegetable Oats Cutlet
Potato, carrot, beans and peas bound with roasted oats, rolled in more oats and pan-fried till crunchy. No bread, no maida, about 2 tbsp oil for the lot.
- Breakfast · Asian · 40 min
Oats Congee
Congee made with steel-cut oats instead of rice: a slow, gingery, savoury porridge with mushrooms and carrot. Soft, warming and done in a third of the time of rice jook.
- Savoury · American · 40 min
Oat and Rajma Veggie Burger
Firm, smoky rajma patties held together with oats instead of egg or breadcrumbs. They brown well on a tawa, bake or air fry, and do not fall apart in the bun.
- Savoury · Middle Eastern · 60 min
Oat Tabbouleh
The Lebanese herb salad with toasted steel-cut oats standing in for bulgur. Lots of parsley and mint, crunchy cucumber and tomato, and a sharp lemon dressing.
- Savoury · Continental · 30 min
Mushroom Oat Risotto
Rolled oats cooked like risotto with browned mushrooms, garlic, thyme and a little cheese. Creamy in 20 minutes, no arborio and no endless stirring.
- Breakfast · Asian · 30 min
Savoury Miso Oatmeal
Oats cooked like a broth bowl: ginger, mushrooms and white miso, finished with spring onion, sesame and crisp tofu. Savoury oatmeal for people who skip sweet breakfasts.
- Smoothie Bowls · Continental · 20 min
Mango Oat Smoothie Bowl
A spoon-thick mango and oat blend, set with hung curd and frozen banana, topped with fresh mango, seeds and toasted coconut. Eaten with a spoon, not a straw.
- Overnight Oats · North Indian · 370 min
Mango Lassi Overnight Oats
Everything good about a mango lassi, in a jar you can eat with a spoon. Ripe mango blended with curd and cardamom, soaked into oats overnight. No sugar added.
- Chia Pudding · Continental · 250 min
Mango Chia Oat Pudding
Layers of set chia-oat pudding and thick mango purée in a glass, made the night before. Wobbly, creamy, sweet from the mango alone.
- Savoury · South Indian · 15 min
Lemon Oats
Everything you love about lemon rice, in ten minutes, with oats. Mustard, curry leaves, crunchy peanuts and dals, turmeric and a bright squeeze of lemon.
- Drinks · Continental · 10 min
Homemade Oat Milk
Rolled oats, ice-cold water, a 30-second blend and a cloth. Our method for oat milk that stays creamy, not slimy, and costs a fraction of the carton.
- Breakfast · Middle Eastern · 13 min
Date and Tahini Oat Porridge
Porridge sweetened only with dates that melt into the milk as it cooks, then finished with a ribbon of tahini and toasted sesame. Rich, nutty, no sugar added.
- Overnight Oats · South Indian · 373 min
Curd Oats (Thayir Oats)
Curd rice, but with oats soaked overnight in curd and milk. In the morning: a sizzling tempering of mustard, dal and curry leaves, and breakfast is done.
- Smoothie Bowls · American · 25 min
Chocolate Peanut Butter Oat Smoothie Bowl
A thick chocolate bowl of frozen banana, soaked oats, cocoa and peanut butter, topped with crushed peanuts and a swirl of more peanut butter. Dessert-adjacent, dairy-free.
- Drinks · Continental · 10 min
Banana Oats Milkshake
A thick, cold breakfast shake: ripe banana, toasted oats, dates, almonds and chilled milk, blended smooth. Sweet with no added sugar, ready in ten minutes.
- Breakfast · American · 35 min
Banana Oat Pancakes
Blender pancakes made from rolled oats, ripe bananas and milk. No eggs, no flour, no sugar beyond the fruit, and soft enough to stack.
- Savoury · Middle Eastern · 45 min
Baked Oats Falafel
Herby chickpea falafel bound with oat flour and baked, not fried. Crisp outside, soft and green inside, and good in a pita, a bowl or straight off the tray.
- Snacks · Continental · 68 min
Oat-Crusted Paneer Fingers
Paneer batons marinated in spiced curd, dipped in a cornflour batter and rolled in oats, then baked or air-fried until golden. A crunchy starter with no egg wash.
- Snacks · North Indian · 50 min
Hara Bhara Oats Kebab
Spinach, peas and potato kebabs bound with oats instead of breadcrumbs. Bright green inside, crisp outside, and happy in a pan, an oven or an air fryer.
- Snacks · North Indian · 50 min
Aloo Oats Tikki
Spiced mashed potato with a crunchy coat of oats instead of breadcrumbs. Eat it straight off the tawa or build it into chaat with curd and chutneys.