Making oat milk at home is a straightforward process, and it’s a great dairy-free alternative. This oat milk recipe requires only a few minutes- no complicated steps are involved! Just rinse, blend, and strain!
What is Oat Milk?
Oat milk is a vegan milk primarily produced from whole oats and water. Additional ingredients are sometimes added for sweetness and flavour. It is a popular dairy-free alternative for those with dairy allergies, lactose intolerant, or following a plant-based vegan diet.
All you need are oats, vanilla, water, and salt to get the best homemade oat milk to add to your beverages, cereals, baking goods, or to simply sip on.
Reasons To LOVE Oat Milk
- We all know that oats are a great source of vitamins and minerals, such as fibre, calcium, and vitamin D . It is also naturally low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
- Oat Milk has a mild flavour and creamy texture which makes it ideal to use for mixing with coffee or tea and making desserts.
- Since it is neutral-tasting, it is also used as a thickener or as a one-to-one replacement for dairy milk in most recipes.
- Making Oat Milk at home is budget-friendly which helps you reduce wastage and spending on expensive packaged vegan milk.
What types of oats are best for making milk?
When making oat milk at home, you can use various oats, but the most common and suitable choice is rolled oats . This is because it provides the best texture and consistency when blended that is consistent with traditional dairy milk.
Ingredients Required
You need only 3 ingredients for this oat milk recipe.
- Rolled Oats – use regular or gluten-free. Avoid using flavoured instant oats.
- Seedless Dates naturally sweeten the milk! You can add sugar too.
- Vanilla Extract – adds a nice flavour and aroma.
- Salt – to further enhance the flavour.
- Clean filtered water
- Ice cubes
How To Make Oat Milk
- Soak the rolled oats overnight in room-temperature water.
- The next day, rinse them with water to remove sliminess.
- Add the oats, clean filtered water, and ice cubes in a blender. Blend.
- Add the dates, vanilla extract and salt according to your preferred sweetness then blend again for less than a minute.
- For smoother consistency, pass the oat milk through a fine mesh strainer.
- Oat Milk is ready to use.
Tips To Avoid Slimy Oat Milk
Follow my tried and true tips to make non slimy oat milk each time.
- Soak rolled oats overnight to get rid of harmful phyletic acid.
- After soaking make sure to rinse the rolled oats with clean water to get rid of excess starch. This will ensure that the milk does not become too thick or slimy.
- Do not over-blend the mixture. Just process until it is creamy and slightly thick. The more you blend, the more starch and heat are released which causes a slimy texture that we want to avoid.
- Straining the milk will also help in removing excess starch after blending , so do not skip this step.
- I used ⅓ cup of rolled oats per 2 cups of water for the perfect consistency. You may adjust slightly to get the consistency you like but do not make it too thick.
How To Use Oat Milk
Because of its nutritional benefits, mild flavour, and creamy texture, you can use oat milk as a substitute for dairy milk 1:1 for almost any recipe.
- Add to beverages like hot or cold coffee, tea, hot chocolate , cereals, and oatmeal.
- You can also use it to make creamy smoothies, soups, and sauces.
- Use it for baking purposes! It is awesome for making cookies, bread, cupcakes, cakes, and other baked desserts.
- Because of the added flavourings, you can also enjoy this as it is with your favourite snacks or morning meal.
Storage Suggestion
Store oat milk in the refrigerator in an airtight container. Oat milk can sometimes thicken over time, so giving it a good shake before use can help restore its texture.
Homemade oat milk will last for about 2 to 3 days. Do not leave it at room temperature!
More Oats Recipes
- Oats Cutlet
- Oats Khichdi
- Oats Dal Chilla
- Overnight Oats
- Vegetable Oats Soup
- Mango Oats Smoothie
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Ingredients
- ▢ ⅓ Cup Rolled Oats
- ▢ 2 Cup filtered water, room temperature
- ▢ 2 dates, pitted
- ▢ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ▢ ⅛ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ▢ 2 ice cubes
Instructions
- Soak the rolled oats overnight in room-temperature water.
- The next day, rinse them with water to remove sliminess.
- Add the oats, clean filtered water, and ice cubes in a blender. Blend to make a smooth, creamy milk.
- Add the dates, vanilla extract and salt according to your preferred sweetness then blend again for a minute.
- For smoother consistency, pass the oat milk through a fine mesh strainer lined with a muslin cloth. Discard the residue.
- Oat Milk is ready to use. You can store it in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days in an airtight container or use immediately.
Recipe Notes:
- Adding dates as a sweetener is optional. You can substitute them with sugar, jaggery, stevia, or maple syrup.
- Do not over-blend the mixture. Just process until it is creamy and slightly thick. The more you blend, the more starch and heat are released which causes a slimy texture that we want to avoid.
- If the oat milk becomes too thick, just add a bit more water.
- In this oat milk-making process, there is very minimal residue left behind.
Nutrition
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Oat Milk Recipe
Equipment
- Mixing Bowl
- Blender
Ingredients
- ⅓ Cup Rolled Oats
- 2 Cup filtered water, room temperature
- 2 dates, pitted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt or to taste
- 2 ice cubes
Instructions
- Soak the rolled oats overnight in room-temperature water.
- The next day, rinse them with water to remove sliminess.
- Add the oats, clean filtered water, and ice cubes in a blender. Blend to make a smooth, creamy milk.
- Add the dates, vanilla extract and salt according to your preferred sweetness then blend again for a minute.
- For smoother consistency, pass the oat milk through a fine mesh strainer lined with a muslin cloth. Discard the residue.
- Oat Milk is ready to use. You can store it in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days in an airtight container or use immediately.
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Notes
- Adding dates as a sweetener is optional. You can substitute them with sugar, jaggery, stevia, or maple syrup.
- Do not over-blend the mixture. Just process until it is creamy and slightly thick. The more you blend, the more starch and heat are released which causes a slimy texture that we want to avoid.
- If the oat milk becomes too thick, just add a bit more water.
- In this oat milk-making process, there is very minimal residue left behind.
Nutrition
This is a spicy Indian-style sweet potato chaat recipe . The best part of this chaat recipe is the crispy air fryer sweet potatoes. You can serve it as a healthy snack for vrat (fasting).
Shakarkandi Ki Chaat
Shakarkandi is the Hindi term for sweet potatoes.
If you go on a food tour of Delhi during the winter season, the sweet potato chaat is the street food delicacy you cannot miss out on. It is commonly known as Shakarkandi Ki Chaat.
Traditionally for making chaat, the sweet potatoes are roasted in the fire till they are charred. After removing the skin, the soft smoked potato is diced and tossed with spices. A drizzle of lemon and fresh coriander jazz it all up.
A sweet potato is much healthier than a regular potato. Hence, many people include them while fasting (upvas) to get the required energy, nutrients, and calories.
I am sharing a delicious sweet potato chaat you can eat while fasting. It is a farali snack recipe.
Ingredients Required
Sweet Potato : Use any type of sweet potato, from orange skin to light pink, for making chaat.
Spices: If you make this chaat for vrat (fasting), add only black pepper powder and cumin powder. No other spices.
Ghee : It helps in air frying the potatoes.
Salt: Use only rock salt (sendha namak) for making farali chaat.
Other Ingredients: Lemon Juice, Fresh Coriander, Roasted Peanuts
How To Make
Step 1) Peel and discard the skin of sweet potatoes. Wash them nicely. Cut into bite-size pieces.
Step 2) Preheat the air fryer to 180-degree Celsius.
Step 3) Combine diced sweet potato, ghee, spices, salt, and ginger paste. Mix nicely to coat each piece of sweet potato with the masala and ghee (images 1 & 2) .
Step 4) Transfer the masala-coated sweet potatoes to the air fryer basket. Air Fry them for 20 minutes, shaking the basket twice.
Step 5) To make sweet potato chaat, transfer crisp, sweet potatoes to a bowl while they are hot. Sprinkle chopped coriander, drizzle lemon juice, and roasted peanuts. Toss them together nicely.
Before serving, drizzle sweet curd, green chutney , or sweet tamarind chutney over chaat if you prefer. Else, it tastes delicious without chutneys as well.
Serving Suggestion
You can serve sweet potato chaat in two ways.
One, without any accompaniments, simply tossed in spices, lemon juice, and fresh coriander leaves. This is a classic way to serve shakarkandi ki chaat.
Second, layering the crispy masala-coated sweet potatoes with curd, green chutney , and tamarind chutney like a true Indian chaat.
More Indian Chaat Recipes
- Corn Chaat
- Lobia Chaat
- Peanut Chaat
- Dahi Vada Chaat
- Dahi Papdi Chaat
- Bread Basket Chaat
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Ingredients
- ▢ 250 gram sweet potato (shakarkandi)
- ▢ 2 tablespoon ghee
- ▢ 1 teaspoon cumin powder (jeera powder)
- ▢ 1 teaspoon black pepper powder
- ▢ 1 teaspoon rock salt
- ▢ 1 teaspoon ginger paste
- ▢ 2 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander
- ▢ 2 tablespoon roasted peanuts
- ▢ 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ▢ 1 tablespoon pomegranate
Instructions
- Peel and discard the skin of sweet potatoes. Wash them nicely. Cut into bite-size pieces.
- Preheat the air fryer to 180-degree celsius.
- Combine diced sweet potato, ghee, spices, salt, and ginger paste. Mix nicely to coat each piece of sweet potato with the masala and ghee.
- Transfer the masala-coated sweet potatoes to the air fryer basket. Air Fry them for 20 minutes, shaking the basket twice for even cooking.
- To make sweet potato chaat, transfer crisp, sweet potatoes to a bowl while they are hot. Sprinkle chopped coriander, drizzle lemon juice, pomegranate, and roasted peanuts. Toss them together nicely.
- Before serving, drizzle sweet curd, green chutney , or sweet tamarind chutney over sweet potato chaat if you prefer. Else, it tastes delicious without chutneys as well.
Recipe Notes:
- If you are not making this chaat for fasting, add spices like Chaat Masala, Red Chili Powder, sev bhujia, or regular salt for the flavor.
- You can use white, yellow, or orange sweet potato for this chaat recipe.
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