Healthy and Instant Indian Breakfast!

Breakfast is the meal with which your day starts; hence it definitely needs to be healthy and nutritious. It is the source of energy in the beginning of day. The popular saying “Have breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper” is very true. Healthy breakfast enables you to stay fresh for the day ahead.

Breakfast thus should be rich in vitamins and minerals and low in fat so as to keep going all through the day. I would like to share some healthy and nutricious breakfast recipes which are low in fat content and at the same time can be made in less time.

Here are some of the healthy Indian breakfast recipes-

Vegetable Upma                                                               

Ingredients

1 cup Rava / Sooji (Semolina)
25 gms fried Cashew Nuts
1 inch Ginger choppe
1 chopped Onion
3 Green Chilies
1 Potato chopped
1 Capsicum chopped
1 Carrot chopped
1/4 cup Green Peas frozen or fresh
1 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Urad Daal
1 tsp Channa Daal
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder
Chili powder to taste (optional)
2 tblsp Oil
Few curry leaves
Finely chopped coriander leaves
1 tblsp Ghee
Lemon juice to taste

Steps:

• Sift rava through a muslin / cheese cloth or very fine sieve.
• Heat 1tbsp. pure ghee / unsalted butter and fry rava, on a moderate heat, stirring constantly to light brown color and set aside.
• Now heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and allow them to splatter.
• Add the dals, channa & urad & curry leaves to it and fry till they turn red.
• Add onion, ginger and green chilies. Sauté for 2-3 minutes.
• Add all the vegetables, turmeric & chili powder, and salt to taste.
• Now add 3 cups of water and cover the pan and allow it simmer on low heat until the vegetables are done.
• Add the fried rava to it stirring constantly till it becomes little thick.
• Take off from the heat and lemon juice if desired.
• Serve hot garnished with cashews and coriander.

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Vegetable Poha

Ingredients

2 cups Poha (Beaten Rice)
1 Potatoes
1 Onions
2 Green Chilies
1 tsp Chana dal
1 tsp Urad dal
1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 sprig Curry leaves
2 tsp Peanuts
4 tblsp Oil
1 pinch Turmeric powder
1 Lemon
Few Coriander leaves
Salt to taste

Steps:

• Soak the poha in water. Wash and drain all the water.
• Add some salt, turmeric powder, keep aside.
• Peel and cut the potatoes into small cubes, chop the onions, chilies, coriander leaves.
• Heat oil and put chana dal, urad dal, mustard seeds, peanuts, curry leaves and fry until they crackle.
• Add potatoes, sauté for few minutes, then add chopped onions, chilies.
• Cook till they are done. Add the poha, coriander leaves and stir.
• Keep it on slow flame for 5- 7 minutes.
• Let it cool for sometime and add then lemon juice.

You can serve poha and upma with coconut and coriander chutney too.

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