Do you question yourself if we ever have a solution for finding quick and healthy breakfast ideas? Yes! The answer is always yes and here are 5 recipes for breakfast that can be prepared with ease and are also healthy.
Quick and Healthy Breakfast Recipes – 100% Vegetarian
So, without taking up any much of your time, here are 5 quick and healthy breakfast recipes:
Moong Daal Chilla
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup of moong dal (soak it overnight)
- 1/2 onion (chopped finely)
- 1 green chilly (chopped finely)
- 1/4 inch ginger (grated)
- Salt (according to taste)
- Coriander leaves (chopped finely)
- 1 teaspoon Olive Oil
- Cooking spray
Preparation
Blend the soaked moong dal. Now add all the chopped ingredients and mix it up. Next, heat a pan and spray cooking oil on it. When the pan is moderately hot, add a dollop of the long dal batter and spread it in a circle. Cook this on the pan for 2-3 minutes on both sides and serve it with chutney.
You can make more batter if need be. This mixture usually serves 2 people and can be prepared in maximum 30 minutes.
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Choley Kulche
Ingredients
To prepare Choley
- 2 cups of chickpeas (soak it overnight)
- 2 onions (chopped finely)
- 3 green chillies (chopped finely)
- 2 tomatoes (chopped finely)
- 2 inches ginger (chopped finely)
- Cinnamon stick (1 inch)
- 2 cardamom pods
- 3/4 cloves
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 2 teaspoons coriander powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 teaspoon Kashmiri red chilly powder
- Salt (according to taste)
- 1 teaspoon amchur
- 1/2 teaspoon garam masala
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Mint leaves (for garnish)
To prepare Kulcha
- 4 cups maida
- 6 tablespoons yogurt
- Baking soda (just a pinch)
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoon ghee
- Flour (for dusting)
- Oil or ghee (for frying)
- Coriander leaves (chopped finely)
Preparation
First, lets prepare the kulche. Mix all dry ingredients, then add yogurt and water to knead the dough. Now, cover this dough with a cloth and let it ferment for 2 hours. While cooking the Kulcha, add some fresh chopped coriander leaves to the mixture. Once the Kulcha is cooked in ghee/oil, let it sizzle and then place it in a basket and cover it.
Now to prepare choley, pressure cook the chickpeas with cinnamon, turmeric, and salt. Meanwhile heat the vegetable oil in a pan and add the chopped ginger and cumin seeds to it. After you cook this for 20 seconds, add the onions and let the mixture turn translucent. Then add chopped tomatoes, coriander powder, Kashmiri red chilly powder, salt, and chopped green chilies and cook this mixture for another 5 minutes. Make sure you mash the tomatoes with the spatula. Add the cooked chickpeas and mix it with this mixture. Cover the pan until it starts boiling, now add garam masala & amchur and stir it well. Now switch off the flame and garnish the dish with mint leaves and serve it with kulcha.
This will help serve 6 people with a preparation period of 2 & 1/2 hours.
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Besan Chilla
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup besan
- 1/2 onion (chopped finely)
- Coriander leaves
- Green chilly
- 1/2 teaspoon carom seeds or cumin seeds (ajwain or jeera)
- 1/4 teaspoon ginger (Grated)
- Turmeric powder (just a pinch)
- Chilly powder (just a pinch)
- 1/2 tomato (chopped finely)
- Water as required
- Salt (according to taste)
- 1 teaspoon oil/ghee
Preparation
Add all ingredients (except water and oil) with besan in a bowl and mix it up. Add half a cup of water and mix again. Now, if the batter is thick, add a little more water and smoothen the mixture. Then, heat up a pan and brush some oil or ghee. Now add some of the mixture and pour it on the pan. Circle out the mixture evenly and cover it with a lid to cook it. Now add oil/ghee and continue to cook the other side as well. Serve this with a chutney.
This recipe will serve 1 person and will take 20-30 minutes to prepare.
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Rava Dosa
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup rava/sooji
- 3 tablespoons maida
- 1/4 cup rice flour
- 2-3 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 onion (chopped finely)
- 2-3 green chillies (chopped finely)
- 1 inch ginger (grated)
- 1/2 to 1 cup of water
- Curry leaves
- Coriander leaves (chopped finely)
- Oil/Ghee
Preparation
Mix rava, maida, and rice flour in a bowl, add the grated ginger, chopped onion, and chillies. Now add curry leaves, cumin seeds, and a cup of water. Mix it well and make sure there aren’t any lumps. Set this mixture aside for 30 minutes. Now, heat up a pan and add oil to it. Pour a dallop of the batter and spread it out in a circle. Cook it on both sides for 2 minutes and serve this with coconut chutney.
Coconut Chutney
To make coconut chutney, take 1 cup grated coconut, a handful of chana dal, a handful of curry leaves, 2 red chillies, 2 teaspoons mustard seeds, 2 chopped green chilies, salt, and 2 tablespoons oil.
Blend the grated coconut with water. Now add oil to a pan and then add mustard seeds, dry red chili, curry leaves, and chana dal to the pan and cook it for 20 seconds. Now, add the coconut and cook for 1 minute. Turn the flame off and serve it when it cools.
This recipe easily serves 4 and only takes up 45 minutes to serve.
Muesli and Oats
There are always days when we don’t feel like preparing anything at all. On such days, all you need to do is take a bowl, add some muesli, add some oats, add fruits and milk. This is the quickest recipe of all and will only take up 5-10 minutes in preparation.
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