I personally think (and its proven as well) that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. A good healthy and nutritious breakfast, half the problems are solved 🙂 So this Friday let me focus on some yummy and nutritious breakfasts… yeah yeah u got it right, I am posting multiple recipes here. There are so many recipes I want to post and so little Fridays 😉
Sprouts Dhokla
Sprouts is a food whose goodness has been emphasized on this blog too often 😉 I love sprouts in any form and the fact that they are yummilicous too adds to it. Also sprouts have a distinct flavor that suddenly gives any dish a pep up. I saw this sprouts dhokla recipe in one of the magazines (I think Food lovers) long long back and since then I have been making this at home quite often. Easy, yummy, healthy and low cal…. Can we ask for anything else ?
Ingredients
- 100 gm gram flour
- 200 gm sprouted bean sprouts, pureed
- 1 cup curd blended
- 1 tsp green chilli paste
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp eno fruit salt
- 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1 tsp oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- for the tempering
- 1 tsp mustard seeds
- 2 tsp oil
- 3-4 green chillies slit vertically
- coriander and curry leaves for garnish
Method
- In a bowl mix gram flour, curd, pureed sprouts and water to form a smooth batter of thick consistency. Add salt, mix and set aside for 4 hours covered with a lid (I left it overnight)
- Add the green chilli paste (the original recipe also asks for ginger paste which I skipped I really dont know why), turmeric to the batter and mix well
- Keep the steamer or cooker ready on the burner and grease ur steaming dish (I have a lovely dhokla maker at home… basically its a stack of three steel plates which go in the cooker, just like idly plates… so helpful)
- Mix eno, oil and lemon juice. Add the mixture to the batter and mix well
- Pour in the steaming dish and steam for about 10-12 mins or till done. Cool completely before taking out and cut in big cubes
- For the tempering, heat the oil in a small pan. Add mustard seeds, when they splutter add the curry leaves and green chillies.
- Fry for a minute and pour over the dhokla, garnish with coriander and serve with green chutney
Green Oat Cakes
or in simple language pan fried oat cutlets 😉
Oats is such a healthy grain. I simply love it (atleast in my mind I think I should love it 😉 ) but none in my house even touches the oats porridge however tasty I make it by adding fruits, dry fruits, anything… everyone refuses to touch it. 😦 So I am on the constant lookout of Oats recipes… and when I stumbled upon this one yes yes Nita Mehta’s book again (gosh I have fallen in love with her… her recipes always always work) I was delighted… and when I made it the MNO household was delighted too… the servings for 4 was polished off by 2.5 of us in 10 minutes 😀
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats – roasted in a kadhai for 5 minutes on low heat till golden
- 1/2 cup boiled peas
- 1 cup chopped spinach
- 1 green chilli – chopped
- 1 tbsp fresh coriander
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
- salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 2 tsp lemon juic
- 1 tsp oil
Method
- Wash spinach and put in a kadhai. Cover and cook on low heat for 5 minutes
- Add 1 green chilli and chopped corainder. Add the roasted oats and mix well
- Put in a grinder and grind to a rough paste. Add all the other ingredients.
- Add 4-4 tbsp of water to make the mixture bind together.
- Add lemon juice to taste.
- Divide into 8-10 balls depending on what size u want. Flatten them a little. Pan fry in a non-stick pan in 1 tsp oil till golden brown. Serve hot with ketchup and salad.
And while we are at oats one of my favorite breakfasts.. oats dosa or crepe whatever u want to call it 😉
Oats Dosa
Ingredients
- 1 cup oats
- 1/4 semolina (sooji)
- 1/4 cup wheat flour (atta)
- 1/2 cup curd
- 2 cups water
- 1 green chilli chopped (or alternatively put a little red chilli powder)
- 1 bunch methi leaves chopped ( u can use any other vegie also if u like)
- handful of chopped coriander
- salt to taste
- oil/ghee/butter for making dosa
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together and set aside for half an hour
- Spread on the tava to make like dosa’s using oil, ghee, butter or if the non stick tava is nice than it will come with anything too
cook both sides till golden brown and serve with chutney’s of ur choice
So what tell me what are your favorite breakfast recipes?
And on a side note one item has been ticked in my wishlist… I got a Canon SX 200IS yesterday and I have been supremely happy till now… hopefully u guys will get better food pics now, from such a long time the only camera I had was my cellphone one….
