Breakfast being the most important meal of the day needs to be dealt with carefully. Preferably, something light yet healthy shoud be eaten. A few things that Indians make for breakfast and fulfil these two criterion's are:

1. Aval Upma

Ingredients:

1.  Rice flakes – 1 cup
2.  Onion - 1 sliced
3.  Green chillies – 2
4.  Red chilli – 1
5.  Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp
6.  Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
7.  Urad dal - ½ tsp
8.  Channa dal - ½ tsp
9.  Coriander leaves – few
10. Oil – 1 tsp
11. Salt – to taste
12. Coconut – ¼ cup (grated)
13. Curry leaves – few

Preparation:

Clean and wash the rice flakes. Completely drain the water and keep aside.

Take a kadai and heat with 1 tsp of oil. Then add mustard seeds, urad dal, channa dal and curry leaves.

Fry till it turns golden brown colour.

Then add sliced onion and slitted green chillies. Fry till it turns into golden brown colour.

Now add the aval, turmeric powder and salt. Sprinkle with little amount of water.

Finally add coriander leaves and remove from the stove.

Serve with coconut chutney or pickle.

2. Wheat Dosa

1. Wheat flour - 1 cup
2. Rice flour - ¼ cup
3. Onion - 1 finely chopped
4. Green chillies - 2
5. Salt - to taste

Preparation:

Take a bowl and add wheat flour and rice flour. Mix well. Then add finely chopped onions, green chillies and salt.

Add water to this mixture slowly and mix it well till it gets consistency of dosa batter.

Then heat a flat pan. When it becomes hot pour a spoon full of this batter and spread it.

Sprinkle oil around the dosa. When it turns golden brown on the bottom then turn it the other side and remove it in 5 seconds.

Serve hot.

 

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