5 Healthy Breakfast Options with Recipe
- Nainja
- Jul 13, 2018
- 4 min read
I recently posted a video on my YouTube channel about 5 Healthy Breakfast Options which you can easily include in your daily dietary routine.
A lot of you actually asked for the recipe, both online and offline and i am very happy to see that actually people are looking for healthy and wholesome options of food to include in their diet. Well, the goal of these kind of videos are to make you aware that there are so many healthy foods which are very easy to prepare and will take no time to cook and you can incorporate these foods in your busy life to keep yourself healthy. BTW, you can watch the video here:
Well, you will find two of those recipes already on my blog. One is Homemade Almond Milk and the other one is Healthy Chickpea Sandwich. I am going to post rest of the recipes in this post. So, without taking much time of yours i am going to jump straight on to the recipes now.
1. Oats with Homemade Almond Milk
It is actually very easy to cook oats. Oats are high in protein and has soluble fiber, which is very good for our gut. But i would suggest you to buy plain oats from the market and totally avoid the packaged masala oats.
Recipe
Ingredients:
Plain Oats: 1 cup
Water: 2 cups
Method:
Dry roast the oats in a pan till it turns golden brown.
Now, boil water in another pan and once it starts boiling, add oats to it.
Keep stirring it occasionally for about 1-2 mins and make sure that the flame is low.
Your oats have been cooked now. You can check it by pressing it between your fingers just like we check cooked rice.
You can add more water if required and can add sugar if you need.
Now, transfer it in a bowl and add homemade almond milk before serving.
2. Besan Cheela
Besan cheela is a very common breakfast in most of our Indian homes. It is very good source of protein and has a unique tasty flavor.
Recipe
Ingredients:
Bengal gram flour (Besan): 3-4 tbsp
Water: 1 cup
Onion: half, finely chopped
Tomato: half, finely chopped
Red chilli powder: 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste
Oil: 1-2 tbsp
Method:
Make a batter of besan with water. It should not be very thick or very thin. It should have medium consistency. You can adjust the water quantity according to the requirement.
Now, add finely chopped onion and tomatoes. You can add any other pre-cooked vegetable of your choice like peas, shredded carrot or shredded cabbage etc.
Now, add the seasonings like red chilli powder and salt. In addition, you can also add dried methi leaves, chaat masala etc., if you like. Mix it well.
Heat a pan over the gas and add a little oil to grease the pan.
Pour 1 tbsp of the batter and spread it all over the pan, just like you do while making an omelette.
When you feel it is cooked from the other side, spread little oil over it and flip it over.
Again put some oil on the sides of the cheela to cook it completely. It will take around 2-3 minutes to cook a cheela.
Make sure that the flame is low all the time.
Prepare the other one following the same proceedure.
Now, transfer it in a plate and serve it with green chutney, a cup of chai (tea) or green tea and a seasonal fruit.
3. Green Moong and Kala Channa Sprouts Chaat
No breakfast recipe can be easier than this one. You can make it in no time.
Recipe
Ingredients:
Kala channa sprouts: 1 cup
Green gram sprouts: 1 cup
Onion: half, finely chopped
Tomato: half, finely chopped
Salt: to taste
Lemon: half
Method:
Take the sprouts in a bowl.
Now add, chopped onion and tomato.
Add salt and squeeze lemon over it.
Mix well and your breakfast is ready.
Serve it with a seasonal fruit, any healthy beverage and few nuts.
Keep in mind that sprouts are very low in calories. So, do not forget to combine it with any other calorie-dense food like nuts etc.
4. Veg Quinoa
Again a very healthy, tasty, filling and easy to make recipe. You can easily switch quinoa with rice in your diet, as it gives you the same texture and experience as rice and the good thing is that it is very less in calories when compared to the rice. Quinoa cooks in a very less time as compared to the other grains. That is why; it can be easily included in your breakfast.
Recipe
Ingredients:
Cooked Quinoa: 1 cup
Cooked Peas: 1/2 cup
Cooked Carrots: 1/2 cup
Potato: 1 no, thinly sliced
Onion: half, finely chopped
Tomato: half, finely chopped
Red Chili Powder: 1/2 tsp
Turmeric Powder: 1/4 tsp
Ginger-Garlic Paste: 1/2 tsp
Cumin Seeds (jeera): 1/4 tsp
Oil: 2 tsp
Salt: to taste
Lemon: half
Method:
First of all, you need to know that how you can cook the quinoa. Well, watch this video How to cook Quinoa Properly.
Now, once you have cooked quinoa, keep it aside.
Take a pan and add oil in it. Once the oil is hot, put cumin seeds in it.
When the seeds start to splutter, add onion and saute it for 2-3 mins, till it turns golden brown.
Now add, potato and let it cook. this will take another 2-3 mins.
Once the potato is cooked, add tomato, peas and carot and let it cook again till the tomatoes are cooked.
Add ginger-garlic paste, red chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt and saute it for another 5-7 mins till the spices are cooked nicely.
Now, add the coked quinoa and mix well. Add water if needed and cover it.
Let it cook finally for 1-2 mins and your breakfast is ready.
Transfer it in a bowl and when cooled a bit, squeeze lemon over it.
Serve it with a seasonal fruit and a healthy beverage.
If you don't have quinoa, you can easily replace it with bulgur wheat (dalia). The recipe and ingredients will be same.
I hope, you will find all of these recipes and options helpful. Please give your feedback on YouTube or here, below in the comment section.
Have you tried any of this recipe? How was your experience, please share with us through the comment section below and yes, please share your pics with me on instagram, facebook or twitter (#nainjakapoor).
Be happy and stay healthy!!
Nainja
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