Cheese Uttapam

What you need:
1 packet instant dosa mix (200 grams)
For the topping
4 tablespoons grated cheese
2 green chillies, finely chopped
butter for cooking

Method
1. Make the dosa mixture according to the instructions on the packet
2. Grease a non-stick frying pan. Spread 4 to 5 spoonfuls of the mixture at a time.
3. Spread a little butter around in the pan and cook for a few minutes.
4. Spread a little grated cheese, green chilli and turn each round on the other side and cook for a few minutes.

Tasty Parathas

What you need
1 1/2 teacups plain flour (maida)
1 1/2 teacups wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon melted butter or ghee
a little milk
For the stuffing
1 teacup chana dal
2 green chillies, chopped
1 teaspoon chopped coriander
1 onion, chopped
1 teaspoon fresh ginger, chopped
salt to taste
Other ingredients
ghee or oil

Method for the dough
1. Mix the plain flour, wheat flour, salt and butter. Add enough milk to make a soft dough.
2. Knead the dough very well and keep aside for 15 minutes.
3. Divide the dough into 12 equal parts and roll out into rounds with the help of a little flour.

Method for the stuffing
1. Wash the chana dal and soak in water for 1 hour.
2. Boil plenty of water, add the chana dal and salt and cook till tender. Drain and cool.
3. Add the green chillies, coriander, onion and ginger.

Finally the paranthas
1. Put 2 tablespoons of the stuffing in the centre of each dough round and fold like an envelope from all corners.
2. Put the round on a tava with the open edges at the bottom. Cook for a few minutes using ghee or oil. Turn over on the other side and cook again until crisp.
3. Repeat for the remaining rounds and stuffing.
4. Serve hot with curds.

Light Uttapam Breakfast

What you need
1 teacup green peas
1/2 teacup rice flour
1/2 teacup gram flour (besan)
2 pinches soda bi-carb
3 green chillies, chopped
1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder
ghee or oil for frying
salt to taste
For the topping
grated carrots
grated cheese
chopped tomatoes
chilli powder

Method
1. Crush the green peas in a mixer.
2. Add both the flours, green chillies, turmeric powder, soda bi-carb and salt and make a batter like dosa by adding enough water.
3. Spread a little batter round 50 mm. (2") in diameter on a tava.
4. Sprinkle a little topping and smear a little ghee on it.
5. When cooked on one side, turn it over and cook the other side for a few seconds.
6. Repeat for the remaining batter and topping.
7. Serve hot with butter.

Breakfast Pancakes

What you need:

1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
1/2 cup cornflour
3/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons melted butter
a pinch salt


Method
1. Mix the plain flour, cornflour, milk, salt and 1/2 cup of water. Mix very well until no lumps remain.
2. Grease a 125 mm. (5") diameter non-stick pan with the butter.
3. Pour 2 tablespoons of the batter, tilt the pan around quickly so that the batter coats the pan evenly.
4. When the sides starts to peel off, turn the pancake around and cook the other side for 30 seconds.
5. Repeat for the remaining batter, greasing the pan with butter when required.

Upma

There are many variations of Upma available from a quick 2 min receipe to something that takes upto 15 mins

Here is mine:
1) 1 cup Rava /Fine Sooji (Semolina)
2) 1 chopped onion
3) 1/4 cup peanuts
4) 1 green chillies
5) 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
6) 1/2 teanspoon lime juice

Instructions:
1) Fry rava in 1/2 teaspoon oil until light brown
2) Heat 1 teaspoon oil in another pan and fry onion until light brown
3) Add peanuts and fry for 2 mins with #2
4) Add fried rava to pan
5) Add green chillies, salt to taste
6) Add lime juice
7) Add 2 cups of water and mix well

Leave it for 5 mins for the mixture to thicken. Keep it covered

Consume after 5 mins

Light breakfast

This is quick and light for breakfast

1) Heat one spoon oil in pan
2) Add mustard & sesame seeds
3) Add 2 spoon peanuts and fry until dark brown
4) Wash puffed rice in water. Leave for 2 mins.
5) In the washed rice add 1/4 tumeric powder, 1 cut green chilli, 1 spoon sugar, 1 spoon lemon juice and salt to taste. Note: add this to the puffed rice and not to the pan
6) Add puffed rice mix to pan and stir well - keep on low heat
7) Sprinkle 1 spoon water and keep stirring to ensure rice doesn't stick
8) Leave it covered and cook for 2 mins.
9) Mix well

It is now ready to eat

Healthy & Light breakfast

Today I write about making Poha. This is usually made for breakfast from flattened rice. This is easily available in markets. There are two kinds - very flat like paper and mid sized. You will need mid-sized Poha for this dish

1) Wash poha is water and remove excess water.
2) Add a tea spoon of oil to pan and heat
3) Add cummin seeds and mustard speeds (1/2 spoon each)
4) Cut 2 green chillies into small piece and add to pan
5) Add 2-3 tea spoons of peanuts
6) Fry until peanuts turn dark drown
7) Add washed Poha
8) Add salt to taste - mix well
9) Cover and leave for 5 mins
10) Mix well and it is ready to eat

You can also add potato at #5 above if you like it

Lemon Rice

Another breakfast item which is light on your stomach

1. Take a cup of boiled rice (one cup of water with one cup of rice cooked in microwave for 15 mins)
2. Take one spoonful of oil and heat in bowl
3. Add cumin seeds & curry leaves (you can skip curry leaves if you can't find any)
4. Add one spoon of lime juice
5. Add quarter spoon of turmeric powder
6. Mix well and cook for 2 mins (cover the bowl)

Let it cool for 5 mins, mix well and have a happy breakfast