It's usually a long week of hectic schedules and skipping meals, be it at work in the office or busy client meetings; but it is high time that we understand the importance of breakfast. To get you going for the entire day, you need a lot of energy and for that skipping meals is definitely not a wise thing to do. If you are a regular offender in skipping your lunch, then you should probably focus more on your breakfast; as they say, one should have their breakfast like a king, lunch like a common man and dinner like a beggar. Yes, it is the key to a healthy lifestyle that not only helps you stay fit but also keeps unwanted diseases at bay.
Enough said we know you don't plan to get late for your office, so these quick breakfast hacks come handy to save your day.
1. Bread-omelette
It won't be wrong to call it one of the most preferred breakfast of the Indians, quite easy to make and just gets done in 5 minutes.
Ingredients
4 Loaf of bread
2 Eggs
Onions (1/2 chopped)
salt (1/2 tsp)
Pepper Powder
Method
Heat oil in a pan, in the meantime, break the eggs in a bowl, add the chopped onion and salt and whisk it thoroughly. once the oil gets heated, spread the oil in the entire pan.
Take 2 pieces of bread, dip it in the bowl containing whisked egg and place it on the pan, after 10 seconds toss the bread to cook the other side. Repeat for the next two loafs.
Once done take it out, sprinkle black pepper powder and serve it with Ketchup
2. Egg Masala Maggi
Remember those hostel days where maggi used to be your staple diet. Yes, it had always been there to rescue you when you needed to relieve yourself from quick cravings. Even this time it comes highly handy when you are running late and famished at the same time.
How ?? Read on :
Ingredients
Nestle Maggi 1 Packet
Oil (2 Tbsp)
Onion finely chopped (1)
2 Eggs
Green Peas
Salt (2)
Preparation
Heat the pan on a medium flame and add the oil.
Once the oil has heated, add the green peas.
Break Open the eggs and add a pinch of salt and scramble it.
Cook the scrambled egg till it turns solid.
Now Break the Noodles and add it to the pan and mix the eggs and cook for 20 seconds.
Add two Cups of water and then add the Masala packet that comes along with the noodle in the pack.
Stir it well and let it boil for 2 minutes till the consistency is achieved.
Take it out on a plate and serve hot.
3. Sooji / Rava Upma
Not purely south Indian, this is also a famous breakfast for the north Indians, purely simple quick and easy to make, this dish surely does justice as a breakfast.
Ingredients
1 cup semolina/sooji/rava (fine variety)
1 medium sized onion, chopped finely
1 green chilly, chopped
½ inch ginger grated or chopped finely
2.5 cups water
1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 sprig of curry leaves/kadi patta
10 to 12 cashew nuts/kaju
2 tbsp oil or ghee
salt as required
Preparation
Finely chop 1 medium sized onion, 1 to 2 green chillies and ½ inch ginger and take the 8 to 10 curry leaves, 10 to 12 cashews. Now heat a pan and add 1 cup Rava (sooji), roast it till it looks dry and fragrant (DO NOT roast it to brown). Transfer it to a plate separately and keep aside.
Now add 2 Tbsp of oil/ghee and add mustard seeds till it crackles, now add 1/2 Tsp cumin seeds and fry till it turns light brown. Now add the cashews and fry it till it turns golden. Now add the finely chopped onions. saute the onions till they become translucent.
Then add the chopped green chilly, ginger, curry leaves. saute for a minute.
then add 2.5 cups water to this mixture. Add salt as required. On a medium to high flame, heat the water and let it come to a to a boiling.
when the water comes to a boil, lower the flame to its lowest and add the Rava/Sooji to it. Stir it immediately to prevent it from coagulating and settling. Now cover and allow the Sooji/Rava upma to steam for 2 minutes on the low flame. Switch off the flame.
Serve it hot with coconut chutney.
4. Poha
This is another quick and regular breakfasts at homes.
This is not only very delicious but also quick and known as mom's favourite for their school kids. Coz it is dry and doesn't mess the school bag. It was one of my mom's favourite when it came to a tasty breakfast. Now I cook it when I want to have my breakfast and am running late for my office at the same time.
Ingredients
2 cup of Poha (500 ml)
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
10 to 12 cashews or 1 tbsp peanuts
1 red chili
1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
½ inch ginger/adrak, finely chopped
8 to 10 curry leaves/kadi patta
1 medium onion, finely chopped or ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
Preparation
Rinse the thick poha in water in a colander or strainer for a couple of times. the poha just need to get softened. so rinse gently.
add ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt to the poha.
mix gently. keep aside.
Now in a pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and add 1 tsp mustard seeds.
when the mustard seeds crackle, add cashew/peanuts. Cook it by uniform stirring and saute till the cashews/peanuts turn golden. Now add ⅓ cup finely chopped onion, 1 tsp finely chopped ginger, 1 tsp chopped green chilies, 1 dry red chili, 8 to 10 curry leaves.
Saute till the onions turn translucent.Now add the poha, stir and mix gently till everything gets evenly mixed. Now cover the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes on a low flame.
Transfer it to a plate and serve it with a lime juice.
5. Fruit yogurt
Yogurt is one thing that keeps your stomach cool and going for the day. So its not ust limited to be merely a snack but it also makes a perfect breakfast recipe.
Ingredients
Fruits like papaya, strawberry, grapes, pineapple.
Dry Fruits: Nuts, cashew, raisins(kishmis)
Honey
Preparation
Cut the fruits into medium sized pieces, cut the dry fruits into small peces but not finely chopped.
Take Yogurt in bowl, add the fruits, dry fruits and honey. Mix it well and just enjoy it.
Enough said we know you don't plan to get late for your office, so these quick breakfast hacks come handy to save your day.
1. Bread-omelette
It won't be wrong to call it one of the most preferred breakfast of the Indians, quite easy to make and just gets done in 5 minutes.
Ingredients
4 Loaf of bread
2 Eggs
Onions (1/2 chopped)
salt (1/2 tsp)
Pepper Powder
Method
Heat oil in a pan, in the meantime, break the eggs in a bowl, add the chopped onion and salt and whisk it thoroughly. once the oil gets heated, spread the oil in the entire pan.
Take 2 pieces of bread, dip it in the bowl containing whisked egg and place it on the pan, after 10 seconds toss the bread to cook the other side. Repeat for the next two loafs.
Once done take it out, sprinkle black pepper powder and serve it with Ketchup
2. Egg Masala Maggi
How ?? Read on :
Ingredients
Nestle Maggi 1 Packet
Oil (2 Tbsp)
Onion finely chopped (1)
2 Eggs
Green Peas
Salt (2)
Preparation
Heat the pan on a medium flame and add the oil.
Once the oil has heated, add the green peas.
Break Open the eggs and add a pinch of salt and scramble it.
Cook the scrambled egg till it turns solid.
Now Break the Noodles and add it to the pan and mix the eggs and cook for 20 seconds.
Add two Cups of water and then add the Masala packet that comes along with the noodle in the pack.
Stir it well and let it boil for 2 minutes till the consistency is achieved.
Take it out on a plate and serve hot.
3. Sooji / Rava Upma
Ingredients
1 cup semolina/sooji/rava (fine variety)
1 medium sized onion, chopped finely
1 green chilly, chopped
½ inch ginger grated or chopped finely
2.5 cups water
1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
½ tsp cumin seeds/jeera
1 sprig of curry leaves/kadi patta
10 to 12 cashew nuts/kaju
2 tbsp oil or ghee
salt as required
Preparation
Finely chop 1 medium sized onion, 1 to 2 green chillies and ½ inch ginger and take the 8 to 10 curry leaves, 10 to 12 cashews. Now heat a pan and add 1 cup Rava (sooji), roast it till it looks dry and fragrant (DO NOT roast it to brown). Transfer it to a plate separately and keep aside.
Now add 2 Tbsp of oil/ghee and add mustard seeds till it crackles, now add 1/2 Tsp cumin seeds and fry till it turns light brown. Now add the cashews and fry it till it turns golden. Now add the finely chopped onions. saute the onions till they become translucent.
Then add the chopped green chilly, ginger, curry leaves. saute for a minute.
then add 2.5 cups water to this mixture. Add salt as required. On a medium to high flame, heat the water and let it come to a to a boiling.
when the water comes to a boil, lower the flame to its lowest and add the Rava/Sooji to it. Stir it immediately to prevent it from coagulating and settling. Now cover and allow the Sooji/Rava upma to steam for 2 minutes on the low flame. Switch off the flame.
Serve it hot with coconut chutney.
4. Poha
This is another quick and regular breakfasts at homes.
This is not only very delicious but also quick and known as mom's favourite for their school kids. Coz it is dry and doesn't mess the school bag. It was one of my mom's favourite when it came to a tasty breakfast. Now I cook it when I want to have my breakfast and am running late for my office at the same time.
Ingredients
2 cup of Poha (500 ml)
2 tbsp oil
1 tsp mustard seeds/rai
10 to 12 cashews or 1 tbsp peanuts
1 red chili
1 or 2 green chilies, chopped
½ inch ginger/adrak, finely chopped
8 to 10 curry leaves/kadi patta
1 medium onion, finely chopped or ⅓ cup finely chopped onion
Preparation
Rinse the thick poha in water in a colander or strainer for a couple of times. the poha just need to get softened. so rinse gently.
add ½ tsp turmeric powder and salt to the poha.
mix gently. keep aside.
Now in a pan, heat 2 tbsp oil and add 1 tsp mustard seeds.
when the mustard seeds crackle, add cashew/peanuts. Cook it by uniform stirring and saute till the cashews/peanuts turn golden. Now add ⅓ cup finely chopped onion, 1 tsp finely chopped ginger, 1 tsp chopped green chilies, 1 dry red chili, 8 to 10 curry leaves.
Saute till the onions turn translucent.Now add the poha, stir and mix gently till everything gets evenly mixed. Now cover the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes on a low flame.
Transfer it to a plate and serve it with a lime juice.
5. Fruit yogurt
Yogurt is one thing that keeps your stomach cool and going for the day. So its not ust limited to be merely a snack but it also makes a perfect breakfast recipe.
Ingredients
Fruits like papaya, strawberry, grapes, pineapple.
Dry Fruits: Nuts, cashew, raisins(kishmis)
Honey
Preparation
Cut the fruits into medium sized pieces, cut the dry fruits into small peces but not finely chopped.
Take Yogurt in bowl, add the fruits, dry fruits and honey. Mix it well and just enjoy it.
