BREAKFAST BASKET
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Amazing Healthy Indian Breakfast
1.) If you really want something filling, try lightly tossed vegetables with whole wheat bread.
Nothing fried or starchy.
Calories : 110 (1 cup)
2.) Substitute medu vada with idlis as they are healthier and steamed, not fried. Plus have it
with sambhar as you will get your vegetable dose from it too!
Calories : Idli: 100
Sambhar: 150
3.) Opt for baked sabudana vadas as they are healthier than the friend variant. Also, replace
that ketchup with home-made coriander and mint chutney.
Calories : 110
4.) Have a sprouts salad with added chopped vegetables. Just drizzle a little olive oil over the
salad, add a dash of lemon, salt pepper and you're good to go!
Calories : 140
5.) Opt for a sandwich as it is healthier. Chuck that white bread out of the window. And before
you pounce on brown bread, make sure it is truly healthy, and not just coloured brown.
Make up a healthy sandwich with multigrain bread, chutney, vegetables like onions, cucumbers, beetroot,
tomatoes, lettuce or get creative and add random vegetables. Top it with salsa(sauce) instead of ketchup
and it will make an interesting variation.
Calories : 110
6.) Go easy on the wheat flour and try making a paratha with other grains; ragi, jowar, bajra
(you can even try a mix of the three), etc and do not stuff your parathas with just aloo.
Experiment with vegetables too - you can add onions, capscicum, crushed peas, carrots, mint leaves
along with potatoes to the paratha. It will not only add taste to your paratha but even make
it healthier. Also, roast it on the pan with very little oil instead of frying. Team it up with fresh curd
and chutney instead of pickle. Voila! Healthy breakfast ready!
Calories : 80
7.) Have boiled eggs or an egg omelette with fresh grilled vegetables, boiled chicken and a fruit. If you want pancakes, have a dosa instead (without oil or butter) and have sambhar with it.
Calories : Egg boiled : 80
Egg omelette : 154
Dosa :120 Sambhar:150
8.) Cook up a storm with oats. Get out the oats, boil them in water, add spices like salt, chillies,
turmeric, chaat masala, etc to your taste, add chopped fresh vegetables like onions, carrots, peas,
capcisum, etc, boil the mixture and there!
Calories : 210
9.) Have white steamed dhoklas with mint and dates chutney. Dhoklas are steamed pancakes made
of a mixture of rice and urad dal. Skip the soda and the oil garnish. Instead, top them with sesame
seeds before steaming and finely chopped coriander before serving. The dates chutney and mint are healthy too!
Calories : 250
10.) Have just the poha and for the sweet fix, opt for a milkshake or a honey-drizzled fruit. Also, do
away with the potatoes in your poha. Have it with onion and peas, without the sev. Instead garnish
it with grated coconut and a drizzle of lemon juice.
Calories : 250
- By Yusra Sajid
