“Breakfast” as the name suggests re-energises one’s system after a long night’s break. And it’s essential to have a wholesome healthy meal for kids to kickstart the day in the right way.
We all have fussy eaters at home, don’t we? Here are a few healthy & nutritious breakfast recipes that can help kids function at optimum capacity throughout the day.
Multigrain Cheela
- Heat a sauté pan and add little oil to it.
- Add chopped vegetables of your kids choice and sauté for some time.
- Now add salt to taste and mix well. Remove the pan from the flame and let the vegetables cool.
- Once at room temperature, add grated paneer to the mixture and mix well.
- Mix wheat flour, gram flour and oats flour in a bowl. Add turmeric powder, Ajwain and salt in the bowl and mix well.
- Keep adding water to form a thick batter-like consistency.
- Mix all the ingredients well to prepare a batter. There should not be lumps in the batter.
- Make sure the consistency of the batter is thick. Once the batter is formed, cover with a lid and keep it aside for about 10-15 minutes.
- Heat a pan on medium flame, put 1 teaspoon oil and pour 2 tablespoons of the batter. Spread the batter in a circular motion till a thin layer is formed.
- Now pour some oil and flip it. Cook the cheela from both sides until it’s nice and crispy.
- Once cooked, put a spoonful of filling on it and flip one side onto the other to close it.
- Remove it from the pan once it is crispy and appears light brown in colour.
- Serve with mint-coriander chutney or tomato chutney.
Ragi Uttapam
- Combine 2 tbsp semolina and 2 tbsp yoghurt in a bowl and mix.
- Add a small cup of ragi flour, chopped onion, capsicum, tomatoes, carrot, cumin seeds, mustard seeds and mix well.
- Add some water, mix well and set aside for 5 minutes.
- Add curry leaves and salt to the prepared flour mixture and mix well.
- Heat the tawa and put a few drops of oil on the hot tawa and wipe with a tissue.
- Pour the prepared flour mixture, spread into a shape of Uttapam and roast till that side turns slightly golden and then flip.
- Cook the Uttapam till it turns crisp.
- Serve with homemade chutney.
Besan Cheela
- Combine 1 cup besan (gram flour) and some water in a bowl and mix.
- Add chopped onion, tomatoes, carrot and mix well.
- Add salt, mix well and set aside for 5 minutes.
- Heat the tawa and put a few drops of oil on the hot tawa and wipe with a tissue.
- Pour the prepared mixture, spread into a round shape and roast till that side turns slightly golden and then flip.
- Cook the besan cheela till it turns crisp.
- Serve with mint chutney or tomato ketchup.