Know Your Food - Healthy Breakfast Options

Breakfast can be a tricky meal. You don’t want to have the same dish every day, but you also want to have healthy alternatives. After a lot of experimenting and taste testing, here is what the Foodism team came up with. Hope you enjoy eating these amazing breakfast options!

Rajma Cutlet 

Ingredients 

  • 1 cup rajma (soaked overnight)
  • 1 big potato boiled and grated
  • 2 green chillies
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tsp each garam masala, coriander, turmeric, 
  • ½ tsp jeera powder, amchur
  • Salt and pepper 
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Method

  • Crush soaked rajma, chilli, olive oil and garlic cloves together.
  • Put all the spices and salt and pepper in the grated potato and mix.
  • Add crushed rajma mix to the potato and combine well.
  • Make small balls out of the mixture and flatten them by hand or spatula.
  • Heat a pan and put 1 spoon of oil or butter.
  • Fry the cutlets and serve with pudina chutney!

You can also freeze the balls for up to 2 days in a ziplock bag.

Super Easy Tomato and Ricotta Brioche!

  • Take a slice of a baguette of any fresh bread you have and toast it without butter or ghee.
  • Cut tomato slices and roast them over the flame in a skewer. (Use Olive Oil for basting)
  • Crumble ricotta cheese and put salt and pepper in it.
  • Spread it on the toasted bread and top it with charred tomato slices and olive oil.

Your breakfast is ready!

Bread and Hummus 

Ingredients 

  • 1 cup chickpeas (soaked overnight)
  • 2 green chillies
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • Turmeric
  • Tahini - Sesame seed paste
  • ½ tsp jeera powder, amchur
  • Salt and pepper 
  • 1/4th cup olive oil

Method

  • Cook soaked chickpeas in pressure cooker toll 2 to 3 whistles and let it cool.
  • Crush the chickpeas, garlic and chillies with olive oil.
  • Add tahini, salt, pepper, turmeric, jeera powder and amchur and mix well.
  • Toast a fresh piece of bread without any fat.
  • Spread the hummus on the toast and your healthy breakfast is ready!

Now you are all set for your daily breakfasts!