Breakfast
Aloo Paratha
Wholewheat flatbread stuffed with spiced mashed potato and griddled in ghee until blistered. The Punjabi breakfast…
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Indian breakfast recipes
26 Indian breakfast recipes, in a suggested order.
These are the 26 Indian recipes filed under breakfast: 26 of the 324 breakfasts on the site, and 26 of its 290 Indian recipes. Of these, 12 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Masala Omelette (11 min), Bread Omelette (13 min) and Egg Bhurji (15 min). For 13, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 14 easy, 10 medium and 2 hard.
As written, 25 are vegetarian, 9 vegan, 13 gluten-free and 11 dairy-free. Another recipe meets a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Indian breakfasts
Breakfast
Idli Sambar
Steamed rice and lentil cakes, sour from natural fermentation and light as a sponge, served with a tamarind-sharp…
Breakfast
Masala Dosa
A paper-thin, tangy fermented crêpe wrapped around spiced potato, with coconut chutney and sambar alongside. South…
Breakfast
Besan Chilla
Savoury pancakes of gram flour batter with onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander, cooked on a hot pan.
Breakfast
Bombay Sandwich
Green chutney, sliced vegetables and butter between white bread, pressed on a griddle and buried in sev. Twenty-five…
Breakfast
Bread Omelette
A street-food omelette of beaten egg with onion, chilli and coriander, cooked with slices of buttered bread.
Breakfast
Egg Bhurji
Indian scrambled eggs with onion, tomato and green chilli, cooked hard and fast. Fifteen minutes, two pans of…
Breakfast
Gobi Paratha
Flatbreads of whole wheat dough stuffed with a spiced grated cauliflower filling, cooked on a hot pan with ghee.
Breakfast
Kerala Puttu
Cylinders of steamed rice flour layered with grated coconut, soft and crumbly, served with curry or banana and sugar.
Breakfast
Masala Omelette
Eggs whisked with green chilli, onion, tomato and coriander and cooked in a pan for 6 minutes with a pinch of…
Breakfast
Masala Toast
Buttered bread slices spread with a spiced mix of onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander, then toasted in a pan.
Breakfast
Medu Vada
Doughnut-shaped urad dal fritters, crisp outside and airy in. The hardest simple thing in a south Indian kitchen.
Breakfast
Methi Paratha
Layered whole wheat flatbreads with fresh fenugreek leaves, ajwain and spices, folded into triangles and cooked with…
Breakfast
Methi Thepla
Soft Gujarati flatbreads of whole wheat flour, fresh fenugreek leaves, yoghurt, sesame and spices, cooked on a…
Breakfast
Moong Dal Chilla
Savoury Indian pancakes made from soaked yellow moong dal blended with ginger, chilli and cilantro. Four servings…
Breakfast
Paneer Bhurji
Crumbled paneer scrambled with onion, tomato and green chilli. Fifteen minutes, and the standard Indian answer to a…
Breakfast
Paneer Paratha
Whole wheat flatbreads stuffed with grated paneer, green chilli, coriander and spices, cooked on a griddle with ghee.
Breakfast
Parsi Akuri
Soft, spiced Parsi scrambled eggs with onion, tomato, green chilli and coriander, cooked slowly so they stay creamy.
Breakfast
Pesarattu
Thin, savoury Andhra pancakes of soaked whole green moong ground with ginger, green chilli and cumin, cooked on a…
Breakfast
Poha
Flattened rice rinsed, tossed with turmeric, mustard seed and peanuts, and eaten within ten minutes. Central India's…
Breakfast
Pongal
A South Indian porridge of rice and split yellow lentils cooked until soft, with black pepper, cumin, ginger and ghee.
Breakfast
Rava Dosa
Thin, lacy crepes of semolina, rice flour and plain flour with cumin and black pepper, poured from a height onto a…
Breakfast
Upma
Semolina roasted and steamed with mustard seed, curry leaf and vegetables. Ready in twenty-five minutes and the…
Breakfast
Uttapam
A thick dosa batter poured small and pressed with onion, tomato and chilli. Softer than a dosa and easier to get…
Breads 2
Filed under Breakfast but not a breakfast dish on its own: bread. Filter these.
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