Instant healthy breakfast for your Kids

Instant Indian healthy breakfast for your kid's lunchbox

Recommended by Dt. Poonam Agrawal 

Bread Upma

Cook time: 10 minutes

Prep time: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

This instant breakfast snack can be made out of pav, buns, or multigrain bread. It has the goodness of onions (anti-bacterial), chillies (balances blood sugar levels), cilantro (vitamin C and folate) and lemon juice.

Ingredients:

8-10 pav or bread slices, shredded  

1 large onion, sliced  

2 green chillies, finely chopped  

2 tbsp butter or oil   

2 tbsp lemon juice  

1 tbsp fresh coriander leaves for garnish, chopped 

Salt to taste

For tempering:

¼ tsp mustard seeds  

½ tsp urad dal  

Method:

Heat oil in a pan. Add mustard seeds, when they splutter add the urad dal.

Sauté the onion slices till they turn pink.

Introduce the bread pieces along with green chillies.

Add salt. Give it a good mix and sauté till slightly crisp.

Remove from flame. Sprinkle lemon juice and stir.

Garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with masala chai.

Vegetable And Sprout Upma

This is a wholesome breakfast recipe with the added benefits of moong sprouts.

Cook time: 15 minutes

Prep time: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

1 cup sooji/semolina  

1 cup carrots, beans, green peas, cabbage, capsicum, chopped  

1 large tomato, chopped  

1 large onion, chopped  

4 tbsp moong dal, sprouted 

2 green chillies, chopped  

1 tsp ginger, chopped  

1 sprig curry leaves  

3 tbsp oil  

¼ tsp turmeric powder  

3 cups of water 

Salt to taste

For tempering:

½ tsp mustard seeds 

½ tsp chana dal 

½ tsp urad dal  

Method:

Heat oil in a pan and temper with the tempering ingredients.

Sauté the onions till they turn translucent.

Add tomatoes, green chillies, and ginger. Let them cook for a minute.

Introduce the chopped vegetables and moong dal sprouts. Add the water, turmeric powder, curry leaves, and salt.

Adjust the water and once the vegetables are cooked, dispense the semolina evenly in the pan while stirring continuously to avoid lumps from forming.

Stir them well and cook till done.

Serve hot with ketchup or chutney.