One of my express breakfasts – very nutritious and loved by my kids. I like to make whole grain breakfasts with calcium and proteins that will give them all the energy for a busy day. As most of the Kerala breakfasts are made of rice and rice products i usually make them only during weekends or holidays.

All you need is 1/2 cup daliya soaked overnight

2 cups milk

a pinch of salt

sugar to taste – i add around 1/2 tsp to 2 cups of milk.

Nuts, berries and raisins – optional

Pressure cook the soaked  daliya till soft. In a skillet simmer the milk add the cooked daliya, salt and sugar to it. Cook till it becomes thick or till the consistency you want. I make it thick like porridge.  Add nuts and raisins and serve warm.

You can give a ghee and shallot tadka if you like. BUt mine is usually plain, no oils in the morning. I eat it with lots of walnuts and almonds, sometimes berries too.. but my kids prefer just plain.

Sometimes i cook the daliya in advance and refrigerate it and just mix with milk in the morning. it makes cooking easier!

This recipe is for Cooking for kids Event – Wheat

Ramadan Day 7

The sweet version of french toast is a quick breakfast and the spicy one is a quick snack! My sweet version goes for WYF : Breakfast Event and my spicy version goes for the Ramadan event

Sweet French Toast

5 slices of white bread

2 large eggs

1/4 cup milk

1/4 tsp cardamom powder

2 tbsp sugar (add more or less as per your taste)

a pinch of sugar

oil for shallow frying

-Cut bread into half diagonally.

- Beat eggs, sugar, milk, cardamom powder and salt .

- Dip the bread into the egg mix and shallow fry.

Spicy French Toast

5 slices of white bread

2 large eggs

1 medium sizes onion

2-3 green chillies (Use less or more according to your taste)

salt to taste.

-Cut bread into half diagonally.

- Grind onions and green chillies to a fine paste without adding water

- Beat eggs and add the onion-chilli paste and salt to it and mix well.

- Dip the bread into the egg mix and shallow fry.

Oatmeal is one of the staple in my home!! My kids love it and i add a lot od flavours to it! After cooking it sometimes i add raisins, or a grinded apple or pear or chopped banana, chopped nuts – walnuts, pine nuts, sunflower seeds (they really love the crunciness) or what ever they insist!

Now that i brought an electric oven i have been in a mood to bake n grill… so fa i made choc chip cookies and oatmeal cookies.. both of them have been so fast moving that i didn’t even have time to take a pic and post it! LOL!!

today morning i thought i would make some garlic bread.. But then i thought it would be very light so i decided to cover it up with some eggs.. (my friend Afroze’s idea) so that everyone will get some carb,proteins,fats etc all together!!!!
Blend 2 cloves of garlic, 2 tbsp of olive spread, 1 tbsp of olive oil, 1 small bunch of parsley into a smooth paste.

2 hard boiled eggs cut into thin slices

2 slices of cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 180 C.

Cut the bread half and apply the blended paste on it. Top up with cheese and the eggs.. im sure kids are gonna love it!

Sandwiches is my all time favorite food! I usually turn all left overs into sandwiches!!! some turn out food some flop!! LOL!!

i had some left over aloo subzi yersterday and i thought that would make an interesting lunch for my hubby!!! is a big fan of leftover sandwiches but i made the green chutney more spicy this time and he liked it!

what you’ll need is

6 slices of bread
pototo subzi
green chutney
butter for applying on bread (optional)

This is another express breakfast i prepare.. its so easy and very nutritious. Thanks a lot to Kesar for sharing this recipe with me.. My whole family enjoys this!

2 cups poha/beaten rice
3/4 cup frozen mix veggies
1/2 tsp jeera
3 tbsp onions chopped finely
1/4 tsp turmric pwdr
salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp peanuts

Soak the poha in water for 2-3 mts and strain it.
In a kadai heat the oil and add the jeera.
Add onions and peanuts to it.
Then add the turmeric pwdr and mix veggies. It should be thawed according to the instructions on the pack.. i just put them in boiling water and let it boil for few mts
Then add the poha and salt and mix well..

Your breakfast is ready!

My breakfasts all are express and very easy to make be it puttu or upma or semiya or poha all i make with 15-20 mts because mornings are a rush for me!! juggling with 2 kiddos, packing the lunch box for hubby, breakfasts, lunch preparations….. goes on my list of things i do in the mornings… i try to keep breakfast preparation time as short as possible so that i can make other things also..

here is one of my breakfast recipe Semiya with both my kiddos like and is easy to make

3 cups milk
2 cups thin semiya or sevaiya
5 tbps sugar
1 pinch salt
3 cardamon pods/elaichi

• Boil the milk and add elaichi to it
• mean which boil the semiya separately
• when thr semiya is cooked add it to the milk
• then add the salt and sugar to it.
• Bring it to boil for few mts and your break fast is ready!