Rich Paratha Using Leftover Dal For Breakfast

Breakfast is our fuel, our instant energy booster! It is considered to be the most important meal of the day. It gives us energy and fuel to kick-start our day on a healthy note. Many health experts and nutritionists always recommend having a protein-packed breakfast for a healthy beginning of our day. A healthy breakfast meal must comprise foods that supply our body with energy we require to deal with hectic work hours. Many of us opt for various kinds of greasy foods and rely on sugary, highly caffeinated drinks in the morning - however, all of these may hamper your weight loss goals.

Mornings are usually busy and we are pressed for time to prepare healthy breakfast. But, by correcting a few simple breakfast mistakes, we can be on our way to making better and healthy decisions for an energised day. There are various protein-rich food options that you can try adding to your breakfast meal to make it healthy and nutritious. Protein is one of the essential nutrients that must be included in your diet daily; moreover, it helps in building and retaining muscle mass.

There are many ways you can include protein-rich foods in your breakfast - from eggs, paneer and tofu to quinoa, almonds, seeds et al. But there is one more way of adding protein to your diet; it is by preparing protein-rich parathas! Paratha is one of the popular Indian breakfast meals that has gained its popularity not just in the subcontinent but also in various western countries. Dal is one of the best sources of plant-based protein. You must have seen your mom making various new dishes using last night's leftover sabzi. The game in preparing these protein-rich dal parathas is just the same. Use your leftover dal and just sneak it in your parathas. You can pair these delicious dal parathas with green chutney and a chilled glass of masala chaas.

Here's a recipe of leftover dal paratha by Mumbai-based YouTuber Alpa Modi that she shared on her channel 'Something's Cooking With Alpa'.

Cheesy Salsa Verde Rice & Beans Breakfast Bowl

I'm a big fan of hot breakfasts, especially in winter when I crave something hot and hearty to kick off the day. One of my favorite hot breakfasts since high school is a bowl of brown rice and kidney beans topped with a fried egg. My dad used to make these breakfast bowls on weekends, and in recent years, I've kicked the bowl up a notch.

For a quick breakfast, I use a bag of microwavable brown rice to cut down on prep time. Kidney beans are cooked in a skillet just until heated through along with minced shallot, crushed garlic, salt, and pepper. So simple, but a delicious and flavorful breakfast bowl base.

Add the brown rice to the bottom of a bowl, then top with the cooked kidney beans. Sprinkle shredded cheddar immediately over top so the heat of the rice and beans melts the cheese. Drizzle salsa verde over the melted cheese, then add a fried egg over top to finish off the breakfast bowl.

I prefer an over easy egg for my breakfast bowl. Once slice of the egg with a fork breaks the yolk, and a good stir combines all the ingredients together into a savory breakfast with a kick.

I love Trader Joe's Salsa Verde, but if you have time, you can make your own and enjoy the rest of the week.

For more protein boost, you can use quinoa instead of brown rice. You could also add sausage, ham, crumbled bacon, or another meaty protein of choice. Instead of a fried egg, you could top the bowl with a poached egg. Egg-Free? Top with scrambled tofu or crispy tofu. Make the bowl your own!

What You'll Need
1 1/2 cups cooked brown rice
15.5oz kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
1 shallot, minced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large eggs, cooked over easy
1/4 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided
3 tbsp salsa verde, divided

How to Make It
Cook brown rice according to package directions. Set aside and keep warm. (As a short cut, you can use a freezer bag of brown rice and steam cook in the microwave).
In a medium-sized skillet heat olive oil over medium heat. Add minced shallot and cook until softened, 2-3 minutes. Add the kidney beans, season with salt and pepper, crushed garlic, and cook for 5 minutes until heated through.
As beans are cooking, fry to eggs in a separate skillet.
Divide rice and beans between two bowls. Top the beans and rice with cheese, salsa verde, and fried egg. Enjoy immediately.

Reminder: Always make sure your work surfaces, utensils, pans and tools are free of gluten. Always read product labels - not all brands are created equal. Manufacturers can change product formulations without notice. When in doubt, do not buy or use a product before contacting the manufacturer for verification that the product is free of gluten.

Suitable Breakfast

The freedom to passionate the breakfast is not same with pouring and taking every food you can see in it. The best healthy diet breakfast is something you can be controlled by. Check how far these tips can help you.

• Cookies, pancake, potato chips, waffle, fast foods such hamburgers, hotdog are rich of fat and sugar. Try to not consume such fat containing foods especially which made in lot of fat, butter, sugar and too many salt due to the excess of these substance are raising the risk of health disorder. Other reason is that these consumptions have no benefit from the vitamins and minerals that support the superb satiety feeling which important to delay the hunger.

• The suitable breakfast to maximize your diet should be accompanied with low-fat milk, low-fat yoghurt, roasted grains and cereals, air popped popcorn with little salt, whole grain cookies, oatmeal cookies and graham cookies.

• When the bored feeling come, its time for you to vary the menus, as an instance you can combine cereal with a cup of low fat milk. To meet the needs of vitamins then fruits are the best option. The protein will come if you add egg or French toast.
• Some green and colored vegetables can be also added with unique cut shape if necessary. You can also dip them in flavored low-fat yoghurt when the children hungry.
• The healthy diet breakfast can be approached by serving sandwich includes whole wheat bread. Fill it with many vegetables and no mayonnaise, cream or butter. The taste of delicious can be got from tuna or meat.
• Several dieters do too far by avoiding the main meal as healthy diet breakfast. When you feel no time to do breakfast, fruit, dry cakes, boiled egg or a low fat milk is the best choice.