When it comes to breakfast, we most of the times ends up having toast or sandwiches. And why not to start the day with bread, along with healthy toppings or stuffings, which in itself is a wholesome food for carbohydrates. The only important thing is to choose healthy options like using whole wheat bread or multigrain bread with healthy toppings .i.e. lots of veggies. So keeping this in mind I tried these delicious and tasty 4 Simple Healthy toast ideas.

This recipe of 4 Simple Healthy toast ideas is really a good option for breakfast. The toppings are so delicious and tasty with different veggies. The common ingredient which I have used in every recipe is cottage cheese i.e. paneer. So now with cottage cheese this toast is going to be more healthy & tasty.

Making a toast or sandwich is very easy. The difference between them is the way it is made. Sandwich is prepared by stuffing the veggies between two slices of bread. Then it is served as it is or grilled.

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe  

Cheese paratha 

Broccoli Sandwich

For toast the bread is toasted first and then topped with veggies. The toast is again served as it is or it is grilled again, with cheese, till the cheese melts. Toast is more crunchy as the bread is nicely toasted and it is open so no moisture is trapped, because of which the bread becomes soft from inside.

So now let’s see what all ingredients are required for making this amazing 4 Simple Healthy toast ideas and how to make it in the most simplest way.

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Ingredients for Healthy toast ideas:  

Makes 4 Healthy toast

• Bread slice – 4
• Butter – 2 tbsp
• Cottage cheese/ Paneer – 1  to 2 cups or 200 gms
• Sliced tomato – 1
• Sliced cucumber – 1/2
• Lettuce leaves – 3 to 4
• Grated beetroot – 1/4 cup
• Grated carrot – 1/4 cup
• Spices & dried herbs – any
• Cheese spread/Mayonnaise – 1 to 2 tbsp
• Grated Mozzarella/pizza cheese – 1/4 cup

Method :

• First we will toast the bread with butter and keep it on wire mesh. Cooling the bread on wire mesh will keep the bread crispy and prevent it from becoming soft and soggy. 

• First toast is a simple mix veggies and cottage cheese toast.

• For the toast, in a bowl, take 1/4 cup of grated cottage cheese or paneer. Chop 1/2 tomato removing the seeds and pulp. Also finely chop some cucumber and lettuce leaves. If you don’t have lettuce leaves you can only use tomato and cucumber. 
• Now add the chopped veggies to the grated cottage cheese. 
• Add salt, red chilli powder or red chilli flakes and dried herbs of your choice.

• Now mix all the ingredients properly.
• On a toasted bread, spread some cheese spread or mayonnaise. Over this spread generous amount of the prepared topping. And our first healthy toast is ready to serve. 

• Serve with tomato sauce.
• Second Toast we are going to make is somewhat with the same toppings but made with different way.

• Inspite of the ingredients being the same, this toast tastes much different than the previous one.
• Slice the cottage cheese and place it on the toast as shown in the image .

• To add taste to the sliced cottage cheese, sprinkle some chilli flakes or chilli powder and mix dried herbs. Grill this slice for few minutes in oven or you can also grill it in a pan. As you can see in the image on grilling the cottage cheese it has become soft and the spices has also cooked nicely.
• Immediately layer lettuce leaves, sliced tomato and sliced cucumber over the grilled cottage cheese.
• Here our grilled cottage cheese and tomato cucumber toast is ready to serve.
• Serve with tomato sauce or you can also spread some over the veggies. Enjoy the crunchy  healthy toast.
• Next we will make cottage cheese and cheese toast.

• This is my favourite toast because this toast is not only taste but very easy and made quickly.
• For this toast we require only cottage cheese and mozzarella or pizza cheese with some spices.
• First slice some cottage cheese.
• In a pan take some butter or olive oil and toast this sliced cottage cheese for few minutes or till it becomes golden brown on both the sides. Now place these grilled cottage cheese slices on the toast. Add generous amount of grated mozzarella cheese or pizza cheese over the cottage cheese. Sprinkle some black pepper powder and chilli powder. Grill in oven or pan till the cheese melts.

• Serve the toast with tomato sauce or mint chutney.
• The last but not the least is cheesy beetroot and carrot toast.

• Believe me beetroot and carrot tastes amazingly perfect with cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese. So try this toast atleast once, you are surely going to love it.
• In a bowl take grated cottage cheese and Mozzarella cheese.
• Add grated beetroot and carrot. Add some salt and black or white pepper powder. Also sprinkle some red chilli flakes. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
• Spread cheese spread or mayonnaise over the toast and top this mixture over it. Grill in oven or in a pan till the cheese melts.

• Serve with any tangy and spicy chutney or sauce. So here I shared these lip smacking 4 healthy toast ideas and I hope you all will definitely try them and like it. 

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Upma is a delicious, flavorful savory dish specially prepared for breakfast. It is a very popular dish in India just as Poha. It is an old recipe and often prepared in almost every kitchen. 

Some tips to make perfect Upma

The most important step to make upma is to roast the sooji properly. If the sooji is not properly roasted, it will feel sticky while eating. You will be not able to chew the upma. Even while preparing Sooji ka Halwa, the taste entirely depends on how nicely the sooji is roasted in the ghee.

Moreover adding some flavorful ingredients to the upma makes the dish more tasty. One of the ingredient often added is urad or moong dal, this entirely changes the texture and flavour of upma.

The other and most important ingredient to add is ginger. Ginger enhances the taste of upma to a different level, try this step and believe me next time you will never make upma without adding ginger. 

One more important ingredient which should not be missed out for more flavor is curry leaves. Curry leaves has its own aromatic flavour which makes any dish delicious. So for making upma never miss out curry leaves. Always add hot boiling water while cooking upma. Hot water is easily soaked by sooji and it cooks properly.

Ingredients:

• Sooji – 1 cup
• Chopped onion – 1 medium
• Grated ginger – 1 tsp
• Cumin/jeera – 1 tsp
• Chopped Green chilli – 4 to 5
• Curry leaves – 5 to 6
• Peas/peanuts – a fistful
• Yellow split Moong dal – 2 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
• Oil – 2 tbsp
• Chopped coriander – to garnish
• Hot water – 2 cups

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas

 Chilli Garlic Bread

 Moong Dal Appe

 Broccoli cheese sandwich

 Cheese paratha 

Method:

• Wash and soak the moong dal in warm water for half-hour. Instead of moong dal you can also use urad dal.

• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a kadhai. Add sooji and roast it till light brown color. Keep the flame on low. This will take around 10 to 15 minutes.

 

• Remove the roasted sooji in a plate.
• In the same kadhai heat the remaining oil.
• Also on the other side keep 2 cups of water for boiling. Quantity of water depends on the quality and variety of sooji. If sooji is fine texture then less water will be required but if sooji is coarse then more water is used. So boil some extra water.
• If you are using peanuts then add peanut to the oil and roast it for 1 minute on low flame.
• Add cumin, green chilli, curry leaves, and soaked moong dal.
• Sauté for 2 minutes.
• Add chopped onion and cook till golden color.
• Once the onion is cooked, add green peas (if using peas instead of a peanut) and mix.
• Cook the green peas for few minutes, then add the roasted sooji and sauté for a minute.
• Add the boiling water and cover with a lid immediately, as the water is hot, it will spatter out.
• Lower the flame.
• Season with salt as required and mix properly.
• Add water as per the consistency you prefer. Some like the upma to be dry or some prefer it to be more moist.
• After a minute remove the lid and mix properly.
• Cook for 5 minutes.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.
• Serve hot with lime pickle.

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Broccoli cheese sandwich is a tasty, healthy & easy recipe of cheese sandwich. The main used ingredients for making this sandwich are broccoli & cheese. I have used both cheese spread & processed cheese for this recipe, making the sandwich creamier. 

Sandwich is a popular food consisting of bread as base, stuffed with vegetables along with cheese or any type of spread. The vegetables can be raw or stir fried mixed with cheese spread or mayonnaise. To make a more simplified recipe, use cheese slice instead of cheese spread, sprinkle some black pepper and dry herbs to make yummy cheese sandwich. 

Sandwich itself becomes a complete meal with lots of nutrition. I personally find sandwich a very easy & healthy food for breakfast which can be prepared quickly using lots of vegetables & bread of our choice.

There are varieties of bread available in the market. White bread, brown bread, multigrain bread etc. choose the one you like.

Simple and Grilled sandwich

There are so many recipes of sandwich. Plain sandwich, which is simply made by spreading cheese or butter over the bread with some vegetables like tomato & cucumber slices. So basically there is no cooking process. Thats so convenient.

Now if you want to add more taste then move a step ahead, make amazing grill sandwiches. Grilling gives a crunchy taste to the bread. The bread is grilled on a flat or grilled tawa/pan. You can also use a sandwich maker for it.

Lastly whichever way the sandwich is made, it is always the most wanted food for everyone.

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe  

Cheese paratha 

So let’s see how to make Broccoli cheese sandwich.

Ingredients:

• Bread slices – 4
• Grated broccoli – 1 cup
• Chopped capsicum – ½ cup
• Cheese spread – ½ cup
• Grated processed/mozzarella cheese – 1 cup
• Black pepper powder – to taste
• Chilli flakes – to taste
• Butter – to toast the bread
• Oil – 1 to 2 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Tomato sauce – 1 tbsp

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Method:

• Heat 1 tsp of oil in a pan.
• Add grated broccoli and stir fry for 2 minutes.

• Season with salt & pepper.
• Remove in a plate and let it cool to room temperature.
• In the similar way stir fry capsicum for 5 minutes. Capsicum adds a punch to the sandwich. Let it cool.

• Mix both broccoli & capsicum and keep it aside.

• Take a slice and spread, cheese spread, over it.

• Sprinkle 2 tsp of stir fried broccoli & capsicum mixture over the cheese spread.

• Sprinkle generous amount of grated processed/ mozzarella cheese over the vegetables.

• On the other slice of bread spread some tomato sauce and place it over the previous slice.

• Heat a pan. Toast the sandwich by applying some butter on both sides.

• On cooking the cheese will melt and bind together the bread and the filling.

• Serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney.

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Bored cooking with the same menu of Dal, chawal, sabzi, roti….want to try something tasty & healthy. Or are you short of time for preparing lunch or dinner or you want to make a simple and tasty weekend Brunch then make this Lauki ka paratha. 

There are many dishes made from lauki/bottle gourd however the most popular are Lauki ka Halwa and Lauki Kofta. Even the sabji made with Lauki is delicious. A quick way to make Lauki ki sabji is, peel off the skin and wash it properly. Chop into small pieces. Chop garlic and green chillies.

Now in a pressure cooker heat oil and add jeera, chopped garlic and green chilli. Add turmeric and finally chopped Lauki. Mix all the ingredients and add salt. Now add just 1/2 cup of water and cook till one whistle and your sabji is ready to serve. Garnish with chopped fresh coriander. This is a very simple and tasty recipe you must try whenever you are in hurry.  

Paratha is a common dish….prepared using stuffing made from aloo or gobi . But this recipe of Lauki ka paratha is different. Bottle gourd is a very healthy vegetable  which one should always include in our diet. So why to make only sabji from Lauki, try this amazing recipe of paratha. I’m sure children too will like it.

Try my other breakfast recipes

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe

Broccoli cheese sandwich 

Cheese paratha

Before starting with the recipe just few things to remember to make the paratha more tasty

• First important thing to remember is as we the grate the lauki/bottle gourd the color of the juice starts turning black with time. So before grating keep all the ingredients ready so that the ingredients can be added without wasting any time.
• Keep the skin if lauki is fresh, this will not only add more fiber in the dish but also tastes good.
• Don’t squeeze out the juice which is released after grating lauki. This juice has the taste and health too. Instead of water this juice is helpful for making the dough. And also no need to squeeze out the juice and keep separately just let it be with the vegetable and add the ingredients along with the flour to it. 

Ingredients:

• Lauki – 1 medium
• Chopped onion – 1
• Ginger garlic paste(fresh) – 1 tsp
• Cumin – 1 tsp
• Red chilli powder – 2 tsp
• Atta/whole wheat flour – 4 cup
• Salt – to taste
• Chopped Coriander leaves – ½ cup
• Oil or ghee – to cook
• Coriander powder – 2 tsp
• Garam masala powder – 1 to 2 tsp

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Method:

• Grate the Lauki in a bowl. (keep the juice along with it)
• Add all the ingredients except oil/ghee.
• Mix properly and make a dough.
• Avoid adding water till all the ingredients are mixed properly.
• Once the ingredients are combined together and if the dough seems dry then add little water.
• Knead into a tied dough because after sometime Lauki leaves water making the dough loose.
• You can also use ready made mix atta instead of only whole wheat atta, to make it more healthy.
• Mix atta can also be made at home by mixing 2 cup atta and the rest 2 cups can be a mixture of besan/jowar/bajra/ragi flour whichever is available. Only remember use half quantity of whole wheat atta for proper binding.
• Now cover the dough for 10 mins.
• Make paratha by simply rolling and cook with oil/ghee.
• Serve with green chutney or enjoy with tomato sauce.

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How to make tasty Poha recipe

Today I’m going to share the recipe of poha in Maharastrian style with a twist. Instead of regular poha I’m using brown rice poha, giving a more healthy touch.

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe

Broccoli cheese sandwich 

Cheese paratha 

Ingredients:

• Brown Rice poha – 1 cup (soaked for 30 mins)
• Onion (chopped) – ½ cup
• Green chilli – 2-4 chopped finely
• Curry leaves – 8-10
• Peanut/groundnut – ¼ cup
• Oil – 1 tbsp
• Turmeric powder – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Cumin/jeera – 1 tsp
• Saunf/ fennel – 1 tsp

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Method:

• Since brown rice poha is thicker than the regular poha, it has to be soaked with enough water ( water should be more than double the quantity of poha since the poha becomes double the size after soaking) for 30 mins. Check if the poha is soaked properly by pressing the flake, if it feels softer, then its done. If it feels little bit hard let it soak for more 10 mins. One advantage of this poha over regular poha is, it doesn’t break if it is soaked for more time. Now take out the poha from water by squeezing gently between the palms, to remove the extra water.
• Heat oil in a kadhai.
• Add peanut/groundnut and sauté. Take care that the oil should not be too hot, otherwise groundnuts will get burn as soon as it is added in the oil. Sauté groundnuts till it becomes pink.   
• Add cumin/jeera, green chilli & curry leaves. Let the green chilli get cook. If you want it less spicy then cook the green chilli for few seconds.
• To this add chopped onion & saunf. Sauté till onion is soft.
• Add turmeric powder.
• Add poha & salt, mix it gently & thoroughly so that turmeric & salt gets properly & evenly mixed over the poha.
• Cover with lid. Let it cook for 5 min.
• Garnish with chopped coriander.
• Serve hot.  

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Whether it is an evening snack or easy and light dinner, Moong Dal Appe is one of the best recipe. It is tasty, healthy and easy to make. Moreover moong dal is very light and easy to digest so makes a perfect food for a light dinner.

Moong dal is very easy to digest and full of nutrients. It is a very popular and widely used lentil/dal. Moong dal is often used to make Khichdi along with rice.

Appe is a type of snack/fritter in which a special utensil is used called Appe patra. It is easily available in the market. Using very less oil we can make many varieties of Appe in Appe patra. 

Try my other snacks recipes also  

Mozzarella cheese Fingers 

Crispy potato bites 

Vada Pav Kabuli chana kebab/chick pea Kebab 

Cheese ball  

Ingredients:

• Yellow moong dal – 2 cups
• Curd – ¼ to ½ cup
• Semolina/Suji – ½ cup
• Green chilli – 5 to 6 nos
• Cumin seeds/jeera – 2 tsp
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Mint leaves/ pudina – ¼ cup
• Salt – to taste
• Sodium bicarbonate – ½ tsp
• Oil – as required

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Method:

• Soak the moong dal for 3 to 4 hours in warm water.
• Drain the water from the dal.
• Grind into coarse paste, moong dal along with all the dry ingredients except salt.
• In a large bowl mix the moong dal paste with curd.
• To this mixture add Suji/semolina and mix.

• Add chopped mint/pudina leaves to the paste. Add salt to taste and mix.
• Cover and leave the batter for ½ hour. During this time the Suji/semolina will be soaked properly and absorbs moisture from the batter. This will also help Suji/ semolina to cook properly.
• Now heat the appe pan.
• Grease the pan/appe patra generously with oil. During the first batch of appe more oil will be required for greasing. After one batch of appe little oil will be enough. One good thing about this appe is, it doesn’t absorb much oil during cooking.

• After ½ hour add sodium bicarbonate and mix properly. The batter will become light and fluffy.
• Now pour the appe batter into the pan using a spoon.
• Now let the appe cook till it leaves the corner of the pan/appe patra or change color.  The appe will also rise and become fluffy. 
• Grease with some oil if the side seams dry.
• Turn the side of the appe and cook till it turns crispy & golden brown.
• Serve hot with tomato sauce or mint/pudina chutney.

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If you think of Dosa recipe, we often end on Rice & Urad dal Dosa recipe. Crispy…soft…spongy, this is what we love about dosa, isn’t it? So what if we can enjoy same crispy…soft…spongy texture with bonus of taste & nutrition? Yes it’s possible. Try this tasty “Green Moong Dal /green gram Dosa recipe”

Green Moong Dal/green gram Dosa is not only tasty but also super healthy. The green color of the beans makes this dosa  more tempting. Green Moong dal, either whole or split, both has ample of nutrition and fully packed with fibres.

There are two ways to make Green Moong dal/green gram dosa and both the ways are simple. One way is instant dosa which can be made immediately with the batter. The other way is to ferment the batter as we do for rice and urad dal batter. The dosa made by fermenting is more softer and little sour in taste while the instant dosa is crispier. Make the dosa using any way as each has unique taste and are delicious.

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,  

4 Easy ways to make parathas 

Moong Dal Appe 

Cheese paratha. 

Tips to follow while making  Green Moong dal/green gram Dosa

• For making the dosa use whole moong beans/green gram if you want more nutritious & healthy dosa.
• See that the whole moong/green gram is soaked properly. Many a times we observe that the beans on upper layer is soaked properly and the beans below is still unsoaked. If this remains unnoticed then the batter will have hard particles. To avoid this soak the moong beans in a vessel with wide bottom. This is a very small tip but very useful. You can use this tip while soaking other beans and find the difference.
• Add sufficient amount of water for soaking the beans because the soaked moong beans becomes almost double the quantity as before.
• Suji/rawa/semolina makes the dosa crispy. Since whole moong beans/green gram had more fiber the dosa will be softer and soggy , adding Suji is very necessary to give the strength & texture. So don’t skip this step.
• The other way to make the dosa is by fermenting the batter. Now for this avoid fermenting the batter for longer time otherwise the batter will be very sour. For whole moong dal dosa more sourness will destroy the original taste of the moong beans/green gram.

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So let’s start with the recipe and see how to make Tasty Green Moong Dal/green gram dosa by both method.

Ingredients:

• Whole Green moong beans/green gram (whole)– 2 cups
• Garlic – 4 to 5 cloves
• Ginger – 1 inch
• Jeera/cumin – 1 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Whole red chilli(any) – 3 to 4
• Suji/rawa/semolina – 2 tbsp
• Oil/ghee – to cook

Method:

• Soak the whole green moong/green gram overnight or for 8 to 10 hours.
• In a mixer grinder, grind together soaked whole green moong dal /green gram with garlic, ginger, jeera/cumin and whole red chilli. In place of whole red chilli you can also add green chilli.

• Grind into a coarse paste by adding sufficient amount of water. The paste should be homogeneous. The batter should not be separated like beans & water. 

• Add salt to the batter.
• Now add Suji/rawa/semolina to the batter and mix all the ingredients together.

• Leave the batter for 15 to 20 minutes so that Suji absorbs sufficient moisture and cooks properly.

• If you want you can also add ½ tsp of turmeric powder to give color to the dosa.
• Heat a tawa. Grease it with little oil.
• Pour sufficient quantity of batter, spread the batter to make dosa.
• Grease the dosa with oil/ghee. Let it cook for 3 to 4 minutes
• Turn the dosa after 3 to 4 minutes and grease with oil/ghee and cook for another 5 minutes or till it turns golden brown.
• Serve while hot with peanut chutney or tomato sauce.

• In second method to make green moong dal dosa, follow the step till the batter is ready. Keep the batter for 8 to 10 hours or overnight for fermenting and make the dosa in the similar way as above. This fermented batter will be more fluffy and soft.

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Paratha is a famous dish made for breakfast in India. There are many recipes of parathas, out of which “Aloo ka Paratha” is the most common yet most famous recipe. Other recipes of parathas are plain paratha or namkeen paratha, paneer ka paratha, Mooli ka paratha, Gobi ka paratha is yet another most likeable one, Loki ka paratha, cheese paratha and many more.

Paratha is a stomach filling dish, which is tasty and healthy too. The aromatic smell of ghee applied on parathas stimulates the appetite, whether it is made for breakfast for packed in lunch box for children, one can easily make out with the flavorful aroma which paratha is being prepared.

Often the paratha is cooked by applying ghee which make it tasty but counts on calories too. But eating it once in a while and that too in limited quantity will definitely fulfil the craving for having your favorite paratha. 

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe 

So today I’m sharing the recipe of delicious “Cheese paratha”. This cheesy paratha is very tasty and liked by Children a lot. The cheese just melts while cooking and along with the spices tastes amazing. Like other recipes of paratha this recipe is very easy to prepare with few basic ingredients.

Ingredients:

• Grated Processed cheese – 1 cup
• Finely chopped onion – ½ cup
• Chopped coriander leaves – ¼ cup
• Chopped green chilli – 1 to 2
• Red chilli powder – ½ tsp
• Coriander powder – ½ tsp
• Garam masala powder – ½ tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Ghee – for cooking
• Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
• Finely chopped coriander leaves – 1/4 cup

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Method:

• First step is to knead the dough. The dough should be kneaded tight to get a crispy layer of paratha. In a bowl take the flour, add ½ tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of ghee. Mix it properly with hand so that the ghee is mixed evenly with the flour. Ghee will make the paratha crispier. Knead the dough using water. Cover the dough and keep it aside.
• In another bowl mix grated cheese, chopped green chilli, red chilli powder, coriander powder, chopped coriander leaves, chopped onion and garam masala powder. Mix properly. We are not adding salt as cheese already has sufficient salt to taste.

• Our stuffing is ready.

• Knead the dough for a minute.
• Divide it into 4 to 6 parts.
• Take one part and roll to a circle.
• Place 2 tbsp of the stuffing in the center. Fold the paratha as shown in the pictures below.
• Once the stuffing is covered press the dough lightly. The shape of the dough will be square and we will further roll the paratha in square shape only.

• Roll again taking care that it is evenly rolled from all sides, especially on the corners. Roll to ½ cm thickness.

• Cook the paratha on a flat tawa. Cook both the sides till golden brown by applying ghee.

• Serve hot with green chutney or pickle or tomato sauce.

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How to make Besan Bread Toast for tasty & healthy breakfast 

If you want a change from usual bread sandwiches then this is a must try this dish for breakfast.

Also try my other recipes for breakfast,

4 Easy ways to make namkeen and spicy parathas 

Chilli Garlic Bread 

Moong Dal Appe

Broccoli cheese sandwich 

Cheese paratha 

Ingredients:

• Bread slices – 8
• Besan/chana flour – 1 ½ cup
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Green chilli(finely chopped) – 2
• Coriander leaves(finely chopped) – ¼ cup
• Ajwain/carom seeds– 1 tsp
• Jeera/cumin – 1 tsp
• Baking soda – a pinch(optional)
• Water – as required

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Method:

• First step is to make the batter. In a bowl take besan/chana flour.
• Add water to make a paste. The paste should be of running consistency.
• Mix it properly to remove any lumps.
• Add salt, red chilli powder, turmeric powder, Ajwain/carom, jeera/cumin and mix.
• At last add baking soda, chopped green chilli and coriander leaves. Mix it properly.

• Heat a nonstick pan or iron tawa and grease with oil. Both whole wheat Bread or White Bread can be used. Apply a thin layer of batter on one side of the slice. Place the batter side on the pan. Apply the batter on the upper side. Turn the side and apply some oil. Cook evenly from both sides.
• If you want a crispy toast, toast the bread on pan or in a toaster before applying the batter. For softer toast use the slice as it is.
• Serve hot with tomato sauce or green chutney.

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Plain paratha is made by simply adding salt to the flour and cooked on tawa by applying ghee over it. Also many prefer adding ajwain/carom seeds along with it to give a nice taste. It is also considered good for digestion. Well is depends entirely on your taste.

On the other hand Namkeen paratha is made by using some dry spices like red chilli powder, jeera, salt, turmeric powder etc. Namkeen paratha is somewhat spicy and is one of my favourite.

Try my other easy to make Breakfast recipes Green Moong Dal dosa, Chilli Garlic Bread, Moong Dal Appe, Cheese paratha. 

Steps for 4 Easy ways to make Namkeen paratha

Ingredients: 

• Whole wheat flour – 2 cups
• Ghee – 1 tbsp
• Salt – to taste
• Red chilli powder – 1/4 tsp
• Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander powder – 1/4 tsp
• Jeera – 1/2 tsp
• Garam masala – 1/4 tsp

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Directions:

• First of all knead the dough. For that, take whole wheat flour in a bowl. Add salt to the flour for taste. Now add 1 tbsp of ghee to the flour. Mix it properly. Knead a dough by adding water. The dough should be tight enough to be rolled, so add water accordingly. Cover the dough and keep it aside for 10 to 15 minutes. A tight dough will make the parathas crispy. 

• After 15 minutes knead the dough for 2 minutes. This will make the dough more soft.
• Our first recipe is Laccha paratha. For this take small portion of the dough and roll it into a ball.

• Roll it into circle of 1/2 cm thick. Apply ghee over it.

• Then sprinkle some dry flour over the applied ghee portion and spread gently with hands for even distribution of ghee & flour. Till this step the method is same for rest of the paratha recipe.

• Now fold the rolled dough as shown below, about 1/2 inch horizontally.
• Now again fold 1/2 inch but in reverse position as shown below. 

• Continue folding till the end. 

• At last the folds appears as shown in the image.

• Then roll it into circle starting from the center, stretching gently. Now tuck the end downwards and press gently so that the end don’t open up while rolling the paratha.

• Then roll into a circle of 1/2 cm thickness. 
• Cook the paratha on hot tawa by applying ghee on both sides. 

• While cooking press the paratha gently for a crispy layer. Our Lachha paratha is ready to serve.
• Lachha paratha has many layers and is one of the most popular paratha. 
• The second type of paratha we are going to make is Cone paratha. This paratha too has many layers like the Lachha paratha.
• For Cone paratha again follow the procedure till applying flour.

• Then cut the rolled dough from the center till the end as shown below.

• Then simply roll into a cone. The picture shown below will give a clear idea of how to do it.

• Now hold the cone vertically upwards and from above press gently downwards to form a round ball. Don’t forget to tuck the end below. This is a very simple step , you will get an idea when you actually do it. 

• Roll the paratha to a 1/2 inch circle.
• Cook over medium flame by applying ghee. Our cone paratha is ready. Serve hot with any sabzi or enjoy with tea.

• The third paratha we are going to make is Square paratha. It is again a layered paratha. This paratha is crispy from outside and has soft layers inside. Square paratha is the easiest and ideal paratha to serve with Sabzi or Dal.
• For making square paratha follow step till sprinkling dry flour over the rolled dough.

• Fold the dough from one side towards the center as shown below. Similarly fold from the other side overlapping the first fold. 

• Again fold from the other sides towards the center as shown below.
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• Press gently. Roll the paratha into a 1/2 inch square paratha. Now here the dough is in square form so while rolling it we have to maintain the square shape. Roll the paratha to even thickness. Many a times the edge of the paratha will remain thick. Roll more towards the edge. 

• Cook the paratha by applying ghee.

• All these three types of parathas are layered parathas and can be served with tea or any sabzi or evenly tastes amazing with any pickle.
• The last paratha we are going to make is Spicy paratha.
• For the follow the step till sprinkling flour over the rolled dough.

• Now we will sprinkle red chilli powder, turmeric, salt, coriander powder, garam masala and jeera over the flour. Sprinkle some more flour to avoid sticking of layers.

• Simply roll it into a cylindrical shape without leaving any gap.

• Then roll the cylindrical dough from the center into a ball as shown below. Tuck the end by slightly folding it downwards.

• Press it gently to flatten it. 
• Roll the ball into a 1/2 inch paratha.

• Cook over medium heat by applying ghee.

• Serve hot with any pickle or simply enjoy it as it is.   

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