Best South Indian Breakfast Recipes | Easy healthy Breakfast recipes

South Indian Traditional Breakfast Items | Everything Traditional 

Breakfast needs to be a healthy and quick-to-cook recipe of the whole day, most of our South Indian breakfast recipes are like that.

Here are a few simple and easy breakfast recipes sure to keep your family and their tastes satisfied.

Avarekalu rotti 

Goes without saying rice flour rotti is a special popular breakfast item in Karnataka. We use rice flour with some more veggies, onions and specially avarekalu tender one's in the season. Tasty with less oil recipe can be eaten even with or without chutney. Loved by lunch box, this can be a crispy and spill proof for the box. 

Soft akki rotti 

Akki means rice in kannada, this rotti is made so soft that even dosa sometimes is hard when compared. This remains soft for longer time, apt for lunch-box. This rotti is eaten with tomato sambar without dal or any non veg curries 

Nellikai chitranna/ Gooseberry rice 

Rice item with goose berries , this is a very quick to cook if rice is cooked beforehand or even left over rice can be easily used. Usually made for breakfast and also one of the variety on a banana leaf - for any special occasion or even festivals 

Coconut rice

Coconut rice is a super easy recipe and a tasty one with mild sweetish flavor of coconut. Makes a healthy breakfast and a lunch box item. 

Badhane alu uppittu

Uppittu is again a staple food of south, variety of uppittu are made without any hesitation. one is badhane alu uppittu / brinjal potato uppittu. when these veggie are added it makes the dish healthier and tastier. 

Uddina vade

Vade made of urad dal is known for its energy. This is eaten with chutney for breakfast in South India. Kids love this most. This is a filling breakfast. 

Beetroot uttappam

Uttappam is made with the sour idli / dosa batter, when batter is made first day idli or dosa is made then next day or after that Uttappam is prepared with the same batter. Some veggies, onions, coconut, peanuts, green gram, chillies, carrots, beets are added to make them spicy. Here beetroot is added to make.

Menthya bath

Menthya bath or methy pulav is a one pot dish, easy and quicker to make. either prepared in cooker or open pan. Menthya bath is eaten with curd, onion raita. When carried in lunch box makes a perfect lunch out. 

Puri Sagu

Sagu prepared with mixed veggies makes a simple and healthy breakfast recipe. A mild and creamy side dish for puri, chapathi or even soft akki rotti. 

Idli - tomato sambar

Tomato sambar without dal is light for breakfast, this again a traditional recipe combo for Idli, dosa, chapathi, soft akki rotti. Chutney is a regular side dish made for idli/ dosa but this can become a added item in your beakfast recipe list. Try sweet chutney for idli a traditional and a quicker recipe.

Paddu

Paddu is again made with the sour idli/ dosa batter. Many different veggies and onions with chillies give a different taste each time. Beetroots, carrots, sprouts, greens like pudina, coriander can  give a distinct taste. Paddu can be eaten with coconut chutney or ghee and chutney powder spread on hot paddu's.

Vangi bath

Rice is cooked beforehand for this and a brinjal gravy with vangi bath powder is prepared and mixed with rice, in Karnataka rice bath or chitranna is popular for breakfast. This is a tastier and good one for lunch box recipes as well.

Ragi shavige payasam

Ragi / finger millet being a healthy millet many breakfast items can be prepared with this ingredient, one being sweet payasam and til or ellu powder sprinkled over, this alone can be eaten for breakfast or along with spicy flavor version of ragi semiya. This can also become a healthy dessert.

Kadlepuri uppittu

Kadlepuri/ puffed rice is again a healthy option, kadlepuri is used for churmuri chats, but this can also become a major ingredient for a soft and spicy uppittu. tasty, soft and a quicker menu for breakfast or snack.

Mango rice

During mango season, raw mango (thothapuri) is lavishly used in many recipes, mango is grated and seasoned with chillies and salt to make a simple and quick breakfast to mix with pre cooked rice or left over rice, this again a good option for a lunch box or even for a outing with family 

Adai 

Protein rich breakfast made of mixed lentils, very spicy with red chillies and ginger garlic. This is one of the popular South Indian breakfast recipes quick to make as well, no need to ferment as we do for usual dosa