5 Desi Breakfast Recipes With Bread As The Main Ingredient

For many of us, mornings are often the busiest hours of the day. From finishing household chores to getting ready for work, there is just so much to do in the morning that we often choose to skip the most important meal of the day - breakfast. Most of us just grab a cup of coffee and a slice of bread to simply satisfy our hunger. While we understand that it can be time-consuming and challenging to prepare a wholesome and delicious morning meal during the rush hour, you can also do a lot with just a slice of bread, and trust us it won’t take a lot of time.  

Bread is indeed one that we cannot imagine our meals without. Yet, it is one of the most underrated food items. It is a versatile food item indeed, which holds no strong flavour in itself, but enhances the taste of anything it is added to or paired with. For instance, the sandwich! Cucumber slathered in green chutney doesn’t sound appetising but when the same filling is placed inside the bread (or bun), it becomes a yummy breakfast, isn’t that true? That is how amazing and versatile bread is. The best part of it is that bread can be easily incorporated into our daily desi breakfast as well.  

1. Bread Poha 

Isn’t poha a classic desi breakfast in many Indian homes? Now here is something you can do if you run out of flaked rice to make poha. Replace it with chopped bread pieces! Tossed in with peas, chillies, roasted peanuts, curry leaves, coconut and more spices, this super quick recipe can help you make a delicious and wholesome breakfast in no time. 

2. Bread Upma 

Give your classic South Indian breakfast a bready twist. This bread upma recipe is very similar to the usual upma recipe, just that the key ingredient of upma, rava/sooji, is replaced by bread. 

3. Bread Cheela 

Another super easy dish to put together, all you need for bread cheela is besan, bread, a handful of masalas and veggies. This delicious bread recipe is a no-fuss one, and can be made in no time. Pair it with green chutney for an even more delicious affair. 

4. Sooji Toast 

One of the most nutritious and healthy bread recipes, sooji toast comes with the goodness of sooji and the crispiness of bread. One bite and you may call it the eggless variation of French toast as well! Yes, that is how good it tastes! You can easily whip sooji toast in the morning. 

5. Tadka Bread 

A fan of spicy food? This tadka bread is all you need! It basically has a host of spices that are fried together and fold-in with the bread. Picture crispy pieces of bread sautéed with onion, tomato, green chillies and yoghurt for a yummy breakfast.