Indian Breakfast Recipes

Delicious and healthy Indian vegetarian breakfast recipes are a perfect way to start a wonderful day. Find easy to make scrumptious Indian breakfast recipes here. These amazing Indian breakfast options are easy to prepare and enjoy delicious food each day.  

Indian Style Breakfast / Brunch

Breakfast in India is a bit different. The flavors are bold and spicy. You will find that even Indian curries are served along with naan or aloo paratha for breakfast.

Get stared with these quick breakfast recipes every morning. They are equally good for weekend brunch and light lunch. Enjoy them on special occasions like Mother's day brunch or holiday breakfast when friends and families gather.

Vegetarian Breakfast Recipes

Spice up your next breakfast by trying out one of these Indian inspired breakfast recipes. You will love these healthy plant-based food ideas.  These recipes can be ready in less than 30 minutes. 

A typical Indian breakfast consists of an array of dishes, each highlighting a different flavor. Spice up the morning routine with these vegetarian recipes that include dishes like pohe, upma and sabudana khichdi. I

For south Indian breakfast recipes, idli, dosa with sambar served with coconut chutney, mint chutney and pickles.

Prep Ahead Meals

Our Indian vegetarian breakfast recipes are a healthy and delicious way to sit down with the family – any time of the day. From savory taste to healthy versions of everything from rice to paneer, you can prepare these Indian-style breakfast recipes with ease.

You can prepare a lot of these recipes ahead of time. Simply reheat at the time of serving. We love Instant Pot , Air Fryer and Food Processor to help reduce efforts and make cooking enjoyable. You can make most of these recipes eggless, vegan and gluten-free with simple tweaks and substitutions.

Family Friendly / Kids Approved

A lot of these recipes also can be prepared by kids with proper adult supervision. It helps build a strong family connection. After all a family that cooks together, thrives together !

Pohe ( Poha ) Recipe - Indian Savory Vegan Breakfast

Pohe or Poha is popular Indian breakfast recipe made with flattened rice seasoned with sultry seasoning. You can serve it for hearty morning breakfast , evening snack or even in between. Best of all, this wholesome and filling meal is Gluten free, vegan, dairy free and soy free

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Misal Pav Recipe

Misal Pav is spicy sprouted lentil curry served along with buttered dinner roll and garnished with farsan. This Indian breakfast recipe is popular street food item.

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Masala Oats - Indian Savory Oats Upma

Masala Oats is a healthy, hearty breakfast made with high-fiber oats, nutrients rich veggies and healthy turmeric. This tasty Indian oats porridge called oats upma is nourishing, gluten free, vegan and takes hardly any time to prepare.

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Bread Upma- Indian Masala Bread

Bread Upma - Indian Masala Bread makes quick and easy Indian breakfast recipe. It also is a good snack. It’s a delicious way to use up leftover bread. Easy, Vegan and vegetarian Recipe

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Besan Chilla - Savory Chickpea Pancakes

Besan Chilla is Savory Chickpea flour Pancakes. They are a great option for a quick and easy Indian breakfast. They are filling, satisfying, and packed with nutrients.

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Savory Multigrain Waffles

Savory Multigrain Waffles are fusion twist to ever so popular Indian dosa and classic breakfast waffles. These savory and easy waffles will become your favorite breakfast or brunch recipe. This 5 ingredient recipe is vegan and gluten free.

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Instant Pot Pav Bhaji - Mumbai Street Food

Iconic Mumbai street Pav Bhaji is an all vegetable stew with tangy, spicy, zesty twist to it. Served with buttery roll, you have heaven on the plate! This delicious recipe provides easy one pot recipe instructions for Instant pot and stovetop.

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Pav Bhaji Quesadillas

Pav Bhaji Quesadillas are a delicious fusion dish that combines the flavors of Indian pav bhaji with the traditional Mexican quesadilla. This recipe is perfect for a finger food appetizer, hearty lunch or dinner option.

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Toast Sandwich

Toast Sandwich is popular Indian street food snack. This toasted sandwich, famously known as Masala Sandwich or Bombay Toast Sandwich, includes layers of veggies, spices and chutney tucked in bread slices.

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Aloo Tikki Recipe

Aloo Tikki is a popular Indian street food. This recipe is perfect for teatime snack, light lunch or appetizer. It is very easy to make restaurant quality Aloo Tikki at home.

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Thalipeeth - Savory Multigrain Flatbread

Thalipeeth is a popular Indian savory multi-grain flatbread. This gluten free, vegan recipe makes easy no yeast, no oven bread that is wholesome and yummy.

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Grandma's Tandalachi Ukad Recipe - Spiced Rice Flour Roux

Tandalachi Ukad is a simple yet super comforting Indian breakfast porridge recipe. It is prepared by cooking rice flour with sour buttermilk and seasoned with oil and basic Indian spices. Serve it along a cup of ginger masala chai for that happy meal to start off your day right !

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Sabudana Khichdi

Sabudana Khichdi is a popular Indian pilaf / pulao dish made with soaked tapioca pearls (sago and peanuts). It is a savory upma commonly enjoyed during fasting periods, such as Navratri, or as a nutritious breakfast or snack.

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Chai Tea - Spiced Indian Tea- Masala Chai Recipe

Masala chai, a spiced Indian tea, is a comforting blend of black tea, milk, and aromatic spices like cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger. Loved for its rich flavor and warming properties, it’s more than a beverage—it’s a cherished tradition.

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Vegan Golden Milk - Turmeric Latte

This easy healthy golden milk is the best comforting drink full of soothing and healing ingredients. Ginger and turmeric infused milk is caffeine free and vegan. Turmeric Latte is packed with anti-inflammatory superfoods.

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South Indian Breakfast Food

Delightful idli, dosas, appams, medu vadas and ven pongals are super popular items to start the day served with sambar and various chutneys. These recipes are full of rice, lentils, coconut and curry leaves.

Quinoa Idli | Quinoa Idli Without Rice

Quinoa idli recipe is a nutritious alternative to traditional idli, made without rice by blending soaked quinoa with lentils and fermenting the batter before steaming into soft, fluffy cakes, perfect for a wholesome breakfast or snack.

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How to make Dosa (Crispy Dosa Recipe)

Learn how to make crispy dosa from scratch with homemade batter, along with all the tips & tricks to get perfect dosa’s every time!

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Instant Pot Ven Pongal

This Instant pot Ven Pongal is simple to make and makes a delicious breakfast. And serve with coconut chutney and sambar.

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Instant Pot Ven Pongal Recipe

Instant Pot Ven Pongal - This South Indian breakfast recipe made from rice and lentils is a great way to start your day.

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Appam - Recipe for fermented rice crepes / hoppers

Appams are soft, pillowy cakes and crepes made with a fermented rice and coconut batter. Here are two ways to make appams with one basic batter! (This

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Instant Pot Vegetable Sambar Recipe

Pressure cooker Sambar is lentil and vegetable stew with sultry Indian spices. This spicy Indian lentil stew is ideal for wholesome weeknight dinner.

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North Indian and Gujrati Breakfast Food

North Indian Food typically flatbreads, pancakes and parathas made with has whole wheat and sooji based ingredients. Gujrati breakfast recipes use chickpea flour to make handvo, dhokla and theplas.

Methi Thepla - Foodie’s Fun - This That More - Indian Flatbread

Methi Thepla is a delicious flatbread made from the dough of fresh Methi Leaves, Wheat Flour, Garlic, and Gram Flour with some spices.

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Aloo Paratha – Culinary Shades

Aloo paratha is a vegan Indian stuffed potato bread made with whole wheat flour. This is an easy aloo paratha recipe with step-by-step instructions.

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Homemade Instant Khaman Dhokla

Homemade Instant Khaman Dhokla Recipe, is a delightfully warm, soft and savory gram flour snack cake. This delicately spiced cake is ready in 20 minutes.

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NO ONION POTATO AND SWEETCORN SEVIYAN VERMICELLI UPMA

This savoury seviyan recipe is a vegan breakfast recipe without onion or garlic. Seviyan or vermicelli upma (can also be called Sevai ka Upma) is quick to prepare and is a deliciously mild and filling

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Some quintessential snack items that are often served in breakfast spread include various chivada or savory trail mix. Check out these scrumptious recipes for the same.

Kolhapuri Bhadang Indian Snack Recipe

Kolhapuri Bhadang is a flavorful Indian snack made from puffed rice, roasted peanuts, and an aromatic blend of spices. Elevate your tea-time experience with this quick, crunchy treat.

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Roasted Poha Chivda Recipe

Roasted Poha Chivda is a popular Indian namkeen snack . It's a crispy, flavorful mix of flattened rice (poha), nuts, and aromatic spices.

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Pumpkin Seeds Savory Snack Mix

Pumpkin Seeds Savory Snack Mix is scrumptious homemade trail mix made in 20 minutes. This nutrients rich superfood mix is fusion take on traditional Indian Chivda recipe is full of flavors.

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Chivda - Cereal Chevdo- Indian snack mix with Rice Krispies cereal

Chivda is popular Indian savory snack mix. Cereal chevdo (or chivda), a delicious Indian snack mix made from breakfast cereal.

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Use common ingredients like cumin seeds, whole wheat flour, curry leaves, herbs and beans along with simple vegetables like potatoes, onion, carrots, capsicum to make these tasty recipes. Use Semolina, moong dal, sago or tapioca pearls to make protein rich batters.

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