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90 Best Diabetic Breakfast Recipes That Are Healthy & Nutritious

Shruti Prasad

Shruti Prasad

July 17, 2019

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Many diabetics struggle everyday to keep their blood sugar in control. They ponder about what they should eat and what they should not eat so that their blood sugar levels do not spike. Many believe that if you eat less or skip a meal it will help with controlling their diabetes. This is the biggest misconception and if you are a diabetic you should never skip a meal especially your breakfast.

Breakfast being the most important meal of the day, it should be nutritious, healthy and contain protein, fat, vitamins and minerals along with the right complex carbs to give you the right start. So here we have a list of healthy and satisfying Diabetic Friendly Breakfast Recipes which will help keep you fit.

What should you eat if you are a diabetic? A diabetic should try and eat food which have a low glycemic index (GI). Glycemic Index is a measure that ranks carbohydrates and food that contain carbs according to their effect on blood Glucose levels. Carbohydrates with low-GI are more slowly digested, absorbed and metabolized by our body which in turn helps the blood sugar level rises slower. It also lowers the risk of heart diseases and type 2 diabetes. 

Some Indian food which have a low glycemic Index are bajra, broken wheat, ragi, jowar, barley, oats, wheat, buckwheat, soybean, brown rice, lentils, chickpeas, kidney beans, fruits and vegetables high in fiber like carrots, broccoli, zucchini ,mushrooms, cauliflower, green peas, tomatoes, and green leafy vegetables like methi, drumstick leaves. So include these in your food to maintain your diabetes. Replace unhealthy or starchy ingredients in a recipe and include high fiber non starchy ingredients instead. 

Some other simple ways in which you can maintain  a diabetic friendly diet is by broil, bake or stir-fry your food. Avoid fried food, processed food and sugars. Consume most of the daily fats moderately from raw nuts, olive oil, fish oils, canola oil, flax seeds, whole milk and avocados instead of other trans-fat foods.

Our Diabetic Breakfast Recipes help you plan your meal and make cooking easier so that you eat healthy meals which are filling as well as tasty. 

1.Diabetic Friendly Porridge and Kanji Recipes

Ragi and finger millets are rich in dietary fiber, calcium, and essential amino acids. Being rich in fiber it keeps the cravings at bay and keeping blood sugar in control. Ragi Kanji Recipe, Jowar and Vegetable Porridge Recipe and Jolada Ganji Recipe are quick to make and you can whip these dishes up in no time. You can even have these in between meals to satisfy your hunger pangs.

Ragi Kanji Recipe - Salt Version - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Kanji

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Jowar and Vegetable Porridge Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Jowar and Vegetable Porridge

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Oats Mor Kali Recipe - Oats & Buttermilk Breakfast Porridge - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Oats Mor Kali

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Ragi Oatmeal Porridge Recipe | Kanji Recipe | High Calcium Fibre and Protein Porridge Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Oatmeal Porridge | Kanji | High Calcium Fibre and Protein Porridge

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Arunachal Pradesh Zan Recipe - Finger Millet Porridge with Vegetables Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Arunachal Pradesh Zan

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Jolada Ganji Recipe (Jowar Savoury Porridge) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Jolada Ganji

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Black Rice Porridge Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Black Rice Porridge

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Savoury Oatmeal Porridge Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Savoury Oatmeal Porridge

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2. Diabetic friendly Bhurji Recipes

Bhurji are delicious and quick to make. They can be made with eggs or made completely vegetarian without eggs. Anda Bhurji Recipe is a popular breakfast recipe that is full of proteins. You can add any vegetable of your choice to make the bhurji more nutritious. Broccoli Egg Bhurji Recipe is one such recipe where the nutritious broccoli is mixed with eggs. Palak Paneer Bhurji Recipe is a vegetarian Bhurji recipe and is low on GI too. Palak provides many nutrients and fiber to keep you healthy. 

Anda Bhurji Recipe  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Anda Bhurji

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Paneer Bhurji Recipe With Capsicum - Spicy Cottage Cheese Crumble - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Paneer Bhurji With Capsicum

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Broccoli Egg Bhurji Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Broccoli Egg Bhurji

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Palak Paneer Bhurji Recipe -Spiced Cottage Cheese Scramble With Spinach Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Palak Paneer Bhurji -Spiced Cottage Cheese Scramble With Spinach

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Tofu Bhurji Recipe - Spicy Scrambled Tofu  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Tofu Bhurji

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Ghee Tooria Per Eda Recipe - Parsi Style Ridge Gourd With Fried Eggs - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ghee Tooria Per Eda

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Parsi Style Paneer Charvela Eda Sathe Recipe-Scrambled Eggs with Paneer Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Parsi Style Paneer Charvela Eda Sathe -Scrambled Eggs with Paneer

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Akoori with Green Peas Recipe (Parsi Style Scrambled Eggs with Green Peas)  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Akoori with Green Peas

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Akuri Recipe (Parsi Style Seasoned Scrambled Eggs) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Akuri

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 3. Diabetic Friendly Idli, Puttu, Dhokla Recipes

Idlis are such an integral part of our Indian cuisine made either for breakfast, lunch or dinner, in almost all households be it in the North or South.Adding various kinds of millets in different forms, into idli batters, is a great way to include them in your everyday meal plates. They provide great energy with negligible number of calories, they are Gluten Free and high in fiber and aid in better digestion. They low GI makes them the best food source for diabetics. Puttus and dhoklas similarly can be made using various  millets as well. Murungai Keerai Puttu and Spinach Foxtail Millet Dhokla Recipe are recipes which include green leafy vegetables making these dishes more rich in nutrients. 

Ragi Rava Idli Recipe - Steamed High Protein Finger Millet Idli - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Rava Idli

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Spongy Quinoa Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Spongy Quinoa Idli

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Green Moong Dal And Vegetable Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Green Moong Dal And Vegetable Idli

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Ragi & Oats Rava Idli Recipe-Finger Millet and Oats Idli  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi & Oats Rava Idli -Finger Millet and Oats Idli

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Ragi Idli Recipe - Learn How To Make A Healthy Ragi Idli - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Idli

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Horsegram And Foxtail Millet Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Horsegram And Foxtail Millet Idli

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Foxtail Millet Rava Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Foxtail Millet Rava Idli

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Foxtail Millet Idli Recipe - Healthy Indian Diabetic Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Foxtail Millet Idli

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Godhumai Idli Recipe (Instant Whole Wheat Flour Idli) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Godhumai Idli

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Mixed Vegetables Oats Idli Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Mixed Vegetables Oats Idli

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Homemade Rice Puttu Recipe | Kerala Matta Rice or Basmati Rice - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Homemade Rice Puttu | Kerala Matta Rice or Basmati Rice

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Murungai Keerai Puttu - Drumstick Leaves Puttu Recipe  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Murungai Keerai Puttu

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Kerala Style Ragi Puttu Recipe - Healthy Diabetic Friendly Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Kerala Style Ragi Puttu

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Brown Rice Kozhukattai Recipe - Savory Brown Rice Dumplings - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Brown Rice Kozhukattai

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Samai Arisi Pidi Kozhukattai (Tamil Nadu Breakfast Recipe) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Tamil Samai Arisi Pidi Kozhukattai

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Gujarati Palak Dhokla Recipe - Steamed Spinach Lentil Cakes - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Gujarati Palak Dhokla

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Buckwheat Corn Dhokla Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Buckwheat Corn Dhokla

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Sprouted Moong Dhokla Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Sprouted Moong Dhokla

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Green Moong Dal Dhokla Recipe (Savory Steamed Mung Bean Cakes) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Green Moong Dal Dhokla

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Spinach Foxtail Millet Dhokla Recipe  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Spinach Foxtail Millet Dhokla

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4.Diabetic Friendly Paratha And Thepla Recipes

Parathas can be made diabetic friendly by filling them with ingredients that help control sugar levels. Most of these rotis have millet flours and you can serve them with a low fat yogurt by the side. Paneer Stuffed Ragi Paratha Recipe is a High Protein Breakfast that is filling and yet is diabetic friendly. Drumstick Leaves Ragi Roti Recipe and Jowar Bajra Garlic Roti Recipe uses millet flours which are diabetic friendly and full of nutrients. 

Drumstick Leaves Ragi Roti Recipe - Moringa Millet Flat Bread - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Drumstick Leaves Ragi Roti

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Karnataka Style Ragi Ujju Rotti Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Karnataka Style Ragi Ujju Rotti

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Ragi Masala Roti Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Masala Roti

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Bajra Kaddu Ki Roti Recipe - Bajra Pumpkin Roti Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Bajra Kaddu Ki Roti

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Tofu Methi Paratha Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Tofu Methi Paratha

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Carrot Methi Jowar Thepla Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Carrot Methi Jowar Thepla

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Jowar Atta Pyaz Thepla Recipe – Sorghum Wheat Onion Thepla - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Jowar Atta Pyaz Thepla – Sorghum Wheat Onion Thepla

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Mixed Millet Phulka Recipe - Ragi Jowar Bajra Wheat Phulka - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Mixed Millet Phulka

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Ragi Wheat Phulka Recipe- Diabetic Friendly Ragi Roti  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Wheat Phulka

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Jowar Bajra Garlic Roti Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Jowar Bajra Garlic Roti

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Paneer Stuffed Ragi Paratha Recipe - High Protein Breakfast - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Paneer Stuffed Ragi Paratha

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Ragi Tawa Paratha - Healthy Vitamin Rich & Diabetic Friendly Paratha  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Tawa Paratha

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Methi Jowar Ragi Thalipeeth Recipe - Healthy Diabetic Friendly Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Methi Jowar Ragi Thalipeeth

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Rajma and Horse Gram Stuffed Paratha Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Rajma and Horse Gram Stuffed Paratha

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Vegan Black Beans Stuffed Paratha Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Vegan Black Beans Stuffed Paratha

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Ragi Murungai Keerai Adai Recipe-Finger Millet Flour & Drumstick Leaves Savory Flatbread - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Murungai Keerai Adai -Finger Millet Flour & Drumstick Leaves Savory Flatbread

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Tofu & Capsicum Paratha Recipe (Stuffed Tofu Flatbread) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Tofu & Capsicum Paratha

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Cabbage and Methi Paratha Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Cabbage and Methi Paratha

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Gehu Bajra Thepla Recipe - Bajra Masala Paratha - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Gehu Bajra Thepla

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Methi And Palak Paratha Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Methi And Palak Paratha

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Palak Ragi & Oats Wheat Thepla Recipe - Healthy Diabetic Roti - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Palak Ragi & Oats Wheat Thepla

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Missi Roti Recipe (Spiced Gram Flour Flat Bread) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Missi Roti

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Multigrain Methi Thepla Recipe With Ragi & Whole Wheat  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Multigrain Methi Thepla With Ragi & Whole Wheat

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Green Moong Dal Paratha Recipe - Stuffed Lentil Flatbread - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Green Moong Dal Paratha

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Cabbage Carrot Onion Pudina Thepla Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Cabbage Carrot Onion Pudina Thepla

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5. Diabetic Friendly Uttapam, Dosa, Cheela, Appam and Adai Recipes

Dosa, uttapams, adais and appam batters can all me ade without rice or replacing white and proceed rice with brown rice and red rice. These batters can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container and you can make these for breakfast lunch or dinner. Moong Dal Palak Cheela Recipe, Vazhaipoo Bajra Adai Recipe, Palak Dhania Dosa Recipe With Figaro Olive Oil are Ragi Onion Uttapam Recipe are all filling breakfast recipes that are diabetic friendly and good for you. 

Moong Dal Dosa Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Moong Dal Dosa

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Egg Roast Masala Dosa Recipe - With Moong Dal Dosa Batter - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Egg Roast Masala Dosa

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Barnyard Millet Idli And Dosa Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Barnyard Millet Idli And Dosa

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Godhuma Dosa Recipe - Instant Whole Wheat Flour Dosa Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Godhuma Dosa

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Ragi Rava Dosa Recipe With Oats - Finger Millet & Oats Dosa Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Rava Dosa With Oats

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Oatmeal Dosa Recipe - Healthy Instant Oats Dosa Recipe  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Oatmeal Dosa

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Mysore Masala Dosa Made With Ragi Dosa Batter - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Mysore Masala Dosa Made With Ragi Dosa Batter

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Buckwheat Dosa Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Buckwheat Dosa

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Palak Dhania Dosa Recipe With Figaro Olive Oil - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Palak Dhania Dosa With Figaro Olive Oil

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Mixed Sprouts Coriander Dosa With Idli Dosa Batter - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Mixed Sprouts Coriander Dosa With Idli Dosa Batter

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High Protein Moong Dal Cheela Recipe With Stuffed Paneer - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

High Protein Moong Dal Cheela With Stuffed Paneer

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Lauki and Whole Green Moong Dal Cheela Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Lauki and Whole Green Moong Dal Cheela

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Sprouted Matki Cheela Recipe With Palak -Moth Beans Cheela - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Sprouted Matki Cheela With Palak -Moth Beans Cheela

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Sprouted Moong and Methi Cheela Recipe - A Healthy Breakfast - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Sprouted Moong and Methi Cheela

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Jowar & Tomato Cheela Recipe - Sorghum Cheela With Tomatoes - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Jowar & Tomato Cheela

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Green Moong Dal Cheela Recipe - Savory Green Mung Bean Pancakes  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Green Moong Dal Cheela

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Bajra & Dal Cheela Recipe (Spicy Pearl Millet  & Lentil Crepe Recipe) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Bajra & Dal Cheela

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Moong Dal Palak Cheela Recipe (Yellow Lentil And Spinach Crepes) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Moong Dal Palak Cheela

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Oats and Besan Cheela Recipe (High Protein Spiced Crepes) - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Oats and Besan Cheela

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Murungai Keerai Adai Recipe - Drumstick Leaves Adai | Lentil Crepes  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Murungai Keerai Adai

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Ragi Appam Recipe - A Healthy Twist To The Classic Kerala Appam  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Appam

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Foxtail Millet Paruppu Adai With Keerai Recipe - Foxtail Millet and Lentil Crepes with Spinach - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Foxtail Millet Paruppu Adai With Keerai

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Vazhaipoo Bajra Adai Recipe - Banana Flower & Pearl Millet Dosa - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Vazhaipoo Bajra Adai

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Mini Bajra Uttapam Recipe  - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Mini Bajra Uttapam

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Ragi Onion Uttapam Recipe - Wholesome Breakfast Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Ragi Onion Uttapam

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Vegetable Ragi & Oats Uttapam Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Vegetable Ragi & Oats Uttapam

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Besan And Green Pea Cheela Recipe - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Besan And Green Pea Cheela

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Besan Aur Pyaz Ka Cheela Recipe - Roz Ka Khana With Figaro Olive Oil - Recipe dish with step-by-step cooking instructions

Besan Aur Pyaz Ka Cheela

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