1. Cream of Wheat
2. Rice Porridge
3. Vermicelli Breakfast
4. Flattened Rice Breakfast

1. Cream of Wheat (Sweet Soup of Wheat) Ingredients (For 2 People) Cream of wheat/ rava/ soji: 1 cup Ghee: 1 tsp. Water or milk: 2 cups Optional spices: Sugar: 1 cup; saffron: 10 pieces; cardamom powder: ½ tsp Optional extras: chopped almonds and raisins: to taste Instruments Cooking pot Method 1. Roast (fry) rava in a pan for 10 minutes until it becomes reddish brown 2. Add ghee or oil and roast for 5 minutes 3. Add boiled water or milk and cook for 10 minutes 4. Add spices, sugar or jaggery and raisins 5. Add cardamom powder once cooked If you use RAW cream of wheat you must roast it prior to cooking (steps #1 and 2). However, if you use pre-cooked you can SKIP steps #1 and #2 Variations For spicy cream of wheat prepare the basic spice mix in oil with tomatoes, add this to the dry roasted cream of wheat, then add boiling water and cook all together. But add less water than you would to the previous recipe

2. Rice Porridge (Sweet Soup of Rice) Ingredients (For 2 People) Rice (any type will do): 1 cup Ghee: 1 tsp. Milk or water: 4 cups Sugar: 1 cup Almonds, raisins: to taste Saffron, cardamom powder, cinnamon leaves: to taste Instruments Cooking pan Blender / grinder Cooking pot Method 1. Heat the pan, add the ghee and the rice, roast the rice for 5 minutes 2. Blend gently in mixer or blender 3. Place mixture in cooking pot 4. Add milk and cinnamon leaves 5. Cook on low heat until rice is tender 6. Add sugar if desired and cook 5 more minutes 7. Add saffron, raisins, almonds if desired and stir well 8. Add cardamom powder while serving Variations The same dish can be prepared using any other grain in the same method: roast then cook in milk or water. You can also use vermicelli noodles instead! The dish can be made sweet as above or savory using the basic spice mix and salt.

3. Vermicelli Breakfast Ingredients (For 2-3 People) Vermicelli (thin noodles): 1 cup Water: 2 cups Basic spice Mix: 3 tsp. Salt and sugar to taste Coriander, tomatoe, ground coconut and fresh lemon juice Instruments Cooking pot Method 1. Crush the vermicelli 2. Roast over low heat 3. Prepare the basic spice mix in oil with curry leaves, add vermicelli 4. Add water, salt and sugar to taste and cook until tender 5. Add fresh coriander, tomatoe, ground nuts, coconut and fresh lemon juice to taste

4. Flattened Rice Breakfast Ingredients (For 2-3 People) Flattened/ processed rice (poha): 2-3 cups The basic spice mix prepared in oil Tomatoes: 1 or 2 (Or potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, carrots etc: 1cup) Fresh coriander Peanut and grated coconut Grapes, pomegranate, guava or cucumbers if desired Instruments Cooking pot Method 1. Soak the flattened rice in water until soft (5 minutes) 2. Prepare the basic spice mix in oil with curry leaves 3. Add the peanuts if desired and fry 4. Add the soaked poha 5. Add salt and sugar to taste 6. Cover and fry until it is cooked 7. Add fresh chopped coriander and ground coconut 8. Add grapes or pomegranate as desired 9. Serve with fresh, sliced lemon to squeeze You can prepare this type of dish with any cooked grain such as rice, wheat rawa, soji, noodles, quinoa, bulgar...as you like.