It is really a challenge to make interesting and healthy breakfast everyday. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.

Breakfast provides the body and brain with fuel after an overnight fast – that’s where its name originates, breaking the fast! Without breakfast you are effectively running on empty, like trying to start the car with no petrol!

Any meal with a combination of complex carbohydrates, protein, minerals and vitamins will be an ideal power packed breakfast to kick start the day.

Peas( muttar in Hindi and pattani in Tamil) is rich in protein, vitamin A, vitamin C and Potassium. It tastes little sweet and on cooking the sweetness increases. It is used in many recipes. It makes any meal tasty, colourful and healthy and it’s perfect ingredient for breakfast recipes.

Pudhina( mint leaves in English), is very rich in iron,calcium, potassium, vitamin A and vitamin C. It has a very appealing fragrance.

Peas and pudhina combined with whole wheat flour thus becomes perfect for making healthy, tasty and a power packed breakfast.
When served with some fruits, it becomes a complete meal:)

Ingredients
Boiled peas- 1 cup
Pudhina leaves- 1 cup
Green chillies- 2
Whole wheat flour- 2 cups( 1/2 more cup for dusting and rolling)
Water – 1/2 cup
Melted ghee- 1 tbsp
Amchur powder- 1/2 tsp
(dry mango pd)
Garam masala powder- 1/4th tsp
Ajwain – 1/4 th tsp
Salt – 1/4th tsp or to taste
Oil or ghee for making the paratha.

For serving
Pickle
Butter
Grilled fruits
I have used grilled papaya.

Method
Grind peas, pudhina and green chillies to a coarse paste.
In a wide bowl, add wheat flour, salt, ghee, amchur powder, garam masala powder and ajwain and mix well. Add the ground paste and using half cup if water, knead a smooth dough.
Rest the dough for half an hour.

This dough can be used to make 10 medium size parathas.
After half an hour, knead the gently one more time, divide into 10 portions.
Take one portion, make a ball, dust it in the flour and roll out evenly to a round shape.
Heat a heavy bottom tawa.
Place the paratha on the hot tawa.
Cook till light brown spots appear on the bottom side. Turn the paratha and cook on the other side. Apply little ghee or oil and both sides and cook again. Keep pressing the paratha while cooking so that it turns crisp.

Serve hot with little butter and pickle and some fruits. Yogurt is also a good option.

To make grilled fruits, arrange the fruits in a skewer. Sprinkle very little sugar, some sesame seeds and grill on the hot tawa on which the parathas were made.