Get a great start

Not eating a good breakfast everyday? Your body is running on an empty engine till your next meal! That's bad news when you need to do a million things in a day! Also, if you're trying to lose weight, not eating breakfast will only slow you down. Breakfast kick-starts your metabolism and actually helps you burn fat!

Breakfast, lunch or dinner, food is serious business to most Indians and they start the day with something wholesome. Here are some tasty alternatives to the usual bowl of cereal or coffee and a doughnut...

• Aaloo Paratha (potato paratha)
• Dhokla (steamed gram flour snack) - (pictured above left)
• Idli (steamed rice cakes) with Sambar and Coconut Chutney
• Fried Idlis
• Upma
• Poha and
• Pyaaz-Tamaatar Ka Omelette
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