Power Packed Breakfast

What is the better way to say “good morning” to you like a bowl of freshly cooked   warm oatmeal?  Oatmeal is a whole grain and eating it can lower your risk of several diseases like high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.  Whole grains like oats are a rich source of iron, magnesium and vitamins B.   Oatmeal is a source of fiber.  That means when you eat oats for breakfast, you are going to feel full for a longer time.

I was taking oats every morning but there came a point when I got almost tired of eating this semi sweet cereal for breakfast.  Keeping in mind the health benefits of oats I started looking for different options. 

About two weeks ago I took a cup full of oats, ground them in a mixer, added multi grain flour, barley flour, black chickpea (kala channa) flour, some salt, caraway seeds and some spices and made a dough with those.  I rolled that into a chapatti and ate fresh with little bit of butter and some mint and coriander chutney. Boy was it delicious or what!  Immediately this hit it off with every member of our house.  Now everyone wants this delicious chapatti and nothing else for breakfast.

Barley flour gave it a wonderful flavor.  Moreover it has fewer calories and has a high nutritive value.  Barley contains eight essential amino acids and can regulate blood sugar for up to 10 hours after consumption.  Barley flour is even lighter than wheat flour.

Multigrain flour refers to a flour that contains more than one type of grain.  Common grains include buckwheat, cracked wheat, flax, and millet.  All these ingredients are rich in mega 3 fatty acids, vitamin B and fiber.

Adding black chickpea or kala channa flour to this dough gave added health benefits.  This flour is low in fat, high in dietary fiber and rich in minerals and vitamins.  Two to three tablespoon of this legume is equivalent to one portion of the daily recommended five portions of fruits and vegetables.  This flour aids in weight loss as well.

So you can imagine this power packed breakfast will pull you through the hectic schedule of morning.  The best part is you can make this dough at night, put it in the airtight container in the refrigerator and make a fresh chapatti for breakfast with your cup of tea, coffee or juice.

Ingredients:

1 cup ground oats, 1 cup multi grain  flour, 1 cup barley flour, ½ cup black chickpeas flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp caraway seeds(ajwain), 1 tsp of coriander powder, 2 tbsp fenugreek leaves(dry or fresh), water to make a semi soft dough.

Method:

Take a big bowl, put all the dry ingredients.  Add water little by little and keep kneading till it turns into semi soft dough.  Make balls of this dough.  With the rolling pin flatter the dough ball into a chapatti.  Heat a griddle; roast the chapatti from both the sides.  Eat fresh with little butter (optional) or cream cheese.  If you don’t want to add calories you can have that chapatti either with chutney or pickle.
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