Diabetic Indian Breakfast Recipes | 5 Easy to make Diabetic Friendly Breakfast Recipes

A diabetes-friendly Indian diet focuses on controlling blood sugar levels while still being tasty and satisfying. Here are some practical ideas you can use:

General Guidelines

Choose whole grains: Brown rice, whole wheat roti, oats, millets (ragi, jowar, bajra). High fiber foods: Vegetables, leafy greens, beans, lentils. Lean proteins: Paneer (low-fat), tofu, dals, sprouts, eggs, fish, chicken (grilled/boiled). Healthy fats: Nuts (almonds, walnuts), seeds (flax, chia, sunflower), and limited use of oils like mustard, olive, or groundnut oil. Avoid/refine: White rice, maida, fried snacks, sweets, sugary drinks.

Diabetic Indian Breakfast Recipes

Here I have shared five of the diabetic breakfast recipes from this website. The following is the list of Breakfast ideal for Diabetic meal plan:

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Samba Godhumai Upma / Samba Rava Upma:

Samba Rava Upma is one of the delicious and healthy breakfast and Dinner recipe which can be made very easily. Here wheat rava is used to make the upma and this is more healthier than the refined rava. This upma can be made using very little oil when compared to Rava upma and semiya upma. A perfect dish for diabetic people. Try this yummy easy Godhumai rava upma and enjoy with your family.

Ingredients for making Wheat Rava Upma

Wheat rava/ Samba rava/ Godhuma rava - 1 cup
Water - 3.5 cups
Salt - as needed
Onion -  2 nos.
Tomato -1 no.
Ginger - 1 inch
Green chillies - 2 nos.

To temper

Cooking oil - 2 tbsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
Chana dal - 1 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 10 nos.
A sprig of Curry leaves

Method for making Wheat Rava Upma

1. Wash the veggies and chop them into fine pieces. Chop the onions, tomato and ginger. Slit the green   chillies. 
2.  Heat oil in a kadai. Splutter the mustard seeds, urad dal, chana dal, cashews and curry leaves. 
3. Saute the onions till it becomes transparent then add tomatoes, ginger, green chillies and saute well. 
4. Now add the Samba Rava and saute well.
5. .Add water and requiredamount of salt. Close with a lid. Allow this to cook for 10minutes in a low medium flame.
6. You can add little more water if needed just looking at the consistency. 

Serve this wheat rava upma with tiffin sambar.

Paruppu Adai dosa

Adai dosa is a healthy protein rich South Indian breakfast recipe made using a mix of lentils, rice and spices. Each one uses dals and rice in 1:1 proportion. I prefer to take dal in excess than rice. Read the recipe and get to know the preparation of crispy and soft hotel style adai dosa. Adai goes well with Avial. Serve hot with a piece of jaggery and butter. The jaggery melts in hot adai.

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Adai Dosai Hotel Style

Adai and Coconut gram dal chutney

Ingredients required for making Adai Dosa

Raw rice - 1 cup

Kadalai paruppu / Bengal gram dal - 1 cup

Toor dal - 1/2 cup

Moong dal - 2 tbsp.

Urad dal - 2 tbsp.

Red chillies - 6

Garlic - 4 cloves

Cumin seeds - 1-2 tsp

Grated coconut – 1/4 cup (optional)

A pinch of asafoetida

Salt to taste

A sprig of curry leaves

Preparation of Tamil Recipe Adai (Dal Dosa)

1. Wash and clean the rice and dals. Soak this together along with the red chillies for 2 hours.

2. Grind the rice and dal along with cumin seeds, asafoetida, salt and garlic to a coarse paste.

3. Transfer this to a vessel and allow it to stand for an hour. Add grated coconut (optional) and curry leaves to the batter.

4. Now take a ladle full of batter and spread it evenly, add oil around the adai and wait till it becomes crisp. Turn the sides to ensure that it is fully cooked.

5.Serve this hot spicy Adai with avial, Gram dal coconut chutney, Vegetable paaya or Garlic chutney. 

Note: You can also add finely chopped onions and coriander leaves to the adai batter.

Side dish for Adai Dosa

Vegetable Paaya

Coconut Chana dal Chutney

Avial

Idli Podi

Mappillai Samba idli 

 Mappillai Samba idli is one of the healthy nutritious breakfast recipe which is good for diabetic and hypertensive patients. Mappillai Samba also called "Bride Grooms Rice" because it gives good energy and strength. This gluten free rice is rich in fiber and minerals and is also good for people of all ages. This idli looks red in colour and is so soft and fluffy. This is ideal for diabetic people because of its low glycemic value. Tastes well with  Groundnut chutney and curry leaves onion chutney. 

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Kuthiravali Dosa 

Mappillai Samba Idli 

Panivaragu Khichdi 

Thinai Poori 

Samai Dosai

 Varagu Upma

Ingredients for making Mappillai Samba idli          

• 2 Cups Mappillai Samba rice
• 1/2 cup urad dal
• 4 tbsps Poha / Aval
• 1/2 tablespoon Fenugreek seeds
• Salt to taste

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Method for making Mappillai Samba idli    

1. Wash the mappillai samba rice with water 3 times to get rid of impurities and Soak the rice, aval, urad dal together for 5 to 6 hours in water. 

2. Drain water and grind everything to a smooth batter by adding very little water. Do not add more water as it may become runny.

3. Add required amount of salt and allow this to stand for 6-8 hours or keep for overnight fermentation.

4. After fermentation store the batter in a refrigerator.

6. Grease the idli plates and steam cook for 10 to 12 minutes.

Healthy Mappillai Samba Idli is ready.

Samai Dosa / Little Millet Dosa

Samai Dosa or Little Millet Dosa is one of the healthy nutritious breakfast recipe which is good for diabetic and hypertensive patients. It is rich in fiber and is also good for people of all ages. Samai dosa tastes will give you a feeling of fullness and also stops craving for food. Here the same batter can be used to make both idlis and dosas. Tastes well with Tomato Chutney and Madurai Poondu chutney.

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Ingredients for making Samai / Little Millets Dosa         

2 Cups Samai

3/4 cup Urad dal

1/2 cup Idli rice

1/2 cup Aval / Poha

1/2 tablespoon Fenugreek seeds

Salt to taste

Oil for making dosas.

Method for making Samai / Little Millets Dosa 

1. Wash the millets with water 3 times to get rid of impurities and Soak the millets, idli rice, fenugreek seeds, urad dal together for 3 hours in water. Wash and soak the aval in water for half an hour.

2. Drain water and grind Millets along with poha to a smooth batter by adding very little water. Do not add more water as it may become runny.

3. Now mix both the contents with required salt together.  Allow this to stand for 6-8 hours or keep for overnight fermentation.

5. After fermentation store the batter in a refrigerator.

6. Heat the dosa tawa and take a ladleful of batter and spread as dosa and flip it. Add oil around the dosa.

Little Millets Dosai is ready to be served with any Chutney of your choice.

Samba Wheat Chapathi

Samba wheat / Samba Godhumai is an ancient grain with a high fiber content, lower gluten, and a lower glycemic index than modern, common wheat varieties. It is less processed and not polished, retaining more of its natural nutrients, vitamins, and minerals compared to regular wheat flour. Here I have bought Samba wheat from the store and then made home made flour from the mill. Samba Wheat Chapathi is good for diabetic patients and also for people with skin allergy due to its low gluten content.

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Ingredients for making Samba Wheat Chapathi

Samba Wheat Flour - 1 cup

Oil as required.

Salt as required.

Water as required.

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Method for making Samba Wheat Chapathi

1. Mix the wheat flour with required amount of salt and ghee and knead well to form a soft dough.

2. Roll thin, cook on hot griddle, and finish with oil or ghee for aromatic, golden chapathis.

3. If you want it to be tasty then add little ghee and fold it into triangle shape or into square shape.

4. Cook this in a dosa tawa till you get a golden brown colour with ghee.

Now the yummy Samba Chapthi is ready to be served.