5 Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour

Nowadays many Keralites are either giving up having rice completely or reduce the consumption of rice. There may be various reasons for the abstinence, and opting more Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour. The reason for restriction from rice could be because of diabetes. Or they might want to reduce weight. In some cases, the abstinence from rice helps to reduce inflammation.

For a Keralite, there is nothing as torturing as staying away from rice and rice flour food. So they have their cheat day. Some say that it is better to die than to live without having rice.

Some Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour

A doctor opined that ‘wheat is heat and rice is ice’. Since people suffering from arthritis must have warm they must have wheat and avoid rice says the doctor.

Here are a few Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour or atta. Recipes like idiyappam, kozhukattai, vellayappam, vattayappam and puttu, traditionally prepared with rice flour, finds a perfect substitue with wheat flour or atta.

To some extent, the craving for the rice-based Kerala recipes can be subsided by having the wheat-based alternatives. All the traditional combinations go well with the recipes. For instance, chickpea curry and atta puttu taste as good as the chickpea curry and rice flour puttu.

A surprise recipe!!

While trying out the atta variation of the Kerala recipes I stumbled upon a new wheat flour recipe – Yeast made of wheat flour. The recipe for the homemade wheat flour recipe is included as a bonus in this post.

Idiyappam

How to squeeze out, effortlessly, the idiyappam dough through the idiyappam maker is the main issue. Preparing idiyappam with rice flour itself requires a good amount of effort. Watch the video to find out how to prepare atta or wheat flour idiyappam easily.

Kozhukattai

I searched the internet thoroughly but could not find the exact substitute for the Kerala Kozhukattai using wheat flour or atta. Here is the wheat flour Kozhukattai which I am experimenting for the first time. The texture was good and the inside portion also cooked well. My family said the kozhukattai tasted good too. You can watch the recipe and improve on it. Send your version of wheat flour kozhukattai and we can publish it.

Vattayappam

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Vellayappam

Vellayappam with curry is the main food to celebrate Easter and Christmas. And what if you are not allowed to have rice-based food. No issues!! Prepare vellayappam with wheat flour. The appam came out very well and tasted yummy with the festival special curries. Watch the video to know more.

Puttu, yet another, Kerala breakfast recipes with wheat flour

Atta or Wheat flour puttu recipe is as old as the arrival of wheat flour to Kerala. It is an easy and commonly prepared breakfast. However I am sharing the wheat flour puttu for those who are yet to learn the art of preparing atta or wheat puttu.

Homemade Yeast with Wheat flour

This happened accidentally. I wanted yeast for a recipe and there was no option for shopping at that moment. That is when I came across various options to prepare homemade yeast. Here is one method using wheat flour. This yeast is good and effective.  Probably takes a bit longer than the dry yeast for fermentation. Check out the recipe here.