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Most mornings I want something hot, something that does not leave the kitchen looking like a festival, and chai that does not taste like tea bags left too long.</p> <p>Weekend mornings are different. That is when the dough rests longer, the oil heats for puri, or the dosa batter finally gets its turn on the tawa.</p> <h2>Weekdays: keep the stove honest</h2> <p>If I have twenty-five minutes, I knead atta the night before or first thing, rest it while water boils for chai, then roll chapati. Soft dough beats fancy filling when you are late.</p> <p>Chai starts with spices in the milk-water, not with leaves dumped in first. That one habit fixed more bitter cups than any fancy tea brand.</p> <ul class="breakfast-list"> <li><a href="../recipes/soft-everyday-chapati-roti.html">Soft everyday chapati</a>  rest the dough; stack under a cloth</li> <li><a href="../recipes/proper-masala-chai.html">Proper masala chai</a>  spices simmer before the tea leaves</li> <li><a href="../recipes/comforting-moong-dal-khichdi.html">Moong dal khichdi</a>  when someone wants soft food, not fried bread</li> </ul> <h2>Weekends: fillings, frying, batter</h2> <p>Aloo paratha is my weekend default. Dry filling. Tight seal. Medium tawa. Guests soften when yoghurt and pickle hit the table.</p> <p>Puri and chole are louder. I only start that when I know people will eat standing in the kitchen, waiting for the next puff.</p> <p>Dosa happens when batter fermented overnight without me forgetting it. If the batter is sulking in the fridge, lemon rice with yesterday s grains is the honest Plan B.</p> <ul class="breakfast-list"> <li><a href="../recipes/punjabi-aloo-paratha.html">Punjabi aloo paratha</a>  dry potato filling, no tears</li> <li><a href="../recipes/puffy-homemade-puri.html">Homemade puri</a>  fry close to serving</li> <li><a href="../recipes/punjabi-chole-chana-masala.html">Punjabi chole</a>  dark onion base for the gravy</li> <li><a href="../recipes/crispy-masala-dosa.html">Masala dosa</a>  when the batter cooperates</li> <li><a href="../recipes/south-indian-lemon-rice.html">South Indian lemon rice</a>  leftover rice, lemon off heat</li> </ul> <h2>Drinks that belong at breakfast</h2> <p>Chai almost every day. Thandai when it is festive or too hot for milk tea. I do not force mango lassi at 8am unless the fruit is begging to be used.</p> <ul class="breakfast-list"> <li><a href="../recipes/proper-masala-chai.html">Masala chai</a></li> <li><a href="../recipes/festive-thandai.html">Thandai</a></li> <li><a href="../recipes/roasted-besan-ladoo.html">Besan ladoo</a>  with tea, not instead of breakfast</li> </ul> <h2>What I do not do</h2> <p>I do not pretend every morning needs restaurant plating. I do not deep-fry on a Tuesday unless guests appear. And I do not publish breakfast  hacks I have not burnt, under-salted, or fixed at least once in this kitchen.</p> <p>For the full Indian set  curries, street snacks, sweets  see the <a href="../cuisines/indian.html" style="color:#ff9933">Indian recipes hub</a>.</p> <p class="legal-note">Original CookMe editorial by Hasnain Khan. Home-kitchen tested. 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