Though there are a mix and match of healthy recipes in this space I wanted to go for a week healthy…… So whats up for the coming days – For a week, I will be posting healthy diet recipes which will comprise of a breakfast, lunch, dessert, teatime drink, a snack and ending up with a dinner idea so its going to be 6 recipes for this series . How does that sound?!
So am starting off with my favourite breakfast – homemade muesli / granola. You can check out my granola bars here.These days its become very common even in india in most of homes to start off the day with healthy cereals / muesli and we are no exception to it.
Homemade Muesli / Granola Recipe
Ingredients:
- Oats – 1 cup
- Corn flakes – 1/2 cup
- Badams – 3 tbsp (sliced thin)
- Walnuts chopped – 3 tbsp
- Dates – 3 tbsp (finely chopped)
- Other dryfruits – 2 tbsp
- Honey – 1/4 cup
- Butter – 1 tbsp (optional)
- Salt – 1/4 tsp
Method:
- Chop all the nuts and dry fruits roughy, keep aside.
- In a sauce pan, dry roast oats, cornflakes, walnuts, almonds , dry fruits and nuts till golden brown or till a nice aroma comes. Keep aside.
- Now in the same pan, add butter let it melt then add honey and salt. Allow it boil till bubbles are seen it may take 4-5mins. Now add the toasted oats, cornflakes nuts mixture. Mix well.
- Allow the honey butter mixture to coat the toasted oats, cornflakes nuts mixture. It may take 2-3 mins. Switch off and allow it to cool for few mins.
- Bake the mixture at 200 deg C for 5 mins to make it more crispy. Cool down and store it in an airtight container. Serve it with chilled milk.
You can also see my other healthy breakfast ideas :
- Instant Oats Dosa
- Oats Idli
- Oats Appam
- Pesarattu Dosa
- Wheat Dosai
- Eggless French Toast (Sweet & Savoury)
My Notes :
- The baking at the last step is purely optional but I do this for extra crispness and this will also make the muesli stay crisp for longer – Tip from Prathiba
- Store it in an airtight container for the crispness to stay longer.
- Muesli is totally flexible, you can just have the cup measurement in mind and add in any nuts and dry fruits of your choice.
- Add milk preferably cold but if you like it hot, then go ahead.
Divya Kudua says
August 22, 2011 at 2:14 amI love Muesli and have it when snack cravings hit badly.Simple recipe and perfect to experiment with!
ANU says
August 22, 2011 at 2:19 amwow very healthy granola and better when homemade!
Premalatha Aravindhan says
August 22, 2011 at 2:23 amVery healthy recipe,loved this home made granola…
Tina says
August 22, 2011 at 3:10 amhealthy and perfect..
polwig says
August 22, 2011 at 3:11 amLooks beautiful and I am sure tastes even better, I love Museli since it reminds me so much of europe.
Pavithra says
August 22, 2011 at 3:21 amLove all the shots first sharmi… indeed a healthy start for the day.
RAKS KITCHEN says
August 22, 2011 at 3:55 amI always wish to taste it,if some one makes yummy like this I can 🙂 Loved the pictures…
Kalyani's Platter says
August 22, 2011 at 4:23 amHealthy andlovely clicks …
jeyashrisuresh says
August 22, 2011 at 4:24 amwhat a coincidence sharmi, even iwas thinking to post some healthy recipes this week after festivals in last week. quite a perfect and healthy one to start a day. neat clicks too.
Hari Chandana says
August 22, 2011 at 5:45 amWoww… wonderful clicks 🙂
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Suhaina says
August 22, 2011 at 6:13 amWow…I always love and admire people who make Granola. Dont ask me why??? I simply admire…love ur recipe..wonderful clicks too.
Paaka Shaale says
August 22, 2011 at 7:30 amWonderful muesli Sharmilee. Great pictures to go with it as well 🙂
Prathibha says
August 22, 2011 at 8:28 amMe too comes under same category…love granola.nice clicks sharmi and thanks for d mention..:)
priya ravi says
August 22, 2011 at 9:45 amVery healthy breakfast to start a day. Nice clicks 🙂
Angie's Recipes says
August 22, 2011 at 11:34 amLove homemade granola！
Hamaree Rasoi says
August 22, 2011 at 12:34 pmthe pictures are so good that I want to make it right now !! Wonderful muesli..
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
A 2 Z Vegetarian Cuisine says
August 22, 2011 at 12:54 pmLove the pictures.. as usual will surely try this recipe out..we all love granola at my home..
Suja says
August 22, 2011 at 1:35 pmHome made is the best..looks wonderful
divya says
August 22, 2011 at 2:18 pmLooks so colorful and delicious.. super perfect 🙂
Shri says
August 22, 2011 at 2:51 pmHealthy, perfect and delicious
Valarmathi Sanjeev says
August 22, 2011 at 3:08 pmHealthy one…looks fantastic….lovely pics 🙂
sangee vijay says
August 22, 2011 at 4:01 pmvery healthy n delicious breakfast….will try this…so nice pictures n liked your presentation 🙂
Priti says
August 22, 2011 at 4:26 pmGud n healthy ..nice one
Vimitha Anand says
August 22, 2011 at 4:46 pmLooks so crunchy and perfect for bf… Will try this soon…
Madhavi says
August 22, 2011 at 6:27 pmI always like homemade granola..niceeee…
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Krithi's Kitchen says
August 22, 2011 at 6:36 pmLovely muesli..expecting more wonderful recipes from your healthy plan schedule!!
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Sapthanaa Balachander (Alias) Abilashini says
August 22, 2011 at 6:55 pmawesome and a useful recipe.. thanks for this one!!
Sobha Shyam says
August 22, 2011 at 7:22 pma healthy breakfast indeed when everything is homemade, wonderful idea dear, cute jar 🙂
TheYummyMorsel says
August 22, 2011 at 7:25 pmVery pretty pics..
Apu says
August 22, 2011 at 9:28 pmHealthy, great breakfast food.
Laavanya says
August 22, 2011 at 10:00 pmYummy.. must be great as a parfait
Ramya Bala says
August 22, 2011 at 11:24 pmLooks Yummy…my kids will love it…somehow am not a person who can take cereal or anything sweet with milk 😉
Rekha shoban says
August 23, 2011 at 4:36 amhealthy museli!!!superb pics sharmi!
Priya says
August 23, 2011 at 8:08 amWat a wonderful muesli to enjoy, wonderful healthy breakfast..
Mitha says
August 23, 2011 at 9:12 amsorry for a non related comment
Sharmi I want to try out ur eggless dates cake.
but when I click on the link it says the page doesnt exist.
have u removed that post ?
I have already bought a big pack of imported dates
help please !!!
Sharmilee! :) says
August 23, 2011 at 9:19 am@Mitha : I am planning to post it with stepwise so deleted the old recipe but can give you the recipe source if you can mail me ur email id…Is that ok?
Mitha says
August 23, 2011 at 10:50 amHow sweet of you sharmi !!!
am sending u an email right now..
by the way i would love to see the step by step post.
bcoz that would be more useful
by the way why dont my cakes get the brown colour while baking.. even the buns too
the brown colour never shows up..
any tips from ur side would be very much helpful!!
Thank You
An Open Book says
August 23, 2011 at 10:52 amlooks totally healthy
Prathima Rao says
August 23, 2011 at 11:10 amWow…Thx Sharmi..Wanted a perfect museli recipe to try out…And i have all the ingredients for ur version at hand…Trying it out now..!!! Ur recipes always turn out perfect..:)
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Zareena says
August 23, 2011 at 3:37 pmI love museli a lot. I love it as a snack. Really very healthy and nutritious.
Nithya says
August 24, 2011 at 5:05 amComforting bowl of breakfast 🙂 Home made is always the best 🙂
Chitra says
August 24, 2011 at 9:35 amWow , tats really a jiffy , healthy BF. will try for my hubby and doter. Loved it 🙂
Shanavi says
August 24, 2011 at 5:11 pmI also museli..Bookmarked Sharmilee..looks super great and fab clicks
Shanavi says
August 24, 2011 at 5:15 pmI also museli..Bookmarked Sharmilee..looks super great and fab clicks
Shruti Kansal says
May 25, 2012 at 8:46 amThis looks great !!! There was a mention of homemade museli in your yogurt granola recipe which made me search for the homemade version !
One query, apart from baking in the oven , are you aware of any other way to make it more crisp? We have a microwave oven, but the oven features are no match for the actual oven 🙂
Thanks ! 🙂
Sharmilee! :) says
May 25, 2012 at 8:54 am@Shruthi : No I am not aware of any option other than to toast it in the oven finally…
preethi says
December 6, 2012 at 11:19 pmHi sharmi,
I saw this recipe yesterday in your blog and tried it today since i had all the ingredients… It tastes great and the final baking step did make it super crispy.. Thank you for sharing this recipe!
Unknown says
May 7, 2013 at 8:00 amHi Sharmi,
Thanks for sharing the recipe. I tried it yesterday and it tasted great! A couple of things I wasn't satisfied with though–the oats tended to form little balls which I had to keep breaking at various stages. Even then, the end product has little clusters bound together by the syrup, not separate flakes. Any idea why this could be? Or is just Bombay's humid summer? Because the entire batch has now taken the shape of the container is is kept in.
Also, I think I'll be using a little less butter next time–it's the strongest aroma in my muesli.
Sharmilee! :) says
May 7, 2013 at 9:52 amI can understand your problem…I faced this issue during my first few trials and found that the problem is when honey is not mixed properly with oats,it tends to stick with oats forming small balls, so stir well in between too while baking, this will sure solve the problem.
Unknown says
May 8, 2013 at 5:36 amThank you!
P.s. Sorry, didn't realise my name wouldn't show up. I'm Aarti, an occasional visitor to your blog from Bombay 🙂
Ashwini says
July 10, 2013 at 9:29 amHi. I want to ask whether you have used normal cooking oats (like saffola / kellogs / quaker)or rolled oats which are thicker in size? Because I could not get rolled oats anywhere and most muesli recipes use rolled oats.
SHARMILEE J says
July 10, 2013 at 10:52 amI used normal quick cooking oats only…I used quaker….Rolled oats is tough to find in india but heard its available in nut and spices
Ashwini says
July 12, 2013 at 4:23 amThanks for ur prompt & kind reply…
Esha says
April 10, 2014 at 12:21 pmHi sharmi! This recipe is perfect! I wanted to know if I could omit butter.. what do you think?
SHARMILEE J says
April 10, 2014 at 12:57 pmMay be you can try omitting it….
Akanksha Jain says
January 23, 2015 at 6:40 pmI made it today and it tasted superb:)
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