Breakfast Recipes

Silky, delicate, translucent rice noodle sheets steamed to order, wrapped around shrimp or pork, and drenched in a sweet soy sauce.

A popular Northern Chinese breakfast. Exceptionally soft, silken tofu pudding served hot and topped with a savory sauce, dried shrimp, pickled vegetables, and chili oil.

Shanghai's favorite breakfast. Pillowy soft buns filled with juicy pork and hot soup, pan-fried to give them an incredibly crispy, golden bottom.

The king of Chinese comfort food. A silky, slow-cooked rice porridge flavored with savory marinated pork and the unique, creamy umami of century eggs.

Light, airy, and deeply golden Chinese fried dough sticks. The quintessential companion to a hot bowl of congee or fresh soy milk.

The iconic breakfast combination of Indore: savory, fennel-scented flattened rice (Poha) paired with hot, crispy, syrupy sweets (Jalebi).

Soft, incredibly spongy, and thick dosas served in a 'set' of three. They require no oil for cooking and are cooked only on one side.

A legendary North Indian breakfast of crisp, lentil-stuffed deep-fried bread (Bedmi) served with a watery, highly spiced potato curry.

A quick, savory vermicelli breakfast dish tempered with mustard seeds, lentils, and mixed vegetables, popular across South India.

A highly nutritious, savory, multi-grain flatbread from Maharashtra, patted out by hand and roasted with oil until crispy.

Sweet, soft, fluffy, and mildly spiced deep-fried bread made from overripe bananas, yogurt, and flour. A coastal Karnataka specialty.

A savory, baked vegetable and lentil cake from Gujarat, bursting with the flavors of bottle gourd, sesame seeds, and spices, with a deeply crispy crust.