There are some nutritious and tasty breakfast items in this eastern province of India. Luchi Kochuris are not everyday breakfast. They are special dishes made duirng festivals or some sundays when you want to indulge. You all know the pizza story - a poorman's food made out of left overs which currently is a raving snack for all. I am waiting for the day when the ordinary breakfast items from Assam Bengal and Orissa get that international acceptance. Let's begin with a very common dish popular in rural eastern India - [1] PANTA BHAT - Add some cold water in the leftover rice and leave it over night. Next morning add finely chopped onion, green chilies, very little mustard oil and salt to taste. It tastes very good and cools your body in a tropical oppressive heat. [2]DOI CHIRE - Add washed chire ( pounded rice)to a bowl of whisked curd. Add mango pieces, banana and grapes. Add black salt and toasted jeera powder and a little sugar. Mix all this and eat. You would love it. Very little starch. My tamilian husband loves it. [3]DUDH MURI - Take a bowl of luke warm or preferably cold milk. Add muri (puffed rice) to it. Add all kinds of fruits and jaggery. Mixv and eat. [4] JHAAL MURI - Take muri ( puffed rice) in a large bowl, add a bit of chopped onion, green chilies, sprouts of all kinds, which ever you fancy, add a little mustard oil, black salt. If and only if you want to indulge a bit, add some alu bhaja (french fries) and other fuluries (fritters). You will love it on a Sunday morning. [5] CHIRE PULAO - Wash chire (pounded rice)and keep it aside. Make a dry curry of boiled potato, bengal gram and onion with salt, turmeric, green chili and very little sugar. You can make it more special by adding cashews, kishmish and almonds. When it's made, add chire to it and stir properly. Your CHIRE PULAO is ready. [6] DUDH RUTI - If you want the breakfast to be more fortified, make some extra rotis previous evening. Next morning they have a different taste and when you add dudh (milk) - hot or cold according to preference, they taste nicer. Add banana and raisins. It's a very wholesome breakfast for children to prepare them for a activity-filled day. An added advantage - all these items are a boon for the working mothers/ and all those who rush to work early in the morning. There are many more such items. When I retire from work, I may write a cook book and collate all such breakfast items which we have forgotten. Surabhi