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    Home » Breakfast Menu

    Saravana bhavan Mini tiffin, Special breakfast

    Updated on May 28, 2021 by Raks Anand 19 Comments /

    Saravana bhavan style Mini tiffin, with mini idli, sambar, masala dosa, upma, kesari and chutneys. How to plan and prepare this special breakfast at home.

    saravana bhavan mini tiffin
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    I had a long time wish ever since I started my breakfast menu series, but some how it took me so long to make this. This is what Vj orders when we go to Saravana Bhavan mini tiffin here in Singapore.

    Though the name is Mini tiffin and sounds kind of easy to say, this is definitely a time consuming spread with many items to prepare. If you have any day special, you can prepare this as brunch and treat someone.

    I would say potato masala, upma, kesari and mini idli does not consume much time as we are making very little portion only. But the chutneys and sambar is bit time consuming when you do along with such elaborate menu.

    Just make sure you prepare everything in less quantity, it not only saves your time but also prevents from leftovers. Here I have mentioned for 3-4 people. Let's see how plan and make this mini tiffin (south Indian tiffin thali/ spread). I have used unrefined sugar for kesari, so the color might be different.

    This is just a post on how to plan and prepare this thali, for individual recipes of the items, please check the below links for the recipe post with step by step pictures!

    Recipe links

    1. Idli dosa batter

    Idli batter recipe | Soft idli recipe

    5 from 9 votes
    Learn how to make idli batter in wet grinder the old school way, with step wise pictures, tips and tricks to get perfect idli and dosa with same batter.
    45 minutes mins
    How to make idli dosa batter

    2. Mini idli sambar recipe

    Mini idli sambar recipe

    5 from 4 votes
    Mini idli sambar - Learn tips and tricks to get a drinkable, mild flavorful sambar for mini idlis!
    20 minutes mins
    mini idli sambar

    3. Masala dosa recipe

    Masala dosa recipe

    4.72 from 7 votes
    Masala dosa is my favourite in my childhood days. I love the Potatoes cooked in a simple yet flavourful way that goes well as both stuffing for dosa and with puri/ poori.
    30 minutes mins
    masala-dosa-recipe

    4. Rava upma recipe

    Rava Upma recipe

    5 from 7 votes
    Rava Upma recipe, this is the simplest, humble breakfast recipe that can be made in a jiffy, easy even for beginners in cooking.
    15 minutes mins
    rava upma

    5. Kesari recipe

    Rava kesari recipe

    4.88 from 33 votes
    Rava kesari recipe, learn how to make south Indian sweet rava kesari with tips and tricks to make it without lumps, step by step pictures.
    30 minutes mins
    rava kesari recipe

    6. Red chutney recipe

    Easy onion tomato chutney recipe

    5 from 4 votes
    Onion tomato chutney recipe with attractive red colour, that we call it as red chutney. One of the south Indian chutney which is served as part of breakfast like idli dosa.
    10 minutes mins
    onion tomato chutney recipe - red chutney for dosa

    7. Coriander chutney recipe

    Coriander coconut chutney recipe

    5 from 6 votes
    Coriander coconut chutney, green coconut chutney for idli dosa. Asecret ingredient for perfect green colour chutney without raw smell of coriander.
    10 minutes mins
    Coriander-coconut-chutney

    8. Coconut chutney recipe

    Best Coconut chutney recipe

    5 from 9 votes
    Coconut chutney recipe with lot of variations, tips and tricks to make the Best coconut chutney.
    5 minutes mins
    white coconut chutney
    mini tiffin hsb style

    Recipe Cuisine: Indian |  Recipe Category: Breakfast/ Brunch
    Prep Time: 30 mins   |  Cook time: 1 & ½ hrs |  Serves: 3-4

    🥘 Ingredients

    • Idli dosa batter
    • Onion
    • Tomato
    • Potato
    • Coriander leaves
    • Coconut
    • Semolina/ rava/ Sooji
    • Sugar
    • Ghee

    Apart from other dry ingredients like toor dal (for sambar), oil, tempering items, cashews.

    Prepare

    1. Chopping work :
      *Onion for sambar (I used small onion), red chutney, upma, potato masala.
      *Tomato for sambar, red chutney
      *Coconut for chutneys (I grate in bulk and freeze)
      *Coriander for chutney, sambar, curry leaves for all items, green chillies for sambar, upma, potato masala, chutneys.
    2. Now on to the stove work. First pressure cook toor dal (I keep tamarind inside too for easy extraction of pulp) and potato, placed in two different vessels.
    3. While the you can prepare kesari and upma. You can make kesari the before day itself and reheat to serve. But I did the same day. Kesari takes less time than upma. So prepare first kesari and then upma.
    4. Set both in hot pack or keep covered aside.
    5. By now, cooker should be ready to open. Prepare sambar let it boil in one stove, while you make ready the potato masala for masala dosa.
    6. Lastly grind chutneys and temper (together) for the chutneys. After you take some tadka for coconut and coriander chutneys, you can prepare the red chutney in it (as it needs a boil).
    7. Once all are ready, Make idli and dosa hot to serve.

    I took some video while preparing the menu, so could not note down the time exactly. I am sure this would take around 2 hours to get the plate with the spread ready.

    How much quantity for 3-4 person?

    ⅓ cup toor dal for sambar, ½ cup rava for upma, ¼ cup rava for kesari, ¾ to 1 cup coconut for chutneys. 1 small sized onion and tomato for red chutney, 2 potatoes for masala dosa.

    Happy Sunday 😊

    saravana bhavan style mini tiffin

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    Comments

    1. Thava

      May 07, 2017 at 3:16 am

      Superb Raji...

      Reply
    2. Raks anand

      May 07, 2017 at 7:29 am

      Thanks 🙂

      Reply
    3. Subashini Natarajan

      May 07, 2017 at 7:58 am

      Perfect menu spread Raji..so much of planning and work..hats off:)everything in the plate looks tempting..esp that upma and the colorful chutneys...

      Reply
    4. Kalpana Sareesh

      May 07, 2017 at 8:18 am

      Perfect HSB Quantity too Raks.. just kidding.. lovely meal, btw dosai perfect hsb eh dhaan..

      Reply
    5. GirlGoneWife

      May 07, 2017 at 8:33 am

      I can imagine the hard work behind this perfect image. Everything looks so perfect and your family must have had a great breakfast today:)
      Great work,

      Love,
      Swati@ girlgonewife.com

      Reply
    6. Andhraman

      May 07, 2017 at 12:23 pm

      Can you post the recipe for Komala Vilas restaurant Sambar?

      Reply
    7. Raks anand

      May 08, 2017 at 9:45 am

      Yes Sathya, here it is because of unrefined sugar. But if you don't add any food colour and only sugar, the sugar in kesari caramelizes and gives you golden colour too.

      Reply
    8. Raks anand

      May 08, 2017 at 9:45 am

      I will sure try

      Reply
    9. Raks anand

      May 08, 2017 at 9:46 am

      Thank you Suba

      Reply
    10. Deepthy Anoop

      May 08, 2017 at 10:45 am

      I am a regular reader of your space. As an above reader said,behund your every picture perfect food pics I can imagine your hard work and dedication towards your blog and family. Kudos to you!! Great work. Keep it up!!

      Reply
    11. Durga Karthik.

      May 08, 2017 at 10:47 am

      I did this few weeks ago Raks.Yes it is really time consuming.And yes chutney and sambhar take a lot of time.but worthy. And all recipes from ur blog only. Coincidence that u planned such a series

      Reply
    12. Raks anand

      May 08, 2017 at 3:45 pm

      Oh glad to know 🙂 Thank you

      Reply
    13. Raks anand

      May 08, 2017 at 3:45 pm

      Thanks a lot Deepthy 🙂

      Reply
    14. Shyamala Mani

      May 13, 2017 at 1:31 am

      Great Spread mam.. Is unrefined sugar and cane sugar are same?

      Reply
    15. Raks anand

      May 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm

      This is deep in colour than cane sugar.

      Reply
    16. Unknown

      May 19, 2017 at 11:02 am

      super tempting tiffin ......

      Reply
    17. Unknown

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Awesome recipes . I always love your style & taste

      Reply
    18. Angai Appavoo

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Hi, Your recipes are obsoletely amazing!! Incredible tasty! And where did you purchase that severing plate?

      Reply
    19. Angai Appavoo

      October 19, 2017 at 10:17 am

      Hi, this is incredible awesome! Your recipes are so taste!! Where did you get that serving plate?
      Angie

      Reply

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