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10 Maharashtrian breakfast dishes you need to try

etimes.in | Last updated on - Jan 18, 2026, 11:18 IST
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Breakfast dishes you can't resist

Maharashtrian food is not just Vada Pav. When it comes to Maharashtrian cuisine, it offers a good balance of subtle and intense flavours. Today, we will indulge in the goodness of breakfast dishes that the cuisine offers. Scroll down to read the details.

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Misal Pav


It is another famous breakfast dish, where sprouted lentils are cooked with spices and topped with farsan, coriander, and lemon. It is best served with pav.

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Farali Thalipeeth


It is a flatbread made with dough of sago pearls, amaranth flour, singhara atta, mashed potato, and spices. Cooked on a preheated griddle, it is best served with curd and pickle.

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Dadpe Pohe



It is a lesser-known breakfast dish, where roasted poha is mixed with coconut, onions, green chillies, cumin seeds, and lemon juice. It is best served with a garnish of coriander leaves.

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Pav Bhaji



It is one of the most famous Maharashtrian breakfast dishes, where special pav called ladi pav is served with a thick and velvety curry made with mashed potatoes and veggies like peas, carrot, capsicum, beans and more and seasoned with special pav bhaji masala. It is served with a side of onions and lemon.

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Puran Poli

It refers to a flatbread roasted on a griddle and made with flour dough, stuffed with cooked chana dal, seasoned with jaggery, and cardamom powder. All you need to do is, pressure cook chana dal, add jaggery and carom seeds to it and blend well to make it smooth mixture for stuffing. Later, add it to dough balls, roll out parathas and cook on a griddle.

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Vada Pav

This is also one of the most popular treats of Maharashtra, where spicy potato fritters are stuffed inside sliced bun or pav along with dry garlic chutney and fried green chilli. It is best served with green chutney on the side.

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Ghavan



It is a Maharashtrian breakfast pancake and is native to Konkan region. It is made with rice flour, water, oil, and salt and enjoyed with coconut chutney.

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Upma


It is a porridge-like dish and is made with sooji, tempered in oil, mustard seeds, and curry leaves, and also uses peanuts and seasonal veggies in its preparation.

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Jwariche Dhirde


It is a pancake made with a batter of jowar flour, gram flour, onions, spices, and herbs.

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Kanda Batata Poha



It is one of the most famous breakfast dishes, where flattered rice is combined with onion, and potatoes along with aromatic spices. It also uses a tempering of cumin seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, and mustard seeds.

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Pao is Portuguese . All other are routine South Indian.
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