Gluten-free breakfast options

If wheat products leave you feeling bloated and gassy, you may have a gluten-intolerance. As a chapati and bread loving nation, it may be difficult to imagine have a varied wheat-free breakfast.

However, below are four healthy, delicious and nutritious alternatives you can try.

1. Brown rice pudding

This quick and easy recipe is absolutely delicious and very versatile. Simply cook down brown rice with milk, butter or margarine, banana and cinnamon until creamy and garnish with fruit, honey, yoghurt or other topping of choice.

2. Banana pancakes

Banana pancakes are perfect for using up those overripe bananas sitting in your fruit basket. Simply mash them up with a fork, add an egg and baking powder and fry.

3. Breakfast burritos

Make your own tortillas using gram/chickpea flour whisked with water and corn flour to make a light batter then fry in a pan like pancakes. Add fillings of your choice but these go exceptionally well with scrambled eggs and mincemeat.

4. Cornbread

This simple savoury bread-cake goes with virtually everything but can also be eaten alone. It is made with cornmeal aka ugali flour, baking powder, eggs, milk and salt and baked in oven or cooked stovetop in a covered pan.