Indian food reflects an amalgamation of the cuisines of many diverse regions. It represents its religious beliefs, cultural practices, and, above all, its geographical attributes. There is great variety in Indian cuisine, and popular breakfast foods vary from region to region. Although there has been great exposure to cuisine from all over the world, lunch and dinner are still very traditional. In an urban context, the meal that has been changed the most is breakfast. Variety and flavour have been compromised for convenience and to save time. This phenomenon is seen in urban families, but to a much greater extent in the breakfast habits of people staying alone, away from their homes and families. Urban breakfast habits are, to a large extent, a legacy of British rule in India. At a point in time, it was considered a terrible sacrilege to eat bread. If someone threw bread into your well, then it was considered that you had been converted to Christianity. However, things have moved a long way from such beliefs. To such an extent that it was considered fashionable to have an English breakfast, it copied the ways of the ruling class. The system of a nine-to-five office was introduced, and slowly but steadily, people started compromising their breakfast to match their office timings. To complement this shift in breakfast habits, there was an increasing ease in the availability of things like bread and eggs. The excellent distribution of these items makes them very popular in urban contexts. So bread, eggs, cornflakes, and milk are here to stay. But this is a shift in trend, not by choice but rather as a result of need and convenience.