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Showing posts with label Kids Lunch Box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids Lunch Box. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

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Vegetable Wrap Recipe | Wraps Recipe | Veg Roll Recipe



Now a days our lifestyle is very fast and we don't have time so wrape n roll recipes are perfact for breakfast or lunch in busy schedules. There are so many wraps recipe I tried this one and .On weekend I had little all veggies so very confused what to cook,then this came in my mind n it was yummmy meal.... 
Normally wraps are just normal Roti Sabzi but just different way to serve and best for Kids.



Preparation Time 15 min. 
Cooking Time     30 min.
Serving          3-4

Ingredients
For Chapati
2  Cup Wheat Flour
Milk as needed
1/4  tsp Salt

For feeling
1/2  cup Green Capsicum,cut into strips
1/2  Cup Red Bell pepper,cut into strips
1/2  Cup Yellow Bell Pepper,cut into strips
1     Onion Sliced
1/2  Cup shredded cabbage
1     small Green chilly chopped
1/4  tsp Garam masla
1/2  tbsp Red Chilly sauce
2     tbsp Oil
Salt to taste

1 cup Green chtuny 

Method
Mix salt in flour and make soft chapati dough using milk,cover and keep aside.
Heat oil add green chilly,then add onion and saute till golden brown.



Add all veggies and cook till 3-4 (veggies should be crunchy,don't overcook it)
Add sauce,garam masala and salt mix well and cook for few seconds in high flame.



Take small ball from dough and roll like chapati,cook on tawa and keep aside.
Take chapati apply butter then green chtuny then keep spoonful feeling and roll it tightly or can use foil also  for wrapping.



Serve immediately with chtuny or ketchup.



Note
Instead for butter can use cheese spread or mayonnaise.
After putting feeling add grated cheese then roll it.



Monday, April 29, 2013

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Palak Paratha Recipe


 
                             
Ingredients 
Wheat flour                   2 cup
Palak (spinach) chopped  1 small 
Green chilly chopped       2
Oil                               1/8 cup + for frying
cumin seeds                  1/2 tsp
Sesame seeds (til)         1 tsp
Salt                             1 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder            1/2 tsp
Amchur(mango Powder)  1/2 tsp


Method
Wash palak and make puree along with green chilly.
Take wheet flour add  oil & all dry spices and mix well then add spinach Puree,
add water and make dough for paratha and cover and keep it aside for 30 min.
Roll out a round then apply oil and dry flour , then fold again apply oil and flour,again fold it and roll in triangle paratha applying dry wheat flour
Heat tawa & cook the paratha on both sides smearing some oil on each side till the paratha is cooked
Serve with Green chtueny, pickle or raita/curd.
Note 
Can add Gram flour also and make more healthy can add rice,barle,jwar flour also.
Making more soft use butter milk in place of water.


Friday, April 19, 2013

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Pizza Paratha Recipe | Stuffed Paratha



Pizza Paratha sounds little Different, today i was feeling lazy and my Freeze was stuffed with little Pizza sauce,cheese I want to finish it,so I thought to try this  Paratha and Really It's so Yummy!!!



Preparation and cooking Time 30 min.
Serving 4
Ingredients
2 cup Wheat Flour
Salt to taste

1/2 Cup Pizza Sauce
1 small onion Finely chopped
1 small Capsicum finely chopped
3/4 cup Grated Cheese
2 Carrot grated
1 tbsp Black pepper
1 tbsp Chaat masala
salt
Butter/Oil to fry

Method
Mix salt in flour and with water make soft dough and keep aside for 30 min.
Roll two chapati in same size, spread sauce on one chapati,spread some onion,carrot,capsicum and lots of Cheese, sprinkle chaat masala,pepper,salt over it.
And seal with another chapati.Now cook on tawa with butter.

Serve hot with choice of Dips.


Sunday, February 24, 2013

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Tri Colour Puri Recipe | Tri Color Poori Recipe



This style of Poori I learned from my MIl. I like this Colorful poori very much. For kids always we have to bring variation n I think it's Best.

Ingredients
3 cups wheat flour
1/4 cup besan / gram flour
1/2 bunch palak/Spinach 
1/4 cup beat root,grated
1/2 tsp. turmeric
salt to taste
2  Green chilli
1/2 tsp. Turmeric powder
1/2 tsp Red chilli Powder



Method
Make palak puree along with green chilli and grind beet root with little water.
Green color
to 1 cup wheat flour add pureed palak and salt and knead into a soft dough.
Red color
To 1 cup flour add pureed beat root add red chilli powder and salt. knead into a soft dough.
Yellow color
Take besan and 1 cup wheat flour-- add turmeric, salt and knead into a soft dough.Cover and keep all doughs for 30 min.

Now make long 1 inch thick rolls of each of color. Make a braid then just lightly roll them so the the dough catches each other. Cut into smaller portions.

Join open ends and press little to give round shape.Roll into puris and deep fry. 

Enjoy with curds and pickles,chtuney, if you like can have with potato gravy or any other gravy.



Saturday, February 23, 2013

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Aloo Matar Recipe | Aloo Mutter Recipe





Ingredients Serving 2-3
•Potatoes,diced,boiled 3-4 medium
•Green peas,blanched          1 1/4 cups
•Oil                                  2 tablespoons
•Cumin seeds                     1 teaspoon
•Green chilli,De-seeded       1
•Red chilli powder              1/2teaspoon
•Turmeric powder               1/4 teaspoon
•Coriander powder              1 1/2 teaspoons
•Garam masala powder        1/4 teaspoon
•Salt                                1 1/4 tsp
•Amchur/dry mango powder 1/2 tsp
•Curry leaves                      few


Method
Heat oil in a pan over medium heat. Add cumin seeds and when it crackles add curry leaves and green chilli, stir-fry for a minute. Add green peas, potatoes and stir fry till for 2 minutes. 
Add red chilli powder, turmeric powder, and coriander powder and stir-fry at low heat till the spices blend well with the vegetables. 
Add salt,Amchur and Garam masala and finish with chopped coriander leaves. 



Note
At the time of packing tiffin pick out all curry leaves and chilli, so Cut green chilli in big pieces .

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

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Curd Rice/Tahir rice



Before marriage I never had Curd Rice.I had it in My GMIL's Kitchen and it was Tasty.I came to Tirupur and here my Neighboure..... Basically she is Gujarati but she knew all south Indian dishes.She taught me South Dishes, one of them Curd Rice.
Yanshu my 2 year noo noo 23 month old naughty boy also like it very much.

Ingredients Serving   2-3
Rice                           1 1/2 cup
Curd/ plain yogurt       2 cup
Milk                           1 1/2 cup
Carrot,grated            1 tbsp
Coriander leaves        1 tbsp
Salt                         as needed
Asafoetida a pinch
 To temper
Oil                   2-3 tsp
Mustard                     1 1/2 tsp
Urad dal                   1 tbsp
Green chilli chopped  2
cashews 2-3 tbsp(optional)
Curry leaves few
Method
Wash the rice thrice and pressure cook with 4 cups of water for 30 min. Cook it in medium flame till done. Once done, mash the rice well and mix  boiled, hot milk. Add more water if needed.
Let it cool down.Add the curd and mix well.
Add Carrot,coriander leaves and mix well.
Heat oil add musturd ,let it spluter then add urad dal ,cashews,green chilli and curry leaves and saute for a minute,then off the flame and mix it in rice.
Note
For curd rice , rice should be over cooked.
you can make without carrot also or can add raw mango,cucumber along with carrot.
Some times instead of carrot I add Fruits like pomegranate and grapes.
When rice is cooled down then add curd.Milk, curd, water quntity adjust according to the consistency you need.
Green chilli cut in big size, then kids can easly pick it out.
For Creamy taste add 1/4 cup milk cream along with milk.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Veg Roll/ Veg Frankie



My Veg. Roll is just like Frankie. Frankie is stuffed with only potato masala but in this i mixed all vegetables.
       It's very BIGGGGG Task for all Mommys , what to pack for lunch box and kids are very choosy they like some veggeies only, so always we have to pack something new,healthy n off course tasty.
       Yanshu will join school this year, so I am trying to get ready myself.
       Hats Off to all Moms.......


Ingredients Serving    2-3
For Dough
Atta/Wheat Flour 2 cup
Ghee 2-3 Tbsp
Salt                               1/2 tsp
For Filling
Cabbage,shreaded   1/2 cup
Capsicum,chopped  1/2 cup
Carrot,grated 1/2 cup
Onion,sliced 1
Potato,boiled,mashed     1
Oil/olive oil 2 tbsp
Red chilly sauce              1 tbsp
Black pepper 1/2 tsp
Tomato ketchup             1/4 cup
zeera 1/2 tsp
Salt                              3/4 tsp
Lemon Juice 1/2 tbsp

Method
Take a bowl,Mix ghee,salt in atta. Make a soft dough with water.Cover it and keep aside.

Heat oil add zeera let it splutter,then add onion, fry till golden brown.
Add capsicum and cabbage cover pan with lid , cook for 3-4 min.,Stir it in meanwhile.
Add carrot, mix well cover with lid, cook for 3-4 min., keep stirring.
Add potato and chilly sauce,salt,pepper,lemon juice,a spoon of tomato ketchup and mix well. Off the flame. Keep aside the mixture.

Take a small ball from dough.Roll out then apply ghee and fold it apply some more ghee on one side and fold it, roll out into triangle shaped paratha .Heat tawa roast paratha with ghee/butter(as much required).
Make all paratha and keep aside.
Take Paratha apply tomato kechup and put 1-2 spoon of ready filling on one side of paratha and roll tightly.

Wrape in aluminium foil and pack the tiffine.


Monday, January 21, 2013

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Methi Theple


                         
Ingredients
Wheat flour                    2 cup
Gram Flour (besan)       1/4 cup
Methi chopped              1 small bunch
Green chilli chopped      2
Oil                                3-4 tbsp + for frying
cumin seeds                   1/4 tsp
Seasme seeds (til)          1 tsp
Salt                                2 tsp
Turmaric powder           1/2 tsp

Directions

1. Take wheat flour , besan in a bowl & mix it well oil & all dry spices then add mehi,
add water and make dough for paratha and cover and keep it aside for 15-20 min.
2. Roll out a round paratha applying dry wheat flour
3. Heat a pan & cook the paratha on both sides smearing some oil on each side till the paratha is cooked
4. Serve with Green chutuny, pickle or raita/curd.


Sunday, January 13, 2013

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Aloo Paratha


                               
Here no Issue with Aloo Paratha at what time should we have? It's best for Breakfast , lunch n off-course for Dinner .In my family all are Ready to Have any time....
Ingredients
- 2 cup Atta
- 5-6 Potatoes, boil and mashed
- 1 big onion (optional)
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp musturd seed and saunf
- 1-2 green cilly chopped
- 1/4 tsp Graram masala
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp red chilly powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/4 tsp turmaric powder
- a pinch heeng
- oil 2 tbsp+ for frying
- Coriander and curry leaves
Method of preparation:

Mix atta with water in proper proportions to form a consistent dough with 1/2 tsp salt, and let it so for 15-20 min.
Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pan, add  musturd seeds and saunf and hing powder to it.
When musturd splutters add  curry leaves, green chilli and chopped onion let it to turn off brown. Now add mashed potatoes and add chilli, coriander, turmeric and garam masala powder  salt and mix it well and mix lemon juice and coriander leaves also.
Now, roll a slice of dough to a thin circular shape.Then, spread the mashed aloo on the dough and roll it again.
Place it on hot tava. When it gets little brown, apply oil or butter
Turn it and again apply oil or butter on other side.
Keep turning simultaneously until it gets golden brown.

Tasty Aloo Parathas are ready!!!
Serve it with curd or dhaniya chutni (coriander chutney)or butter or pickles.