Showing posts with label Kids Lunch recipe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kids Lunch recipe. Show all posts
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Brown basmati rice pilaf


Prepare the perfect Kids Meal for his/her lunch box.

A meal packed with nutrition ,yet your kid enjoy? Challenging for any mom,right?
Here is such a recipe ,I guarantee your kid gonna gobble it up with out any complaints.
Brown Basmati Rice has a wonderful nutty taste. This is the healthy grain with low fat content and gluten-free too.
Basmati rice has low glycemic index which means energy is released slower, making it  diabetic friendly.
Brown rice has more complex carbohydrates which  powers up the body,especially suitable for young children.

What You Need for this Pilaf?

1. Good Quality Brown Basmati Rice - 2 cups
2. Your kids choice of vegetables - Chest nut Mushrooms,Cabbage,Carrot,Beans,Baby Corn,Asparagus and you name it.
But one secret idea I want to share to all those moms out there is that,you can add cabbage(violet cabbage) and it will get disguised in the pilaf that your picky eater would not even notice.
3. Butter/Olive Oil- 1 tbsp
4. Garlic - 2 cloves
5.Onion - 1 large
6. Vegetable stock- 
7. Cardamom Pods- 2,bruised 

To serve 
Natural Yogurt - 
Fresh Chives /Parsley -

Mix Yogurt with chives /parsley and serve with the pilaf.

Pilaf Recipe BBC FOOD Olive Magazine


HOW TO PREPARE THIS MEAL?

Fry garlic,onion and vegetables in the butter/olive oil for 5 minutes.
Add rice,stock and cardamom.Add enough stock to cover the rice.You may need to add a little more stock after 10-15 minutes.
Cover and cook until rice is done and water is absorbed and rice is tender.
Serve hot with the yogurt dip prepared above.

Perfect Kids Meal for his/her lunch box.

Eat Healthy , Eat Right

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Simple Lunch recipe-Phulka with Vegetable curry

healthy vegetable Lunch recipe
Phulka with Veg Curry-
Simple phulka with vegetable curry.What's new in it? Yes,I know. But,today's curry is a little bit different from the usual veg curry. It's thick with a variety of vegetables and packed with nutrition.We are serving this with Phulka and kheer/payasam as dessert.
Recipe for Phulka (Indian Flat Bread) is available in the following link.


Trust me,this combination when served hot, is really mind blowing and this is definitely  my son's favorite lunch.

Since phulka recipe is already there,let's check what's the little twist in veg curry.

Ingredients for Veg.Curry
Violet cabbage- 1/2 piece
Onion-1 medium
Carrot-1-2 nos
Bell pepper- 1 big
Green Peas (Mattar)- 1/2 cup
Thick Coconut milk- 4 tbsp
Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
Garam Masala powder with coriander powder- 2 tsp
Mint leaves-
salt-
Turmeric powder- 
Method Of Preparation
Chop all vegetables-Cut carrot in to cubes.
Now Stir fry everything in Olive oil.
Close the lid and allow it to cook.If needed,add 1/2 cup of water.
When the veggies are half cooked ,add salt and all the spices.
Again close the lid and cook until done.It will take hardly five minutes to cook .
Finally add some coocnut milk and serve hot with Phulkas or any bread of your choice.

For the desert recipe that I have served along with this, please check out..
ENJOY..!

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Chicken Dry Fry ~Low fat

Healthy Chicken Dry Fry
Ingredients 
Chicken-500 gm
Onion-1 big
Ginger garlic paste-1 tbsp
Coconut milk-2tbsp
Tomato sauce-1 tbsp
Oil-1-2 tsp
Curry leaves
Chilly powder-1tbsp
Turmeric powder-1 tsp
Coriander powder-1 tbsp
Chicken masala powder- 1tbsp
Salt-
Method of Preparation
Marinate chicken with Chilly powder,turmeric powder,coriander powder,salt and ginger-garlic paste.
Pour 1-2 tsp oil in a grill pan and cook this marinated chicken really well.Now add chopped onion,curry leaves and chicken masala powder.Let this fry for a while.
Now add 1-2 tbsp coconut milk and mix well.Stir continuously,after 3-4 minutes all the coconut milk will evaporate and you can find oil from the coconut milk.
Now add in 1 tbsp tomato sauce.
Now let this chicken fry in this oil.
Wallah..! Relish your taste buds with this low fat fried chicken.
This is a special recipe you will get only on deepsrecipes.com.












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Vermicelli Rice

This is again a kid's favorite. Buttery rice with vermicelli .This can be a great and easy Party item too.So here's the recipe.
Ingredients
Long grain (Basmati) Rice-2 cups
Vermicelli-3/4 cup
Butter-1 tbsp
Salt-to taste
Method 
Wash and soak rice for 10 minutes.Fry it in 2tsp butter ,add 31/2 cups of water and then cook on medium fire.
Fry the Vermicelli in another spoon of butter.When it's brown,add very little water and let it cook well.Now add the cooked rice little at a time and mix well with the rice.Add salt to taste.
You can add some more butter on top.Mix well and serve hot.
Our special,delicious,buttery rice is ready !!!!







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South Indian Breakfast

 Thattil Kutti Dosa with Garlic Chutney

Ingredients
for dosa batter
Raw Rice-3 cups
Urad Dal-3/4 cup
Fenugreek Seeds-2 tbsp
Soak these ingredients in water for 5-6 hours.
Grind into a thick batter.Add salt and keep it for fermentation (8-10 hrs).If you want to prepare this instantly you can add Eno fruit salt.
Make small dosa on a tawa.
For the chutney
Coconut grated-1 cup
Green chillies-2-4 no
Garlic -2 cloves
Ginger -1 small piece.
Salt -to taste
Shallots-2 nos
Coconut oil-2 tsp
Method of preparation
Fry shallots and garlic in coconut oil.Add some curry leaves to this.Now grind all ingredients together.Very special delicious chutney is ready to serve with the dosa.
Some chickpea curry is also great healthy combination with these.



















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Lasagna recipe

easy lasagna Italian cuisine on deepsrecipes
There are zillions of methods and varieties of Lasagna.This is a simple basic method to make a superbly delicious lasagna with only Mozzarella cheese. Traditional Italian lasagna recipe uses another layer of cheese with ricotta and Parmesan.But I have replaced that layer too with Mozzarella cheese to cut off the calories.This was an experiment for me,but got the same taste as from the restaurants.
So here are the INGREDIENTS we need:-
Lasagna sheets-
Ground/minced beef-
Tomato puree-of 4-5 tomatoes
Oregano-
Garlic-2 cloves chopped
Onion-1 big chopped
Salt and Pepper
Quantities are according to the size of your baking dish.
Method of preparation
This is the basic recipe with minced beef.You can replace beef with vegetables of your choice.
Step1First make a meat sauce.
Take a pan,add some olive oil.Saute onion and garlic.
Add  minced beef,salt ,pepper and oregano.
Saute well and after 3-4 minutes,add in tomato puree ,mix well .
Close the pan with a lid and cook until done.
Meat sauce for lasagna is ready!
Same sauce can be used to make Spaghetti Bolognese.
Now the Step2
(You can buy these lasagna pasta sheets,we don't have to cook it before layering.But take care to keep the meat stock enough to drench the pasta to help it cook well.)
Take an oven proof dish.First make a layer of meat sauce.
Now the lasagna sheets layer.Then Mozzarella.Again repeat the layers .Finally give a thick layer of Mozzarella.Finally pour the stock over the whole mixture,this is for drenching the lasagna sheets well .This will help the pasta cook fast and easy.
Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes at 200 degree.

Serve hot after cutting into squares.
This Lasagna uses the same bolognese (meat sauce) sauce as in Spaghetti bolognese recipe posted earlier.

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Chicken Majboos Recipe

Chicken Majboos Arabic
Arabic Chicken Majboos
Majboos is an Arabic rice dish with lamb or chicken.
In the traditional method,they boil water in a big pot and after adding all the spices and onion into the boiling water,they add full chicken.Once the chicken is done, take it out and rice is cooked in the same stock.
But I have changed that method a bit.
Here I am partially frying the chicken first and then cooking the rice and fried chicken together in the same pot.
All Arabic dishes are very healthy;Majboos is a very tasty rice dish like biriyani.You can serve it with raita or any other accompaniment of your choice.I serve it with Pomegranate raita.
Ingredients
Long grain Basmati rice-2 cups
Chicken-500 g
Dried Lemon-5 no (If its big sized lemon ,use 3 no)
Pepper powder-to taste
Olive oil- 1 tbsp
Whole spices-Cardamom (2),Cinnamon(1/2 inch),Cloves(2)
Bay leaves-2 no
Onion-2 big
Water-3 1/2 cups
Salt-to taste
Method of preparation
Marinate the chicken pieces with salt,pepper and cinnamon powder.
Fry partially in 1tbsp Olive oil.
Now in a big pot boil 3 1/2 cups of water.Add the whole spices,bay leaves,Onion chopped,salt,Pepper powder,Cumin powder 1tsp,extra cinnamon powder 1tsp and dried lemons.
You can get dry lemon from the grocery store.It looks like this-
After washing the dry lemons,make a hole on this to get the real flavor . 
Once the water starts boiling,add in chicken and rice .
Water level should be 1 inch above the rice.
Cook well .
Healthy delicious dinner/lunch is ready with in minutes!!!
Serve it in the traditional way-
For other Arabic recipes Click here.
Eat Healthy !




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Pasta with herbs~kids recipe

Pasta With Mixed Herbs n Cream
Wish you all a wonderful New Year 2012..

Pasta with Italian herbs …in cream..Yummy, right? Yeah, a bit heavy but a sure-fire kids pleaser.
And this would take hardly 5 minutes to prepare.
You can use fresh Italian herbs if you have it, great way to increase the flavor.
Very healthy preparation, very delicious…
Let’s start..
Ingredients
Wheat Pasta-1 cup
Mixed Italian Fresh Herbs-I used Thyme, Rosemary and Oregano-2tsp altogether.
(Try to include fresh Basil leaves, since it brings the real flavor of the cuisine.)
Butter-1tsp
Garlic-1 clove finely chopped
Heavy Cream-2tbsp
Onion-1/2 chopped
Walnuts crushed-Bountiful
Green Chili- 1 small   (Instead of chili,You can use white Pepper powder-)
Method of preparation
Cook Pasta according to packet instructions.
Heat a pan, add in 1 tsp butter.
Add garlic finely chopped.
Add in chopped onion and green chili.
Now add Salt to taste.
Next is herbs, mix for a while.
Add in Pasta and cream.
Now, add walnuts crushed to make this dish healthier.
Rich and creamy pasta ready in minutes.





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Easy Vegetable Rice~kids recipe

This is a quick and simple biriyani or very healthy, vegetable rice.
My son was told to bring vegetable pulao for a potluck kid’s party. I made this item for the kids.
They enjoyed it, since it’s less spicy and having an appealing smell of Mint leaves and other spices.
This is nicer when it’s cold, so u can even send this in the lunch box for the kids who like rice.
Ingredients
Vegetables-Carrot, beans, corn, Onion, Tomato, Cabbage-1/2 cup
Rice-2cups
Ghee-2tsp
Oil-1tsp
Mint leaves-1/2 cup
Yogurt-1tbsp
Ginger-garlic-green chili paste-1tbsp
Salt-to taste
Sugar-1tsp
Saffron-4-5 strands (Optional)
Cashews, Raisins-
Black Cardamom, cloves, Fennel seeds, Cinnammon-Powdered 1-2 tsp
Method
Cook rice after adding water just to cover it.
Don’t overcook.
In a non stick cookware, add 1 tsp ghee and fry cashews and raisins and keep aside.
Add 1 tsp oil to the same dish; now add ginger-garlic-green chili paste.
Now add the spice powder.
Add in the chopped veggies. No need to add water. Instead add 1 tbsp yogurt and cook the veggies. Add in salt and plenty of mint leaves.

Add a pinch of turmeric, red chili powder and coriander powder. (This step is optional, if adding, just add only very little)
Don't forget to add 1 tsp sugar,this step gonna enhance the flavor.
When it’s almost dry, add cooked rice, saffron, salt and remaining ghee.
Mix well.
Once it’s warm, serve with raita (Yogurt Salad).
Your family would love this delicious rice.






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