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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...

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. http://www.deepsrecipes.com/2011/09/phulka.html 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 ...

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.

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 !!!!

 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.

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. Step1 First 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 . ...

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,pep...

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 wh...

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 ...