Oats Chapati & Quick Potato Curry - Lunch Box Combo Recipes

Have no time to cook..Are you in diet..Need some thing delicious for your kids..Are you hungry and need some thing so quick..Then check out this combo..It is so healthy, hardly takes anytime to cook so delicious and so quick to make..I can assure you that this is a keeper..I love eating oats because I know they are healthy for me. I hope you think the same too..Try this and you will love it anytime and let me know what you think..

Oats Chapati Recipe

Ingrediants:

Oats - 1 cup

Wheat Flour / Atta - 2 cup

Salt to taste

Oil- 1 tblspn

Water as needed

Method:

Dry roast oats till it gets nice aroma. Take it in a blender and make into a fine powder.

Take wheat flour, oast powder, salt and oil in  a bowl and mix well. Add water slowly and make into a soft dough. Cover and let it rest for 15 mins.

Drivide into equal portions. Take one ball out and start rolling into a chapati.

Heat up a pan and toast this on both sides till they are cooked.

Remove and keep in a insulated container.

Quick  Potato Curry Recipe

Ingrediants:

Potato - 2 large peeled & cubed

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Garam masala powder - 1 tsp

Mango pickle - 1 tblspn ( any kind)

Cornflour / Corn Starch - 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Oil - 1 tblspn

Method:

Heat oil in a pressure cooker, Add in potatoes along with chilli powder, salt, garam masala powder and mango pickle along with some water.

Cover it and cook it for 3 whistle, simmer for 5 mins. Switch off the flame and let the pressure go all by itself.

Now open the cooker and add more water if needed.

Mix some cornflour with water and pour that it and mix well.

Cook it till it get thick

Serve with roti.

Amma’s Quick Vegetable Briyani – Lunch Box Ideas

Briyani is my favorite..I make it completely in a different way..But amma is a speedy master..She make this in less than 30 mins..This can be put in lunch box for kids..They will love it for sure..Hope you like it..

Amma’s Quick Vegetable Briyani 

Ingrediants:

Rice – 1 cup (any rice of your choice)soaked for 30 min.

Carrot – 1 chopped

Potato – 1 peeled and chopped

Beans -5 chopped

Peas – ½ cup

Green Chilli - 4

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Chilli Powder – 1tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai – 1 small stick

Cardamom / Yelakai – 5

Salt to taste

Oil- 1 tblspn

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro – for garnishing

Method:

Take a pressure cooker. Add oil and ghee and heat it up. Add cinnamon and cardamom and mix well.

Add all vegetables, green chilli and mix well. Fry for 3 mins.

Add turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt and mix well.

Add rice and mix well. Pour in 3 cups of water ( if using basmati rice add 2 cups) and bring it to a boil. Simmer the flame and pressure cook it for 15 mins or for 3 whistles. Switch off the flame and allow the steam to escape on its own..

Garnish with cilantro and serve with raita.

Beans Briyani / Beans Pulav – Lunch Box Recipes / Simple Rice Recipes

If you need any quick Rice Dish to take for office or pack in kids lunch box  then this is the answer..It is a simple yet very flavourful pulav..I served it with Cucumber and Soya Chunks Korma..Will Post that soon in YUMMY TUMMY..Hope you like this and tell me how it cameout..

Beans Briyani Recipe

Ingrediants:

Basmati Rice – 2 cups (soaked)

Onion -1 sliced

Tomato – 1 chopped

Beans – 2 cups cut into inch pieces

Chilli powder -1 tsp

Coriander Powder / Malli podi -1 tblspn

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Garam Masala Powder -2 tsp

Fennel Seeds / Saunf / Sombu -1 tsp

Cinnamon / Pattai -1 small stick

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam -1 tsp

Oil-1 tblspn

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Coriander Leaves / Cilantro –for garnishing

Salt to taste

Water – 4 cups

Method:

Wash and soak rice for 30 mins. Drain it and set aside.

Heat oil and ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cumin, fennel, cinnamon and fry for 30 sec.

Add in onions and mix well.Add in tomatoes and mix well..Cook for 5 mins.

Add in turmeric, chilli, coriander and garam masala powder and mix well.

Add in beans and mix well. Cook for 5 mins so that the raw smell goes from that.

Now add in drained rice and mix well.. Pour  4 cups of water and season with salt.

Bring this to boil and cover and cook for 2 whistles and simmer for 10 mins.

Let the pressure go by itself.. Open it up and drizzle 1 tsp of ghee over top and garnish with coriander leaves.

Serve hot with raita..

Pala Roast / Nendrapalam Roast – Quick Snack for Kids

If your kids are in a top most hunger then this once comes handy..It is a quick roast made with ripe banana…This is my favorite one..Hope you like it and let me know what you think..

Nendrapalam Roast Recipe

Ingrediants:

Nendrapalam / Ripe Banana – 2 large sliced into thick rounds

Sugar – 4 tblspn or as needed

Ghee – 2 tblspn

Honey – to drizzle on top

Method:

Heat ghee in a pan on high heat..Add the banana and toss well so that it gets coated in the ghee..

Add the sugar and toss well..Fry this on high heat so that the sugar gets caramelized and coats each banana pieces..

Once it is golden remove to a bowl.

 Drizzle over some honey and serve.

Vegetable Cutlet

This is another recipe from my friend who is a expert in making cutlets..You can check her recipe for mutton cutlet and fish cutlet in my blog..So this is for you vegetarians…A wonderful appetizer for kids or for parties…Hope you like it..

Vegetable Cutlet Recipe

Ingrediants:

Carrot  - 1 chopped very finely

Beans - 10 chopped very finely

Cauliflower-5 florets chopped finely

Onion - 1 large chopped finely

Potatoes-2 large cooked and mashed

Green Chilli-1 chopped finely

Ginger Garlic Paste-2  tblspn

Gram Flour / Kadalai Mavu / Besan - 2 tblspn

Rice Flour / Arisi Mavu - 2 tblspn

Chilli powder-1 tsp

Turmeric Powder / Manjal podi -1 tsp

Cilantro / Coriander Leaves - 2 tblspn finely chopped

Breadcrumbs - 1 cup

Egg-2

Salt to taste

Oil - 1tblspn +for shallow frying

Method:

Cook carrot, cauliflower,beans  with salt,turmeric and 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste untill cooked.

Heat 1 tblspn oil in a kadai. Add onions, green chillies, 1 tblspn of ginger garlic paste, chilli powder in that and saute well.

Take  mashed potatoes, besan, riceflour, cooked vegatbles, sauted onion mixture, salt in a mixing bowl and mix well.

Form small pattice and  dip in egg and then in breadcrumbs and set aside.

Now shallow fry it in oil till golden brown.

Drain in a paper towel and serve hot with ketchup.