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I wanted to make paneer cheese paratha for my daughter’s school tiffin. Instead of making as usual paratha , today I made it as flower cups and stuffed it with paneer and cheese.It was more fun making this than the usual paratha;) Ingredients For the flower cups Whole wheat flour – 1 cup AjwainRead more about Paneer Flower Cups[…]
Paneer ( Indian cottage cheese) is a very popular ingredient used in this recipe. The unusual one is the Makhana ( lotus seeds). Puffed lotus seeds are used in this recipe. The lotus seeds are also called fox nut or gorgon nut. However, being low in fat and high in carbohydrates, these are nutritionally distinctRead more about Paneer Makhana Korma[…]
Yellow peas are also known as matar or white vatana. Whole Yellow Peas are part of the legume family. Whole Peas are about 1/4 of an inch wide and pale yellow in color. Whole Dried Peas have a history going back some 10,000 years. Dried peas, a small but nutritionally mighty member of the legumeRead more about Yellow Peas Rice[…]
Yesterday, I had gone for a birthday party of one of my school senior. Had a very good time in the party. Food was also very good. There they had served this interesting starter. It was very tasty, healthy and light too unlike the usual fried snacks. It was very easy to guess the ingredientsRead more about Peanuts and Papad Chat[…]
It will be very rare to find a South Indian who will not like dosa. And am certainly not an exception. I can have dosa for any meal. I specially love crispy ( moru moru) dosas. Today morning I made moru moru dosas ( moru moru is a Tamil word for crispness). It always givesRead more about Moru Moru Dosa[…]
I usually make paneer parathas for school lunch. But today I wanted to something different. First I thought of making a dry subji with paneer and use as stuffing to make paneer rolls. As I opened the fridge to take out the tomatoes, I saw few capsicums too. Trust me when I say that itRead more about Tikka Paneer Wraps[…]
It’s only now that my daughter asks me to pack rice for school lunch. It has always been prohibited before. I always try to give a wholesome and complete dish ( one pot meal) for lunch. I made capsicum rice today. I had planned to add some soya granules to enhance the protein content. ButRead more about Protein Rich Capsicum Rice[…]
After a very long time, made a tea time snack for my daughter. I had some boiled corn and potato and home made paneer. Interesting ingredients to make cutlets.Since all the ingredients were available, made this yummy cutlets in a jiffy:) This is a perfect snack to pack for school tiffin, kids parties and aRead more about Cheesy Paneer Cutlets[…]
My daughter wanted paratha for school lunch today. I had seen this recipe in Tarla Dalal’s website. It was something new and interesting. Made few changes in her recipe and made it today. It came out really well. It certainly is a good option for lunch box:) Ingredients Whole wheat flour – 11/2 cups FinelyRead more about Onion and Cheese Paratha[…]
I learnt to make this long back in Muscat from a good friend, Lakshmi. I was very very new to cooking that time. I followed her recipe blindly and am so glad that I did that. Till date I follow her recipe whenever I make Nei Appam. I have shared this recipe with almost allRead more about Nei Appam[…]
