Sprouts Dosa

Spread dosa batter, sprinkle a table spoon of mung sprouts, sprinkle a tea spoon of peanut chutney powder, flip over - eat. Regular dosa made healthy. Yet another way to eat your sprouts and love it too.

Pasta and Sprouts/Spinach stir fry - Lunch box

Trying to incorporate proteins, carbs and as much nutrition as possible is the only rule I have when packing lunch box. Left over pressure cooker fusili and a sprouts, spinach stir fry seasoned with peanut chutney powder  - was my lunch today. I had refrigerated the pasta immediately after cooking the night before. By lunch time, it was at room temperature and tasted more like a pasta salad.

Picture is hazy and I finished eating before I could take another one. Recipe for the stir fry follows.

Lady's Finger/Okra/Bendakaya Gojju

I have started using my 1 litre prestige pressure cooker for everything these days including making ragi mudda. Reduces the cooking time and the need for stirring. The okra cooked perfectly in the cooker without any hint of gooey that it is associated with.  The gravy is made from peanuts chutney powder, sesame and poppy seed (gasagasalu in telugu). We had it with chapathi yesterday and tastes equally good with hot rice.

Peanut chutney powder - Sanakkaya chutney podi

This is a signature dish of my mother in law. Spicy, sweet and sour at the same time. Can be served as a side dish with dosa, idli or added to any vegetable stir fry to boost the protein content. This is the seema style powder - so expect the heat. If you are from other regions - pls reduce the chilli quantity.

Sprouts stir fry

There is really no recipe here. Quick sprouts stir fry with garlic, curry leaves and chilli flakes. That's it. 5 mins start to finish including peeling garlic. Of course this does not take into account the time for sprouting.

Spinach and Paneer Paratha

Quest for an all in one paratha and having to make something tasty for dinner led to this. Veggies, protein and carb all in one dish. Good option for a breakfast, snack, lunch box, dinner - yep anytime anywhere dish. High on taste, high on health.

Pesarattu - Allam Chutney

Protein packed dinner/breakfast option and the ginger helps with the digestion. The pesarattu batter should be stored immediately in the fridge if not used immediately and consumed within one day. I have never tried it myself but know others who do it. For us it is mostly a dinner option as we have stopped having rice for dinner. Ginger chutney can be made ahead and used with urad dal dosa or idli. Mint peanut chutney also stores well for 2 days.