Spring Onion Paratha - Lunch box

I do not always get time to click the picture when the lunch box is packed and ready to go. Especially if it is paratha or chapathi as they need time to cool a bit before packing into the box. In the morning frenzy, remembering to take a picture itself is a task.The picture does not do justice to the taste. Just adding spring onions enhanced the taste so much that I wondered why I never tried it.

Followed the recipe given in Mahi's Kitchen. I omitted green chilli and added 1 tbsp of sesame seeds. I just rolled them into circles and roasted on the tawa. Served it with a side of tomato peanut chutney.

Soy Chunks Manchurian and Macaroni - Lunch Box

Fried rice style Macaroni and soya chunks manchurian for a special lunch. This was S's request for his special lunch box treat on his birthday. I packed it for my lunch too and was surprised that it tasted pretty good even when the food was luke warm. It is a pretty healthy too as no deep frying is involved.

Mung and Matki Sprout Snack - Manchurian Flavor

Bananas

It took longer to type the title of the post than making dish. Faster than 3 minute maggi noodles, finger licking tasty and high on nutrition. Our neighbor's 10 yr old asked for 2nds and 3rds. Please do try it and let me know how you liked it.

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.

Idly with oats and leftover dosa batter

Recycle the left over dosa batter into yummy idly for breakfast. This dish is for people like us who cannot look beyond the idli/dosa options and yet want to jump on the oats band wagon.

Pressure Cooker Fusili

One pot meal that can be completed from start to finish in 20 mins with only 5 mins of prep time. Cooking pasta in a pressure cooker is not for puritans but it drastically reduces the cooking time. Can be made kid/spice/diet friendly without any additional effort. We have all the three groups represented in the house - so this gets done regularly. The glorious yellow color, not properly captured, is because of addition of turmeric powder.

Disclaimer: This method does not work for all types of pasta. At least I have not tried it.

Honey Nutmeg Eggless Cake

My search for a spring form pan ended right in my neighborhood store where I did not expect. It is not a high end store or anything like that. Had a few steel boxes and plastic ware etc and two Ghidini Spring Form pans. Celebrating my all new cake pan and more importantly that I got it right next door - a moist, aromatic eggless cake. I know I am sounding like the hosts or cooks on the TV shows. And when you read the details you will know how I "grilled" the cake.