CHEESE PARATHA

Today i gave cheese paratha to chikoo in her lunch box.

And it is very easy to make. And since kids love cheese and anything to do with cheese i'm sure there will be nothing in the lunch box when she returns.

Ingredients:

Cheese- 2 tbsp, grayed
Coriander-2 sprigs, chopped
Onion- 1 small, chopped
Salt- to taste
Pepper- to taste
Whole wheat dough- enough to make 1 paratha
Ghee- 1 tbsp


Method:

1. Mix the cheese, coriander and onion and season with salt and pepper.
2. Make a ball of the dough and flatten it out a little with your fingers and palm.
3. Stuff the cheese mixture into the flattened dough and make a ball again.
4. Roll the stuffed dough into a paratha.
5. Put on a tawa and apply ghee, cook till golden brown on both sides.
6. You can cut the paratha into triangles like a pizza and put in the lunch box.

Easy Grilled Cheese with Tomato

Today i gave my chikoo grilled cheese with tomato in her tiffin or lunch box.

It is very easy to make.

Ingredients:

Bread slice- 2 nos
Cheese slice - 2 nos
Tomato- 1 no, sliced thinly
Butter- 1 tsp
Salt - to taste
Pepper powder- to taste

Method:

1. Heat a nonstick pan or even a tawa will do.
2. On one slice of bread apply the cheese slice and top with 5-6 slices of tomato.
3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper powder.
4. Cover the sandwich with the other slice of bread.
5. Put the sandwich on the pan or tawa and apply butter on both the sides and toast to a golden brown colour.
6. You can eat it with the sides on or withpout the sides.
7. I prefer to remove the slices for my chikoo as it gets cold in the lunch box and in turn the slices get harder to chew for the kids.

TIFFIN TIMES

Hello all!!!!!!

I know i have been back after a long time, as my kids, in the college that i teach in, were busy with their examinations.
And from today onwards i will be posting a Kid Friendly recipe almost every day for it the summer vacation but mothers are still thinking that when the school starts what should i be making for their tiffins.
So this post and all the next ones with tiffin or lunch box ideas are dedicated to my friend and ex-colleague from delhi, Rene.

So here goes......................

so we will start with green poori or green roti.........

GREEN POORI OR GREEN ROTI

Ingredients-

Spinach puree-1/2 cup
Salt- to taste
Whole wheat flour- 1 cups
Oil or ghee- for frying

Method-

1. Make a dough of the flour using the spinach puree and water as required.
2. Divide the dough into balls.
3. Roll out the dough into circles about 3 inch in diameter if making pooris or larger if making rotis.
4. Fry the pooris or make rotis or parathas depending on what you are making.
5. The pooris or rotis will be green in colour and it will something different for the kids.

Hope you have fun making them and the kids have fun eating them.