These lunch box recipes are healthy and delicious and at the same time quick and easy to cook for moms. In this recipe, I share aloo matar sandwich, rava uttapam, roti pizza and instant dhokla recipes. All recipes are loved by kids and good to go for breakfast too. Do try this!
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Ingredients
Aloo matar sandwich
- 1 cup or 2 medium size boiled and mashed potatoes
- ¼ cup boiled green peas
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp cumin seeds
- Pinch of hing
- 1 tbsp green chilli paste
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ tsp turmeric powder
- ½ tsp red chilli powder
- ½ tsp coriander powder
- ¼ tsp garam masala
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Some coriander leaves
- Bread slices
- Butter
- Green chutney
- Tomato sauce
Instant rava uttapam
- 1 cup sooji rava - coarse rava
- ½ cup curd
- Salt to taste
- ½ cup water or as required
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ¼ cup chopped capsicum
- ¼ cup grated carrot
- ½ cup chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp green chilli paste
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- Salt to taste
- ½ tsp chaat masala
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- Oil for roasting
Roti pizza
- 2-3 left over rotis
- ¼ cup tomato sauces
- 2 tbsp red chilli sauce
- ½ tsp oregano
- ½ tsp red chilli flakes
- grated cheese
- onion slices
- small pieces of tomato and capsicum
- some boiled sweet corn
- red chilli flakes
- oregano
instant dhokla
- 1 cup or 2 medium size chopped raw potatoes
- ½ cup curd
- 3-4 green chilli
- ½ inch ginger
- 1 cup fine rava
- Salt to taste
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp oil
- 2-3 tbsp water or as required
- ½ tsp eno - for half of batter
- Red chilli powder
- Black pepper powder
For tempering
- 1 tbsp oil
- ½ tsp mustard seeds
- 1 tsp sesame seeds
- 8-10 curry leaves
- 2 chopped green chilli
Instructions
Making aloo matar sandwich
- In a mixing bowl, add boiled potatoes and green peas.
- Now in a pan, add oil, cumin seeds, hing, green chilli paste and ginger paste. Sauté it.
- Then add chopped onion and sauté till it become translucent.
- Now lower the flame, add turmeric powder, red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala and some water. mix well.
- Switch off the gas and add masala into mixing bowl.
- Also add salt, lemon juice and some coriander leaves. mix well.
- Aloo matar sandwich masala is ready. keep it aside.
- For assembling, Take one bread slice, spread butter on it. Then spread green sandwich chutney in it.
- Add potato masala and spread it with spoon.
- Take another slice of bread, spread butter and tomato sauce on it. place the bread on masala slice and close it.
- Apply butter on the top of sandwich.
- Place sandwich in grill pan and toast it for 3-4 minutes.
- Serve aloo matar sandwich with tomato sauce and chutney
Making rava uttapam
- In a mixing bowl, add sooji rava (semolina), curd and salt. now add water gradually and make medium thick and pouring consistency of batter.
- Cover and rest batter for 15-20 minutes.
- Meanwhile in a mixing bowl, add chopped onion, tomatoes, capsicum, grated carrot, coriander leaves, chaat masala and salt. Mix well. Vegetable stuffing is ready.
- Now heat, tawa and grease it with oil. Spread uttapam batter with ladle.
- Spread vegetable stuffing on uttapam and press it slightly.
- Apply some oil on sides of uttapam. Cover and cook for 5-7 minutes on low flame.
- When lower sides become crisp, flip uttapam and cook it on another side. Cook it for 3-4 mintes.
- Serve Instant rava uttapam with coconut chutney.
Making roti pizza
- Make a small slits into left over rotis. Now on medium heat fry roti till it become crispy and golden brown from both the sides.
- Then in a bowl, add tomato sauce, red chilli sauce, oregano and chilli flakes. Mix well. Instant pizza sauce is ready.
- Now on roti, apply some pizza sauce, spread some cheese, onion slices, tomato, capsicum, onion pieces and some sweet corn.
- Sprinkle some cheese, chilli flakes and oregano.
- Now in a pan, place a stand and plate on it. place roti pizza on it and bake it on low flame till cheese is completely melts.
- Serve roti pizza with tomato sauce.
Making instant dhokla
- In a mixing jar, add chopped potato pieces, curd, green chilli and ginger. Grind it into smooth paste.
- Add grinded paste into mixing bowl, also add rava, salt, sugar, lemon juice, and oil. Mix well.
- Cover and rest batter for 15 minutes.
- Now add 2-3 tbsp water if batter is slightly thick.
- Divide batter into two equal parts.
- In one part, Add eno fruit salt & mix in one direction.
- Grease dhokla plate with oil & pour the mixture in plate.
- Sprinkle red chilli powder and black pepper powder over the mixture.
- Steam in idli-dhokla steamer or kadai for 12 min on med-high flame.
- Once done take out plate from steamer & allow it to cool for 5-10 min.
- Now heat oil into tadka pan, add mustard seeds, sesame seeds, chopped green chilli and curry leaves. mix well and add tadka on dhokla.
- Cut into desired shape. Serve with chutney.
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