Yesterday I shared with you the Paneer Pulao recipe which my son totally loved. He has a sweet tooth so the Sweet Rice was the star of the box. I hope your kids will also enjoy these simple yet delicious recipes. So today I decided to add some green vegetables. As soon as I opened the refrigerator to decide what to make, I could see ladyfinger on the top. It looked like it was screaming and asking “mere number kab aayega?” (When will I have my chance?) So I decided to give chance to this wonderful and healthy vegetable as my son also loves it. 

One box of fruits- Diced Pears. I squeeze a few drops of lemon on top and mix it gently so that it does not changes its colour. 

For Lunch – Bhindi Roll and Yakult

• Wheat Flour – 1 cup
• Water – as needed for preparing the dough
• Salt – a pinch
• Ghee/ Clarified Butter – 1 tsp and for making parathas
• Ladyfinger (chopped into small pieces) – 8-10
• Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp
• Salt – to taste
• Turmeric Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Red Chilli Powder – 1/4 tsp
• Coriander Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Roasted Cumin Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Anardaana (Dry Pomegranate Powder)/ Amchur (Dry Mango) Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Mustard Oil – 1 tsp

• Prepare a soft dough using wheat flour, salt, ghee and water and keep aside for 10 minutes.
• Make parathas and keep it in a casserole.
• Heat a pan and add oil. Once hot add cumin seeds.
• Add the chopped ladyfinger and cook without covering on a low flame.
• Add salt and turmeric powder till the ladyfinger becomes soft.
• Add red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin powder and anaardaana.
• The Bhindi is ready. Now just take the parathas and roll the bhindis.
• Cut the roll into halves and it is ready to go in the tiffin.

• I gave little bhindis separately because he just loves to munch on it.

Yakult is bought from the store.

For Snacks – Sabudana Vada

• Sabudana/Sago (soaked overnight) – 1 cup
• Boiled Potatoes – 2 (small)
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp
• Roasted Peanuts powder – 1 tsp
• Crushed roasted peanuts – 1/2 tsp
• Lemon juice – 1 tsp
• Coriander leaves – a handful
• Grated Ginger – 1/2 tsp
• Ghee for frying

• Wash and Soak sabudana overnight.
• In the morning strain the sabudana and put it in a bog bowl.
• Add all the ingredients except ghee.
• Mix everything together and make small balls out of it.
• Flatten it by gently pressing the prepared sago mixture balls.
• In a small pan, take 1 tbsp ghee.
• Shallow fry the prepared sago mixture and it is ready.

You can also make Sabudana Tikkis. The video recipe is shared below:

That was all for today’s lunch box. Stay tuned for another delicious tiffin recipe tomorrow – Thursday.

Lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu..