kids lunch box recipes

Mint,coriander rice recipes/kids lunch box recipes
Mayuras kitchen|February 2018|prep time :20 mins |Serves:2

Mint and coriander rice 🍚

Ingredients :

Rice - 2 cups

Water - 4 cups

Salt - as needed

To grind :

coriander leaves - 1 cup(tightly packed)

mint leaves - 1cup

small onion - 4 (optional)/big onion -1

green chilli - 3

grated coconut - 2 tbsp

ginger - 1 inch

garlic - 3 to 5

To temper :

olive oil/oil - 4 tbsp

jeera/cumin seeds - 1 tsp

cashew nuts - 4

Method:

1.soak the rice for 15 mins, then cook the rice and keep aside.

2.heat a pan/kadai with olive oil/oil,temper the items given in the "temper table"

3.add the grind paste,fry for 10 min in a medium flame until the raw smell goes off 

4.cool down the cooked rice,once the oil separates from the ground masala paste

5.add the cooked rice into the masala and mix well everything

6.enjoy your coriander and mint rice😋

Note:

if you are giving this rice to kids for lunch make sure you added enough oil 

olive oil is the best for this rice or can add oil and ghee too

Make sure u fry the masala until the raw smell goes off otherwise it wouldn't be taste good

always remember whenever your are preparing variety rice,please cool down the rice completely 

otherwise it will be very sticky.

Potato fry :

Ingredients :

Potato - 3

Oil - 2 tbsp

Turmeric powder - 1 tsp

Salt - as needed

Sambar powder/chilli powder - 1 tbsp

Method :

1. cut all the potatoes are in thin round slices,put them into the cold water

2.heat a pan with oil, drain the potatoes from the water and add it to the pan gently

3.add salt and turmeric saute for a min,sprinkle some water and close with the lid

4.don't saute too much,just flip the potatoes once in a while

5.when the potatoes are half cooked add sambar powder or red chilli powder now close the lid again

6.cook the whole process on the medium flame,otherwise it will burnt 

7.check for the salt and enjoy your yummy potato fry.