Today marks 2 years of blogging for me via . I am non going to acquire on nearly how far I conduct come upwards or how much I conduct learnt inwards the process. Yes, all that is true. The exclusively thing I would similar to practice on this occasion is admit Team DFT, specially Sonal together with Shailja for their back upwards together with constant encouragement, for existence in that place for me 24-hour interval or night, exactly a "ping" away, for sharing my ups together with downs both from the "real" together with " virtual" worlds no thing what fourth dimension of the 24-hour interval or night!! I also desire to admit all my followers, here, on Facebook, on Twitter and on Pinterest. Thank yous for your support, guys! Without you, wouldn't last what it is today. If I conduct touched 1 person's life, together with thence the role of has been served.
I am non bringing yous whatever cakes or desserts to celebrate this occasion. Instead, I am bringing you " Lunchbox Ideas" thence that yous tin feed your children ( together with may last fifty-fifty yourselves) a piffling better! Several of my readers conduct requested for lunchbox ideas. So, this year onward, yous shall run across to a greater extent than of those! Stay tuned.
As mothers nosotros ever worry if our kids swallow enough. We worry if they are eating the correct food. We worry if nosotros are feeding them the correct food. We specially worry nearly what they practice or practice non swallow for luncheon spell inwards school. It hurts when our kids don't swallow what nosotros pack inwards their luncheon boxes , together with convey it dorsum domicile untouched! It hurts when our kids don't swallow the meals that nosotros serve them together with would rather swallow cookies together with chips. As mothers nosotros strive to last creative together with pose together meals that are appealing to our kids spell at the same fourth dimension is good for yous too.
India celebrated it's Republic Day on Jan 26th, 2016. To celebrate this occasion, I decided to brand Tricolor Dosas ( pancakes & crepes). Interestingly, my kids helped me brand them together with also relished them for breakfast together with inwards their lunch-box for school. I was thence thrilled that my picky fille emptied her luncheon box together with that my boy who hates spinach, asked for seconds of the spinach crepes together with ate iv of the them!!
A pocket-size clarification here: where I come upwards from inwards India, all pancakes together with crepes are known every bit "Dosas". The sparse ones are similar crepes together with the thick ones are similar pancakes. In India, these are automatically vegan, unless ghee ( clarified butter) has been used to grease the skillet or if the batter has yogurt inwards it ( inwards which case, it is specifically mentioned).
Coming dorsum to the dosas, basically I took pocket-size amounts of the regular dosa batter ( for which yous tin discovery the recipe here), together with mixed them alongside puréed carrots together with puréed spinach to acquire the orangish together with greenish dosas, respectively. The batter together with purée was used inwards the ratio of 2:1 but this could last altered every bit per private preference. You tin utilisation whatever sort of kokosnoot chutney or cilantro dip to acquire alongside it. I used peanut chutney, to growth the poly peptide value of the meal. My kids ate it alongside honey. You could serve it alongside jaggery syrup or whatever pancake syrup too. I am bringing this to Throwback Thursday # 23, Fiesta Fri # 104 together with Saucy Saturdays. Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Mila @ milkandbun together with Hilda @ Along The Grapevine.
Servings : makes unopen to half-dozen dosas.
For recipe for dosa batter click here together with here.
Orange (Carrot) dosa:
Ingredients:
Dosa batter: 2 cups
Carrots :2 medium: peeled together with chopped.
Water: 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Oil: for greasing the skillet.
Method:
Boil the chopped carrots inwards 1/4 loving cup H2O until tender. Cool it completely.
Purée it past times using a manus blender or a regular blender.
Now mix it alongside 2 cups dosa batter.
Add tabular array salt if needed.
Heat the griddle/skillet on medium heat.
Grease the skillet alongside 1/2 tsp oil.
Add 1 ladleful of batter together with add together it to the skillet. Move the batter inwards a clockwise motility to spread the batter. Do non arrive thin.
Cover together with gear upwards on depression flaming for 3-4 mins.
Serve hot alongside a chutney of your choice.
If packing for lunch, allow it cool downwards completely together with and thence pack .
Green ( spinach) dosa:
Ingredients:
Dosa batter: 2 cups
Chopped spinach: 1 loving cup ( I used frozen chopped spinach)
Water: 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Oil: for greasing the skillet.
Method:
Boil the chopped spinach inwards 1/4 loving cup H2O for 5-6 minutes. Cool it completely.
Purée it past times using a manus blender or a regular blender.
Now mix it alongside 2 cups dosa batter.
Add tabular array salt if needed.
Heat the griddle/skillet on medium heat. Grease the skillet alongside 1/2 tsp oil.
Add 1 ladleful of batter together with add together it to the skillet. Move the batter inwards a clockwise motility to spread the batter. Do non arrive every bit good thin.
Cook on depression flaming for 3-4 mins. Flip together with gear upwards for a infinitesimal on the other side.
Serve hot alongside a chutney of your choice.
If packing for lunch, allow it cool downwards completely together with and thence pack .
I promise your children relish this recipe every bit much every bit mine did!!
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Cooking made easy:
You tin acquire creative together with utilisation beetroot purée together with brand blood-red dosas.
You tin also brand colorful idlis, colorful rice pulao using unlike colored vegetable purée.
Tip for good for yous living:
Try to comprise every bit many fruits together with vegetables into your children's diet.Inculcate good for yous habits .It is recommended to follow the 5210 dominion Everyday:
5 or to a greater extent than fruits together with vegetables
2 hours or less recreational concealment time
1 hr or to a greater extent than of physical activity.
0 sugary drinks, to a greater extent than H2O together with depression fatty milk.
It is also suggested to operate on the television out of the chamber together with NO concealment fourth dimension to children nether 2 years of age.
They may non similar it now, but they volition give thank yous you later, exactly the agency nosotros did to our parents.
References:
http://www.letsgo.org/
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietaryguidelines/
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
Food for thoughts:
What nosotros sow, nosotros shall reap. Unknown