Spinach Naan/Palak Naan

Naan, this leavened flatbread is prepared at home whenever i make some gourmet gravies for our lunch or dinner. Actually naan is one of our family favourite after Parotta. Eventhough i prepare both parotta and naan quite rarely as its consumes bit time than the rotis or phulkas, everyone at home love both Naans & parottas. Naan can be prepared with yeast or without yeast depending upon your tastebuds. Though no yeast Naan breads are prepared easily, dunno why my kids love this yeasty, spongy and soft Naan breads. Hence i do rarely make naan dough without yeast. One of our recent dinner for a chilled evening was some soft spinach loaded Naan bread. We had a fall vacation few weeks back, and i dished out this spinach naan for our dinner.

Cheese Stuffed Vegetable & Drumstick Leaves Balls

If you dont know how to feed your kids easily with vegetables and greens,dont forget to check my today's post. Trust me, though this cheese stuffed vegetable balls are deep fried, they are loaded with varieties of vegetables and drumstick leaves. Obviously its quite a best way to sneak vegetable and the healthy iron rich drumstick leaves as well. With less efforts and simple ingredients, these crispy cuties gets ready very much easily. Very simple vegetable balls stuffed with mozzarella bites makes this cuties. Kids will definitely go crazy if they see this deep fried beauties for their snacks. Trust me, anyone who ever like cheese especially mozzarella cheese will definitely fell in love with this cute balls.

Ponnanganni Keerai Poriyal/Sauteed Dwarf Copperleaves/Dwarf Copperleaf Greens Stir-fry

Fortunately Indian greens have their place in our weekly diet, i dont forget to pick our own Indian greens like Drumstick leaves, fenugreek leaves etc from Indian stores often. Obviously i love to cook with greens, but sometimes unfortunately we dont get super fresh greens as much as like in India. However, the best part of cooking with fresh greens asks for quick cooking to conserve their vitamins and minerals. If you want a quick meal with greens, its better to stay with simple, easy and quick poriyal aka sauteed greens. My today's post goes for a super healthy Ponnanganni aka Dwarf Copperleaf stirfry, an excellent side dish or main dish for people like me to love to have with rice.

Tulasi Rasam/Holy Basil Leaves Herbal Soup/Herbal Rasam/Thulasi Rasam

My today's post goes for Holy basil aka thulasi leaves, this leaves have numerous medicinal value and its really good to have everyday some freshly plucked leaves early in the morning. Obviously during my last India trip, i could resist to dish out this healthy herbal soup with this incredible leaves. I have bookmarked PJ's Thulasi rasam once she posted in her space and i know i can dish out this rasam only during my trip to India as these leaves are really hard to get or find here. Thank god, my aunt have her beautiful organic terrace and she grows many vegetables and greens, needless to say this thulasi plant have its place in her terrace. How can i resist to those fresh green thulasi leaves, i had them almost everyday and without any fail, i prepared this rasam. Though i followed PJ's recipe, i couldnt resist to make some changes according to my tastebuds.

Keerai Masal Vadai/Amaranth Leaves, Channadal Vadai

Keerai vadai, the word itself makes my mouth watery, i just love hot masal vadas with hot tea while the weather is down. My kids are almost like me, we are foodie and we just love anything deep fried, though i try to keep myself away from it. My kids asks often crispy vadas or bajjis for their evening snacks especially while its raining or chilled. My today's recipe goes for Amaranth leaves aka siru keerai, this greens are rich in vitamins and they are very healthy obviously you can dish out many different dishes from this incredible greens.

Rajma & Spinach Pulao

One pot meal works awesome if you are lazy to cook or feel bored to cook an elaborate dish. However we dont need any specific reason to cook one pot meal. Obviously i love to make quite often some easy peasy one pot meal just to feed quickly my family especially my H as he carry his lunch with him. One pot meal can be prepared in a jiffy if you are making them through pressure cooker. Pressure cookers are life saver, this vessel is quite enough to make quickly some fabulous pulaos if you are planning to make for your lunch or else something special or quick for your sunday brunch.

Spinach, Chickpeas Masala Rice

Masala rice is a kind of fried rice, prepared simply with rice and varieties of vegetables which is spiced just with variety of spice powders. Kids love rice dishes, especially for their lunch. Obviously we South Indians pack most of our kid's lunch box with rice dishes. Variety of rice dishes do exists and kids love to carry in their lunch box. Just add some vegetables, greens in a simple rice and make it more healthier. My today's recipe is one among those healthy version of rice dish i never fail to make at home whenever i feel lazy or bored to cook. Today's recipe is simply prepared with few chopped carrots, chopped spinach greens and cooked chickpeas. Adding chickpeas makes this rice more nutritious and gives a healthy twist as well. Pack this colourful rice simply with fried potatoes or boiled eggs,am sure you will definitely see the empty lunch box.

Cheesy Garlic Spinach Rolls

I have hardly seen people saying no to home baked fresh breads or rolls, i love the aroma of freshly baked goodies and i keep baking atleast twice a week at home. Its quite a routine now and if i dont bake everyone at home will ask me why am not baking now, see how they are hooked with my bakes. Earlier, the yeast god tested my patience, i have trashed the dead yeast numerous time, but slowly i learned to tame the yeast, now i play with it. Now my pantry is having both active dry yeast and instant yeast. Nothing can beat the aroma of the freshing baked goodies especially the garlic rolls. I prepared few garlic rolls with emmental cheese and spinach few days back for a baking group, they came out just prefect and loved having those rolls with a cup of coffee for our evening snacks.These cheesy rolls is this week's challenge of a weekly baking group called Fondbites, Bake Along by Subhashini,

Cheesy Corn & Spinach Sandwich

Sandwich, my kids are ardent fan of this stuffed bread slices, they can haveanything as sandwich. Just a spread and some fruit slices is enough for them to make their own sandwich even without my help. Since sandwich is a complete food, kids love them to have during anytime of the day. Sandwich can be prepared quickly with simple ingredients, obviously whenever i feel lazy or busy with other stuffs, i will definitely go for making sandwiches with something healthy as stuffing. Today's post is one among my favourite sandwich i have prepared recently for our lunch.

Cauliflower Spinach Pakoda

Kids may like cauliflower and dislikes spinach or vice versa, if you combine both cauliflower and spinach together in a fritters am sure they wont say 'no' to munch them. This kind of fritters suits prefectly for both snacks or as sides for rice dishes. These crispy pakodas are quite addictive and definitely an another kid's friendly snack. Kids may enjoy this pakodas thoroughly with ketchup or else with sweet chilly sauce. Finely chopped spinach in this pakoda batter makes this simple pakoda more interesting and healthy as well. A vegan friendly snack to munch with a cup of tea or as a starter for a party menu..