Peppered Mushroom Rice

Preparing a lunch box everyday is definitely a tough task to every mom, thank god that i never had such hassles in my life till now. Apart from packing foods for my better half i never had a chance to pack foods for my kids. However i will be posting some easy breezy,lunch box friendly dishes for this week's blogging marathon. My theme for this week's blogging marathon is Kid's delight - Lunch box in 30 minutes. And all my three dishes for this week's theme are going to be some simple dishes you can pack very well in your kid's lunch box as well. And am kick starting this week's theme with an easy breezy pepper flavored mushroom rice which calls for simple ingredients.

Zucchini Tikkis/Zucchini Cakes

Vegetables, whenever we feel like feeding our kids with veggies, most of the kids refuses to take them easily without any fuss. Fussy eaters are seriously very difficult to handle and everyday each mom struggles in their own way to feed their kiddos. Even i crossed all these situations,fortunately i always followed few tricks and tips to include veggies everyday in my kids diets. Now they are grown up, intaking veggies in their diet is quite a routine now. Most of my cooking involves vegetables though we are meatoholic. We get fresh vegetables every week from our farmer's markets without any fail. Some vegetables are seriously versatile and you can make some fabulous fusion dishes with them. My most favourite zero calorie vegetable is always Zucchini. Zucchini is quite an interesting vegetable to dish out any sort of dishes/bakes/cakes with them.

Rajma Aloo Masaledaar/Kidney Beans & Potato Tomato Curry

Chickpeas and Kidney beans are our favourite legumes and i cant survive without these both beans. Obviously my pantry will always have these both dry beans while my freezer will always have already soaked and frozen beans. I have already shared about how to make frozen beans in few of my posts. And those frozen beans are really handy if you dont have enough time to soak your beans or if you have completely forgotten to soak your beans. Just pressure cook those frozen beans and your beans are ready to cook with. You doesnt even need to thaw those beans. How easy na, i have been following this method since a while and i dont regret for preparing these frozen beans whenever time permits.

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.

Vegan Sun-dried Tomatoes & Cashew Dip

Did i told you that i have still some Italian sun-dried tomatoes i carried all the way from Sicile when went for our summer vacation a year back. Back home i have prepared an aromatic oil by heating olive oil along with sun-dried tomatoes and rosemary sprigs. After finishing the sun-dried tomatoes flavoured oil for flavouring pasta dishes and pizzas, those sun dried tomatoes were sitting sadly in the bottle to get finished. When i picked Dip for snacks as theme for this week's blogging marathon, i prepared everything to prepare some dip with those sun dried tomatoes along with a handful of cashews. For my surprise, this dip came out extremely delicious as much as like cashew butter flavored with tomatoes.

Mini Vegetable Cheese Poppers

Kids are great fans of deep fried fritters, though being a health nut mom, am trying to keep ourselves away from deep frying. However deep fried fritters once a while, makes everyone happy at home. Though i usually goes for baked version, my younger one was asking for some cheesy balls since a while. Obviously i planned for a simple, yet dangerously addictive mixed vegetable and cheese poppers for our weekend snacks. These mini vegetables loaded cheese poppers are extremely addictive, easy to make and one of the best way to feed vegetables to the kids. I went for a lovely medley of grated vegetables, bread crumbs and mashed potato which i simply spiced with garam masala.

Makhana Aloo Tikki/Puffed Lotus Seeds Potato Cutlet

Aloo tikki is a well known Indian street food made especially with potatoes, however many variations and varieties of Aloo tikkis do exists now. A tikki can be shallow fried, pan fried or deep fried depending upon your tastebuds. However my way of frying these tikkis is definitely pan frying as they need less oil than the shallow frying and deep frying. A packet of puffed lotus seeds were sitting in my pantry since a while and i seriously want to finish them before the expiry date. Eventhough those makhana stays prefect intact, i dont want to keep them for a long. Hence i opted for dishing out some delicious tikkis with them.Sending this to Srivalli's Kid's Delight event, guest hosted by Ritu themed on Movie Time Munchies.

Instant Bread Dosa/Bread & Semolina Dosa

No dosa batter at home, dunno what to cook for your breakfast?? dont worry i have an instant dosa version to please your tastebuds. Very quick to prepare, my today's post is definitely a must to try if you want to have quick and easy dish for your breakfast. Instant dosas are seriously a life saver, just prepare the dosa batter by combining the ingredients, then let them sit for few minutes before making dosas out of them. You can finish your breakfast or dinner without any fuss with these instant dosas. I used wholewheat bread slices to prepare this dosa, semolina plays an important role to dish out these ultimate dosas.

Fry Sauce/French Fry Sauce

My last but not least sauce for this week's blogging marathon is this super easy Fry sauce. Am running this week's blogging marathon with Condiments on side as theme. After two delicious condiments, here comes one of the simplest and very quick condiment aka Fry sauce. Fry sauce can be prepared with simple ingredients, yes just with three ingredients. This fry sauce is ready to serve with your french fries, burgers or grilled meats. Though this sauce is a best accompaniment for french fries, you can serve this sauce very much with baked vegetables as well. This sauce is quite like the popular Cocktail sauce which makes a great addition to serve along with seafoods.

Gluten Free Mint Coconut Pulao/Vegan Pudhina Coconut Pulav

One pot meal are always our family favourite, i always look for Sunday to dish out varieties of one pot meal. And my mom is an expert of one pot meals, she do cook those dishes with different variations in an ease. My today's post is also one of her dish which i never fail to prepare whenever i ran out of meats. Sunday lunch is always special at home and kids look for meaty dishes for their lunch. Once in a while, i cant think more than dishing out a simple one pot meal like today's post. Mint and coconut pulao is definitely an easy breezy dish to prepare with less efforts. You can add any sort of vegetables or else simply with some handful of cashew nuts to turn this simple pulao as a healthy one pot meal.

Adamant Creeper Chutney/Pirandai Thogayal

Adamant creeper is known as Pirandai in Tamil, have many medicinal benefits and this creeper grows abundantly in India which doesnt need any special care. Obviously this plant can be grown easily in pots at home with less efforts. I have been looking for a chance to cook with this  adamant creeper,finally i cooked up few fantastic dishes with it. I have already posted a delicious Rasam with this creeper, and my today's post in an another popular chutney aka thogayal prepared with this super healthy Adamant creeper. An excellent thogayal to enjoy with hot steaming rice served along with spicy side dish, makes a satisfying meal.

Mushroom, Flat Beans Fried Rice

Weather is too hot here, obviously am trying to cook earlier in weekends as well as in weekdays. Since we are crossing the highest level of hot temperature for the past three days, obviously we are sticking to drinking more water and eating salads than having some solid foods. However if you have some hungry tummies around you to feed especially for weekday lunches, you have to stick with some easy breezy dishes to dish and serve them quickly. My today's dish is one among those easy breezy but yet a filling and healthy dish to serve with simple side dishes.

Vegan Mushroom Pesto Toast

Toast means sliced bread singed by heat is commonly eaten with butter or else with sweetened toppings like jam or jelly, however some toasts are prepared even with savory spreads. A toast can be served even as an accompaniment to many dishes like soups or stews. We love toasts for our breakfast, yes toasts is definitely a common breakfast food for many of us. Even breads like baguettes, bagels or english muffins can be toasted and enjoyed with different spreads. Actually toasting is a common method of making stale bread as more palatable. Though toasts are seriously breakfast friendly dishes, you can prepare fantastic dinner friendly toasts as well. I will be posting three different toasts for this week's blogging marathon as i picked Got a toast ready for Dinner as theme.

Vegan Grilled Masala Vegetables

I have been posting some delicious grilled vegetarian dishes for the post two days as my theme for this week's blogging marathon is Vegetarian grilling. After a lipsmacking mustard cauliflower steak, and some delicious cheese potatoes, my today's post goes to some Indian spiced grilled vegetables. Indian spices added to any vegetables makes some fantastic dishes and this grilled masala vegetables is definitely a must try if you love Indian spices. You can enjoy this very less oil, spiced and vegan grilled vegetables simply with a bowl of rice or as accompaniment with some rotis or breads. You can adjust the spice level of this grilled vegetables depending upon your tastebuds. I went with a simple Indian spice mixture which calls for red chilly powder,pepper powder, garam masala powder, cumin powder and fennel seed powder.

Grilled Vegan Mustard Cauliflower Steak/Grilled Vegetarian Steak

This week's blog posts are going to be Vegetarian grilling, yes you read it rite. Am gonna post only vegetarian grilling. Though its not still summer here, grilling vegetables or meats have been a part of our menu since am having an electric griller which makes some fantastic grilled vegetables. Obviously weather is not an obstacle for us to prepare some succulent grilled vegetables or meats. A simple Cauliflower steak when spiced with dijon mustard and some dried parsley leaves makes this extremely delicious dish. You can enjoy this healthy vegan steak with your favourite sauce. With a tablespoon of olive oil, you can prepare this incredible steak with less efforts. Whoever love cauliflower very much, will definitely enjoy thoroughly this vegan steak.

Mixed Vegetables Couscous Tabbouleh

Tabbouleh is a must for us while the weather is too hot outside, obviously picnic is much needed once the Sun god shows his face. We wait eagerly for hot weather here after hibernating for almost 6 months under the nasty chilled,snowy climate. You must visit Paris when the weather is hot, you can see easily each and every public gardens will be filled with peoples either taking sun baths or else with their picnic baskets. We love to pack foods for picnic almost every weekend during summer. Obviously Tabbouleh have its important place in our picnic basket as this chilled salad please everyone's tastebuds easily. Tabbouleh is very easy to prepare with simple ingredients. Spiced with pepper powder, salt and olive oil, this tabbouleh is definitely a prefect summer salad to enjoy without any fuss.

Vegan Sweetcorn & Bellpepper Pulao

My today's post is a very simple and super flavourful pulao, which you can dish out with less efforts, as this one pot meal doesnt calls for any chopping or grinding. Flavoured simply with garam masala powder, this pulao calls for easy ingredients like corn kernels and diced green bellpepper chunks. Once cooked all together, this pulao makes an excellent lunch or lunchbox friendly meal to pack. Served along with a simple side dish, this pulao will definitely fill some hungry tummies easily.

Broken Wheat Lemon Pulihora/Godhuma Rava Lemon Puliyogare

Broken wheat/Godhuma Rava/Cracked Wheat/Dalia/Godhuma Nooka is a super healthy ingredient with all the nutrients in it. This broken wheat replace very well rice especially in Diabetic friendly meals. I have been cooking with broken wheat since a long as this healthy ingredient is one of my favourite after quinoa. After cooking couple of delicious dishes out of this broken wheat, am yet to try many more fantastic dishes with this grain. Not to forget, am an ardent fan of one pot meal, obviously if i get a chance to cook for a theme called 'One pot meal for Summer' how can miss a chance to cook an interesting dish with this broken wheat.

Vegan Whole Moongdal Lollypop/Green Moongdal Lollipop

This week's blogging marathon is going to be Kid's friendly party menu dishes, yes the theme for this week is Kid's Delight-Anniversary Party. Obviously kids and even grown up kids will definitely enjoy my dishes i have dished out for this week's theme. Yes am sure in it, see how confident i am. However for the first day's post, am posting a Vegan and Vegetarian friendly lollipop/lollypop, usually this is prepared with meats or seafoods. Yes chicken wings are quite famous for dishing out meaty lollipops while prawns, fish or crab meats are used for seafood lollipops. My today's post is a Vegetarian lollypop which is completely prepared with Whole moongdal aka green moongdal. Extremely healthy and nutritious, this vegan lollypops makes an excellent starter to enjoy with your favourite sauce for a party.

Baked Potato Tater Tots/Homemade Potato Tots

Tater tots are well known in United states, these dish are made from grated potatoes and usually deep-fried. These tater tots are extremely crispy with a cylindrical shape and this crispy tots are very much served in most of the school lunch counters and cafeterias. They are sold in most the frozen food section of many grocery stores. I came to know about this tater tots only after i start blogging, i have been looking for a chance to give a try to this dangerously addictive potato tots. When i picked 'Small Bites' i gathered all the ingredients to dish out these guilt free baked potato tots.