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28 Dec 2018

Methi Chapathi

Since I pack chapathi's for my kids lunch boxes, I try to to add some veggies to the chapathi dough to make it more healthy for my kids. I have already shared aloo paratha and paneer paratha, carrot paratha and carrot cheese paratha that I make for them. This methi chapathi is another one that I make often for them. I use baby methi leaves and it's a nice way to hide veggies for kids. I like adding methi leaves to my kids lunch box. Apart from these methi chapathi, I also make methi peas pulao, mushroom methi pulao.

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Paneer Paratha

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I make this paneer paratha for my kids lunch box. It's tasty, healthy and very easy to make. My kids like to take parathas or pulaos for lunch and I make this paneer paratha and aloo paratha often. I make these paratha and cut it into small pieces which makes it easier and quicker for them to eat!

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How to make a soft Chapathi

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I am a South Indian and I was never good at making soft chapathis!! I can make super soft idlis and cakes easily but I always faltered when it came to chapathi and somehow I never liked making it. But, now I can happily say that I've mastered the art of making soft chapathi!! If you are a beginner then all I can say is, never give up. Keep practicing and you will end up making lovely soft chapathi!

Few tips
There are many aspects to making a soft chapathi. Here is a list that I have learnt from my trial and error.
1. Add warm to hot water to the flour. Adding hot water makes the dough soft and pliable. Add water little by little and knead till the dough comes together.
2. You can also add warm milk to make the dough. Milk also makes the dough soft.
3. Add a tsp of oil to the flour while kneading. That also makes the dough soft.
4. Knead the dough well so that gluten is formed. Use your knuckles or the palm of your hand and knead the dough atleast for 10 minutes.
4. Roll the dough evenly. The chapathi should not be too thick. Also it is important that the rolled out dough is not thick at one end and thin at the other. It should be of even thickness to get a nice puffed up chapathi.
5. Let the dough rest for atleast 45 minutes to 1 hour.
6. It is best to cook the chapathi as and when you roll it out rather than to roll out all the chapathi and cooking it one by one. If your not confident in this, then cook 3 or 4 at a time.
7. Cooking the chapathi is also important. Make sure the tawa is heated up before you place the rolled dough. Do not keep flipping the chapathi many times and burning it. Wait for the bubbles to appear and flip just a few times.
8. Place the cooked chapathi in a hot pack. You can apply some butter or ghee over it.

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Egg Chapathi | Egg Chapathi Roll

Egg Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes, Rotis and Parathas 4 comments

My kids like to take chapathi to school but they want to eat the chapathi only with curd. They don't like eating it with any veggies. This recipe is an easy way to make their lunch more healthy. The addition of eggs makes it protein rich and it makes the chapathi tasty too. You can add some vegetable stuffing in the middle and roll it up too. But my kids don't like it that way so I simply cut this up and pack it with curd.

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Carrot Cheese Paratha

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I normally make carrot paratha for my daughter's lunch box and one day I thought why not make it more healthy by adding some cheese to it. My daughter hates cheese and she never eats it so this was a nice way to include some cheese in her diet. She eats only one paratha and I use only a tbsp of cheese in it but still I am happy :)

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Carrot Paratha

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My kids love parathas, I was really surprised to find out that they like parathas, mostly because I don't like it at all! You can see that since so far, off the 300 plus recipes in my blog, I have only one paratha recipe - aloo paratha and that too my aunt made!! So when I realised my kids like it, I started making a lot of parathas and the best part of it is I get to add some vegetables along with it.
So this is a regular in my daughter's lunch box and my husband's lunch box. Since I was making this for my daughter's lunch box, I did not add any masala, you can add more masala and green chillies to make it more tasty.
You can also add some cheese to this. Check out the carrot cheese paratha.

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Aloo Paratha Recipe

Breakfast Recipes, Healthy Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes, North Indian Dishes, Potato Recipes, Rotis and Parathas 12 comments

The past few days I've been vacationing, some much needed time off from my mundane stressed life. We went to my Perima's house and oh what a lovely time we had! I remember those days when we used to chug along by train for 2 days and reach their lovely home but now life is so much simplified that we reached in 2.5 hours by flight, all the better since we got more time to spend with them!

My Perima and Perippa and my dear cousins are some of my most favorite people and they are such a delight to spend time with. I thoroughly enjoy my visits and I'm glad that this time, my kids also enjoyed tremendously. The love they shower on us is incomparable!

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