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Let us know a few recipes for kids, which are tasty, healthy and easy to prepare. Kids can take these preparations as packed lunches to schools, healthy and yummy foods for lunch. I normally do that for my son, a stuffed roti, a sprout variety/ boiled egg and a vegetable dish.
In the mornings of weekdays, when we race with time to get our children ready for school, cook and pack their snack and lunch boxes. Such menus can make kids gets wholesome food with all essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins and minerals.
Palak (Spinach) is a type of Pasalai keerai which is a very good source of iron and gives as much as energy as that of an egg yet low on cholesterol. It is also rich in antioxidant vitamins like Vitamin A, C and rich in beta carotene.
Methi or Fenugreek or Venthaya keerai is good for stomach, helps digestion and can prevent cancer . It is rich in Vitamin K.
Spinach/Fenugreek leaves Roti – Palak/Venthaya Keerai Chapati
- Clean the greens (choose anyone at a time), chop them. (Greens can be Palak or Methi (Venthaya keerai/Fenugreek)
- In a vessel/Kadai, add the chopped greens, little turmeric powder, a pinch of jeera (cumin) seeds and salt, and little water.
- Cook the above. It just takes a few minutes to cook them.
- Once nicely cooked, cool it down and grind them in a mixer to a fine paste.
- Add the ground stuff to the atta with salt and knead it as you would do it for making rotis/chapatis. You can add water if needed while kneading the dough if needed.
This recipe is not just for kids, even adults can have them. They help in weight loss, cholesterol reduction and act against various disease causing elements. When you prepare for grownups, you can add a pinch of chilli powder while cooking the greens.