Food Recipes for Kids with Tantrums (Part III)

Continuing with the recipes for kids with tantrums, we are posting 2 of them today. Kejal Sheth, Nutritionist, Weight Management Expert and Founder of Nutrivity.in has shared them with us.

Palak Paneer Rolls

Ingredients:

For palak rolls:

• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 cup spinach
• ½ ginger
• 1 to 2 cloves garlic
• Salt as needed
• 1 green chilly (optional)
• ¼ tsp jeera powder
• 1 to 2 tbsp water to blend
• Oil for kneading
• Ghee for roasting

For the stuffing:

• 1 cup crumbled paneer
• ½ tsp oil
• ½ tsp jeera powder
• 1 tsp ginger garlic paste
• 1 ripe tomato pureed
• ¼ tsp chilli powder
• ¼ tsp garam masala
• Salt as needed
• Few onion slices and carrots (optional)

Method:

1. Wash palak with water and make puree from it.
2. Add the seasoning well.
3. Transfer it to mixing bowl along with whole wheat flour and knead the dough with some oil and water as needed.
4. Heat the pan, add the seasoning and tomato puree.
5. Add the crumbled paneer and mix well.
6. Cook well and keep aside.
7. Make rotis out of the dough.
8. Add the stuffing in each roti.
9. Roll the rotis.
10. Cook on both side on low flame.
11. Serve with ketchup.

Vegetable fry

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup baby corn`
• 1/2 cup Broccoli
• 1/2 cup Cottage Cheese (Paneer)
• 1/2 cup Green Bell Pepper (Capsicum)
• 1 Fresh Red Chilly
• 1 Tablespoon Coarsely ground Peanuts
• 1 Teaspoon Olive Oil
• 1/2 Tablespoon Cornflour dissolved in 2 Tablespoon water
• 1/2 Tablespoon Sugar
• 1 Tablespoon Soy Sauce
• 1/2 Teaspoon Lemon Juice
• Salt To Taste

Method:

1. Any vegetables of your choice can be taken.
2. Cut all the vegetables into cubes.
3. Blanch Broccoli and baby corn and strain them.
4. Mix soy sauce, salt, sugar and lemon juice in cornflour dissolved in water and keep aside.
5. Heat oil in a wok and add finely chopped fresh red chillis, peanuts, bell peppers and paneer.
6. Add blanched veggies and lightly toss on high flame.
7. Add corn flour mixture and toss again.
8. As soon as cornflour mixture thickens to a sauce consistency and coats the veggies, switch off the flame.
9. Serve hot.

To be continued…