Easy, Lunchbox Ideas, Rice Variety

PEANUT RICE/LUNCH BOX IDEA

Rice is always a favourite at home and besides making accompaniments such as sambhar ,rasam or any other gravy at home,for lunch packing i often wonder what could i possibly pack today each day with rice.I was searching for one such rice based recipe,that i stumbled upon peanut rice.I have peanuts well stocked at home for making snacks or simply roasting and adding salt and chilli powder to it etc.or for simply adding them to other rice items for a garnish but never heard of making rice with itself.Peanuts are a good source of nutrients,minerals and amino acids. They also…

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Dairy Free, Easy, Lunchbox Ideas, Ovo Vegetarian, Pulao, Rice Variety, Vegan, Vegetarian

RED BEAN PEAS PULAO/LUNCH BOX IDEA/RICE VARIETIES

Red beans peas pulao is a beautiful combination of green and red colours and also has a lot of essential nutrients loaded in it.I had a small packet of fresh red beans lying in my fridge for a while and i made this for me and my daughter as hubby was out of station last week and MIL was fasting.I made red bean salad for her,the recipe of which will be posting soon.This red beans contains minerals,vitamins and proteins in abundance.As we all know these are all important for a complete meal and we enjoyed it a lot.Red beans can…

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Easy, Lunchbox Ideas, Ovo Vegetarian, Rice Variety, Vegetarian

KARUVEPPILAI SADAM / CURRY LEAVES RICE

It is a daily affair for me to break my head daily what to pack for my hubby and daughter.They both have different tastes and to satisfy both is one big task.I try to make a variety of items keeping their demands in my mind.Everytime i do something different there will be a number of questions aimed at me and this time it was no different.Karuveppilai means curry leaves and sadam means rice in tamil.They were at first very intrigued by the fact that how can i make a rice out of a thing that is used for garnishing.At least…

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