Sunday, August 26, 2018

Lunch box- Egg veg sauce gravy

Lunchbox- Egg veg sauce gravy
Lunchbox- Egg veg sauce gravy
Preparation time- 03 mins
Cooking time- 10mins 
Total time- 13 mins

Ingredients for egg veg sauce gravy:

  1. Oil-1 Tsp
  2. Onion chopped- 1 no.
  3. Garlic and ginger chopped- 1 tsp
  4. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  5. Chili powder- 1 tsp
  6. Corn flour-3 tsp
  7. Lemon juice/Vinegar- 1/2 tsp
  8. Chopped beans, potato and carrot- 1 cup in total
  9. Curry and coriander leaves- as needed
  10. Salt- as needed
  11. Boiled egg- 2 no.
Method:

Step 1: Boil the vegetables by adding salt, strain the excess water (you can use it as a stock for making gravy) and keep it aside.
In a pan, pour oil, add onion, garlic, ginger and curry leaves and sort it well. Add turmeric, chili, and cornflour too. Sort it well for a few minutes. 

Step 3: After that add 100 ml of stock water and boiled vegetables, mix it well and cover with a lid. Let it cook it on a medium flame for 05 minutes. After that remove the lid, stir it well once again and let it cook open for three minutes. Add lemon juice drop by drop and check the taste and balance it by adding salt and a pinch of sugar. Add coriander leaves and egg too. Allow it to cool in open air. After that, you can cover with a lid. 
Lunchbox- Sambar rice/ A healthy combo veg dish 
To know the preparation of lemon pickle, please visit: Lemon pickle with preservation of Vitamin C

Tips and warnings
  • Do not pack warm foods in the lunch box.
  • Put all vegetables including onion in the water for 1 hour for dilution of pesticides. 
  • For easy peeling of ginger, garlic, and onion, soak in water for a few minutes. 
  • You can chop all vegetables and keep it in an airtight container in the fridge in the night for next day lunch. You can peel onion, garlic, ginger and keep it the fridge too. Do not slice it. 
Suggestions

Diet for kids
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
Antenatal diet
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level
Diet for lactating mothers
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level 
Postnatal diet
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level 
Diet for diabetic persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Avoid egg yolk
Diet for hypertensive persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)
Diet for cardiac persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)
  • Avoid egg yolk

Lunchbox- Quick and easy long beans stir fry/Pachapayaru thoran

Lunchbox- Long beans stir fry/Pachapayaru thoran
Lunchbox- Long beans stir fry/Pachapayaru thoran
Preparation time- 03 mins
Cooking time- 10mins 
Total time- 13 mins

Ingredients for long beans stir fry/Pachapayaru thoran:

  1. Oil-1 Tsp
  2. Onion chopped- 1 no.
  3. Garlic chopped- 1 tsp
  4. Turmeric powder- 1/2 tsp
  5. Green chili - 1 no.
  6. Chopped beans- 1 cup
  7. Curry leaves- as needed
  8. Salt- as needed
Method:

Step 1: In a pan, pour oil, add onion, garlic and curry leaves and sort it well. Add turmeric, green chili and beans too. Sort it well for a few minutes. 

Step 3: After that add 50 ml of water, mix it well and cover with a lid. Let it cook it on a medium flame for 07 minutes. After that remove the lid, stir it well once again and let it cook it open for three minutes. Allow it to cool in open air. After that, you can cover with a lid. 
Lunchbox- Sambar rice/ A healthy combo veg dish 
To know the preparation of lemon pickle, please visit: Lemon pickle with preservation of Vitamin C

Tips and warnings
  • Do not pack warm foods in the lunch box.
  • Put all vegetables including onion in the water for 1 hour for dilution of pesticides. 
  • For easy peeling of ginger, garlic, and onion, soak in water for a few minutes. 
  • You can chop all vegetables and keep it in an airtight container in the fridge in the night for next day lunch. You can peel onion, garlic, ginger and keep it the fridge too. Do not slice it. 
Suggestions

Diet for kids
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
Antenatal diet
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level
Diet for lactating mothers
  • Avoid chili, as it contributes to acidity
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level 
Postnatal diet
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
  • Add plenty of curry leaves, as it helps to increase the hemoglobin level 
Diet for diabetic persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure
Diet for hypertensive persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)
Diet for cardiac persons
  • Reduce oil, as it increases cholesterol level (It's a precautionary measure)
  • Reduce salt, as it increases blood pressure (It's a precautionary measure)