Rainbow Lunch

Over the past year, I've been reading various books and following various shows to understand healthy eating habits. 

The concept of rainbow lunch is something i heard over a television show and it says that you are supposed to eat veggies of various colors in a day to get the minimum required nutrients. Inspired by those words, I've come up with this lunch plan.

                                           

                                        ***** Beetroot Roti and Cabbage Fry **** 

Prep time: 25 min

Cooking time: 45 min                                                  

Ingredients:

• For Roti:
• Grated beetroot
• Whole wheat flour
• Warm water
• Cumin seeds
• Salt

• For Curry:
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Peas
• Cumin Seeds
• Shredded coconut
• Chana dal
• Curry leaves
• Coriander powder
• Salt
• Turmeric Powder
• Chili powder
• Olive oil
• Garlic
• Asafoetida (Hing)

*** Let's get cooking!!! ***

• Roti preparation:
• Take all the ingredients mentioned in roti into a bowl, start adding the water mindfully while you mix it to into a soft dough.
• Cover it with a damp cloth and let it rest for 15 min.
• Cut the dough into small portions, dust each portion with flour and press it to make flat circle.
• Heat a frying pan, place the roti onto the pan and apply some ghee(optional) toss it around until you see it brown a little bit.
• Serve it hot with the curry and yoghurt (optional)

• Curry preparation:
• Add olive oil onto the frying pan, let it heat for 1 min
• Add cumin seeds,chopped garlic, chana dal, curry leaves and asafoetida (hing). On medium flame let them splutter and chana dal to brown.
• Add cut cabbage, carrots and peas. Cover it with a lid and cook it on medium flame.
• Once the vegetables are half cooked, add turmeric powder and mix it well. Close the lid and cook it again.
• Add salt, chilli powder and coriander powder, shredded coconut and mix it well. Take it off the stove after 2 minutes of stirring.
• Serve it with roti.

Do try it and let me know how it turned out.

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