The Smart Cook: How to prepare a quick soft Indian roti out of wheat flour and millet flour? Take a cup of wheat flour; you can mix it with other healthy powders like millet powder or soya powder as another option and some salt to taste.
Make balls out of the dough by slowly adding water to it.
Now roll a thick wooden stick roll over each ball to flatten them well and the Indian rotis are ready for cooking.
Heat a pan and apply some oil on it.
Now cook the Indian roti on the pan until done.
You can stuff some cooked vegetables and curry in the bread and wrap them in a tissue for a quick serving.
Now, do you have left over rotis? And is your tongue ready to try new sweet dishes? Then try this recipe surely: Tear the left over bread into pieces and grind them in a mixer with some water sprinkled on it.
Mix a little of unrefined sugar to this finely crushed roti pieces.
Make a ball out of these two ingredients and if required, you can other ingredients like coconut powder etc, refrigerate it and have these as snacks.
This will surely be your delicious meal.
Stock up dry fruits that have a long shelf life like ripe prunes, dates and oats.
For a quick meal, you can blend them with milk.
Add cut fruits to this drink and enjoy this, before you start your day.
For your noon time recipes, your best salad base will be cucumber to which you can add tomato, radish, beet or carrot.
Boil them a little for the salad to be nutritious.
Add greens like coriander or lettuce or celery with olives and serve it with a pineapple or apple topping.
The main course of your meal could be of course any thing that you like the most.
If it is your breakfast, then ensure to add the soya tofu if not meal maker chunks in the sandwich or salad instead of cottage cheese for a difference.
This is fibre rich nutrient and fills your mouth, as well as makes you feel full.
If it was your lunch, then take a little of dry fenugreek leaves in your soup or mixed with spicy stew of pulses.
You can even add a liquid stew of pulses to any of your favourite side dish.
This not only makes a meal complete, but as a known fact, the bad cholesterol in your tissues comes under a checkpoint.
Well, what on a beautiful evening time and when seems to rain? Have you got a tip for any quick dishes? Try this out.
Prepare porridge out of Finger millet powder and add two spoons of curd for a cup of porridge and salt as required.
Drink it hot with a piece of Citron pickle.
This is a tasty dish which increases your appetite as well.
As we know, a cup of veggie crackers shallow fried or even one chicken strip deep fried in vegetable oil accumulates its share of cholesterol in our body on regular basis.
A quick tip here is to cut down these calories in the next immediate meal by including items like soya meal makers, may be in any form.
Having grated the soya chunks in the form of powder is suggested.
Sprinkle it or add teaspoonful of this powder as often as you prepare Indian rotis: which are unleavened soft Indian flat round breads.
Children need whey protein and omega 3 rich foods for their mental growth.
So beware of products that are rich source of it.
They are the ones who like to explore all food that are colourful.
Try to check out of edible colour safe products in market and use them in their dishes, which will surely reduce their food intake from outside home.
Every one can become a master of cooking, if you smartly try out in your kitchen.
Happy cooking, eating and sharing!