This week, for the next three days I will be posting simple menus that can help plan our meals. For the first day, I have a very simple North Indian menu that is almost the comfort food that I grew up eating. Growing up in Northern India, I need to have my roti at least couple of days a week and my kids have also developed a very strong liking to North Indian food. This menu is very simple to assemble and an be made within an hour. The platter consists of - A subzi - Lauki Channa dal Subzi A bread - Phulkas / Pulkas Rice - Simple Jeera Pulao A cooling agent - Cucumber Peanut Raita
Lauki Chana dal subzi/ Dhoodhi Subzi / Bottle gourd Subzi -
This is by far my son’s favorite subzi. Whenever we buy lauki, he immediately requests me to make this subzi. This is almost the only thing I make with lauki.
Cucumber Peanut Raita -
This is a little beyond the simple cucumber raita and has peanuts in it to add a crunch to the dish. My friend had passed on this recipe to me and I have been making it ever since. The peanuts are ground along with green chilies and then seasoned with cumin. Jeera Pulao / Simple aromatic rice with warm spices -
This is the easiest rice dish that I have made and it is very flavorful by itself. Amma adds a little bit raisin to the pulao and my boys got really addicted to that. So anytime I make a pulao, I add a little raisin in it.
