ONE-POT HEALTHY MEAL

September 02, 2020

 ONE-POT HEALTHY MEAL


Vegetables provide children energy, anti-oxidants, vitamins, fiber, and water. They help protect the child against diseases later in life. Dhal is a good source of protein, essential amino acids, potassium, iron, fiber, and vitamin B1. It also helps to lower cholesterol and control sugar levels. The bottom line is dhal, vegetables, and rice are great and extremely healthy combinations for growing kids. And that's exactly what we prefer to offer to our kids, isn't. 

This one-pot healthy vegetable meal also includes the exact combination in it and it's super tasty yet simple to prepare. Even though everyone knows the importance of vegetables in kids' diets, it's not that easy to make them eat it, right. This is my personal favorite recipe for my kids because its just has everything we prefer to feed them and its really easy to feed them, the important thing is they just love this recipe. Not just for kids, with some simple changes it can be your family meal too, within 30minutes it will be ready to serve. 

My motto in my kitchen is to make tasty food, at the same time, make it as much healthy as possible. So consciously I used to add some ingredients here and there, which are not usual to add in a recipe. But not to worry I will make sure it is still yummy, trust me I got this. Just like I said  I added few ingredients in this recipe too which make this recipe much healthier and unique. And I highly recommend you guys to try the same. 

And one more thing to add here that with this same recipe you can make different flavors by simply changing the vegetable choices, I guess that is the best part of this recipe, realizing that, made me share this recipe with you all today. So, all that has been said let's check out the recipe. Starting with the ingredients.

INGREDIENTS:

1. Carrot                       -1/2 cup.
2. Beans                        -1/2  cup.
3. Peas                          -1/4 cup.
4. Tomato                    -1no.
5. Ginger                      - a small piece.
6. Garlic                       -2cloves(crushed).
7. Lemon                      -Half.
8. Rice                           -1 cup.
9. Moong Dal               - 3/4 cup.
10. Water                       -3 cups.
11. Butter                    -1 spoon.
12. Jeera                      -1/4 spoon.
13. Pepper Powder   -1/4 spoon.
14. Turmeric              -1/4spoon.
15. Methi Powder      -1/4spoon.


METHOD: 

1. Rinse well and soak rice and moong dhal separately, keep it aside.
2. Add a spoon of butter or oil to the pressure cooker, once it's hot then add a 1/4 spoon of jeera. 
3. Now, add carrot, beans, and peas, saute for a minute and then add a bit of salt to make the cooking fast.
4. The veggies do not need to be completely cooked so after a minute or so now just add the tomatoes.
5. Now add the crushed garlic, adding garlic at this time gives a beautiful flavor to this recipe.
6. Now add shred ginger and a pinch of pepper, a pinch of methi powder, turmeric powder, and salt. 
7. Add soaked rice give it a mix, check for seasoning, and make necessary changes.
8. Now add water and then squeeze the lemon to it. Now close the cooker and give it 2-whistles.
9. That's it, our one-pot healthy vegetable meal is ready to be served.

METHOD WITH PICTURES: 

1. Cut the vegetables and keep it aside.


2. In a pressure cooker add butter or oil, once it's hot enough add jeera.


3. Add all the veggies with a pinch of salt and saute for a minute.


4. Now add tomatoes.


5. Add crushed garlic to it. Adding garlic at this stage will give a beautiful flavor to this recipe.


6. It's time to add all the spices and shred ginger to it. adding methi will make this recipe so unique.


7. Now add the soaked dhal and rice.



8. It's time to add water and then squeeze the lemon. And close it and give it a 2-whistles.


9. Once the pressure is gone naturally then open and give it a mix.


10. That's it, our one-pot healthy vegetable meal is ready to be served. 


NOTE:

1. Today I prepared this recipe for my kids, so I added more water. If your kids prefer non-sticky meals then reduce the water in the recipe accordingly. 
2. To make a family meal you can add green chillis, chili powder, or pepper powder to it if that is fine with your kids. Since I talk about healthy food, I highly recommend increasing the quantity of pepper powder than green chillis or chili powder.
3. The taste of this recipe depends on your vegetable choice, So feel free to try this recipe with available vegetables. Even you can add soaked moong dhal or channa, whatever you prefer to include in your meal.
4. One more suggestion is to adding lemon juice in it because again lemon can help to absorb the nutrition in the food.
5. An important point is this meal is absolutely perfect for infants who are in the weaning because it will keep the child full for a longer time. 
    Then, I hope that you like this recipe and find it useful for you and let me know your thoughts and suggestions in the comments. And always "Stay Positive and Keep Smiling😀".   


       



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