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This post being done on request from a reader Pranali. I am all for quick low cal wholesome and nutritious meals. Ingredients: 1. 1 cup Soaked black chana 2. Onions, finely chopped-1 3. Green Chilli chopped-1 4. Ginger flakes-4-5 5. Tomato 6. Spinach leaves- nicely washed and chopped 7. Tomato finely chopped 8. Lemon juice-1tsp 9. Roasted cumin powder 10. Salt to taste Soak kala (black) chana overnight, pressure cook in half a cup water for 6-7 whistles. You can make it more nutritious by using uncooked sprouted black chana. Drain, and mix all the above ingredients, toss in a mixing bowl, ur dinner is ready. U can eat this alone, u could eat it with a whole wheat chapatti. U can also put in some paneer and gazillion other veggies u can eat raw to make it more wholesome. This salad makes for an excellent dinner, but I found it a lil hard to digest initially, if taken alone. So I used to team it up with a missi roti or sometimes just a glass of milk. But over a few times ...

My daughter loves dosa without the potato filling. When we eat out this filling has chilli and is spicy. So plain dosa is her all time favorite. And I end up eating idlis. Since we bought our microwave after marriage and my never ending cooking experiments started,which my husband always encouraged, I have made idlis pretty regularly. Sometimes its breakfast, sometimes dinner and it never fails to make my family happy. You may try this for your kiddo’s breakfast on Sundays since it tastes best when warm. It needs about a cup of sooji (semolina), 1 bowl of curd and fruit salt. Add curd to sooji gradually so that u get a semi solid consistency just like your rice - dal batter of idli. Whip it to avoid lumps. To this batter add a pinch of fruit salt (Eno) and stir well. Slightly grease the idli maker depressions with oil. Transfer batter to these depressions in the idli maker and close the lid of the maker. I don’t lock it completely, just put the lid. Power 60% in Microwave mode, c...