Are you stuck for ideas for healthy lunch box recipes or wondering what to pack for lunch every day? Well, I have given few delicious and practical lunch box ideas for work (office), school that are nutritious, healthy and also easy to prepare. Today we will see how to make chapati rolls with a delicious semi dry paneer sabji and also a few lunch box ideas (Indian) for adults and kids.
How to make Chapati Rolls
Prep time – under 10 mins
Cook time – under 15 mins
Yields – 5 rolls
Ingredients needed
Chapati or phulka -5
Onion -1 big
Ginger-garlic paste -1 tsp
Green chillies -1
Tomato – 2 medium size
Capsicum -1 medium size
Paneer – 150 grams
Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp
Cumin powder -1 tsp
Coriander powder -2 tsp
Chilli powder – 1/2 tsp
Kitchen King Masala -1 tsp
Salt needed
For the seasoning
Oil – 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds/jeera – 1 tsp
Preparation
Prepare chapati and keep it ready.
Chop all the vegetables and cut the paneer into cubes.
Method
Heat oil, add cumin seeds, when it splutters, add finely chopped onions and green chillies. Saute until onions turn transparent.
Add ginger garlic paste and saute for a few more minutes.
Add tomatoes, all the spice powder and salt needed. Cook until tomatoes become mushy.
Add chopped capsicum and cook for a few more minutes.
Once the capsicum gets cooked a little, add the cubed paneer pieces. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes until the masala gets coated with the paneer pieces well.
Add finely chopped coriander leaves. Switch off the flame. Let it cool a little.
Take a chapati, keep 2 tbsp of stuffing vertically, fold a little at the bottom as shown below and roll it from the side tightly.
Pack it for lunch. The roti will not get soggy as it is a dry sabji. You can prepare the same recipe with other dry sabjis. Check out my long list of more than 80
side dishes for chapati for more dry sabzi recipes.
Note -You can skip green chillies, if it is for kids lunch box. Try lunch ideas given below and I am sure your kids lunch box will come home empty.
Lunch Box Ideas for Work (office) and School
Lunch should be healthy and nutritious, so avoid packing unhealthy food or junk food or food prepared with maida (all purpose flour) or processed food.
When packing dosas, make thick and spongy dosas as thin dosas will be become hard and unpalatable when eaten later. You can make
uthappam with carrots or mixed
vegetable uttappam to make it more healthy.
Sponge dosa is also great for lunch as it will remain very soft until lunch time.
Chapati rolls or
phulka with dry sabji works great for lunch. You can wrap it in aluminum foil to keep the rotis soft until lunch time.
Idli is another great options for lunch. You can make vegetable idli or
idly upma. When packing idli with idli milagi podi, mix
idli podi, oil and a tsp of water and then apply it on idlys, it will keep the idlis soft until lunch time.
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Quick and Easy Lunchbox recipe
A very healthy lunch box recipe.
Delicious rolls !looks so yummy ..
yummmyyyyyy
very very good idea, nice and yummy ones
rolls looking soooo soft.. must be the taste was awesome ....nice rolls
Perfect Receipe for Lunch box
I tried the recipe , it turned well. thank you for sharing the recipe.
I made it just now for dinner. My dad (who's my biggest critic) had 4 chapatis instead of his usual 3 :D Was yummy! Thanks for the recipe. I'm a fan of yours!
Awesome recipe. I love chapatis this way. Thanks a lot and I look forward to more of your yummy recipes to fill my tummy.