hi All It is always better to have your weekly menu, so it is easier to cook. I am giving here 3 weeks Menu for (BLD). Generally i make 1 week plan, depending on what vegetables is available in fridge. here i have given 3 weeks menu, for vareity till 3 weeks. MY DH doesnt like cereals, so i have to cook different brkfst for him everyday. (Exceptions on weekends, since i dont want to end up in kitchen whole day) Also for Dabba/Lunch (in office) he only likes Roti /Sabji. although being a south indian, i have been brought up in mumbai, so i have included north indian dishes for lunch and brkfst. Dinner recipes are mostly typical south indian, since for lunch/tiffin my DH take Roti/Sabji. Dabba/Tiffin Sabji, menu mostly north indian style i cook (with onion and tomatoes and garam masala) On weekends, dinner we eat light, soups/ salads, or sometime, only fruits. I just thought to post it, some of you may find it useful. you can change or add ur recipe to this plan.
Hi Radhika, thanks for the excellent excel attachment on menu planning...i find it very helpful....wow,you do cook a variety of meal each day:bowdown could you please share the recipe of avocado sandwich? sounds interesting.... pavi
hi pavithra (i hope ur name is that, i dont like to call PAVI Thanks for ur first fb. Take 1 ripe Avocado. Peel out the skin and take the pulp. 1 Green Chilly Corriander leaves, 1 pod garlic add little roasted ground nuts Salt for taste Blend all the above ingredients and add Lemon Juice. Thats it done. You can just use avocado on bread, or first spread on bread, and then put layers of cucumber and tomatoes, beetroot or carrot. it really have awesome taste.
:thankyou2: radhika for this table.It will be very useful for me to plan. how do you prepare greek salad,tondli sabji,grape raitha.
Looks very interesting. Thanks. Taco: do you make it at home?If so, can I have the recipe please????? Happy Cooking:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown:bowdown
Yup radhika...my full name is pavithra thanks for the recipe...gonna try that avacodo spread soon:cheers pavi
Thank you for sharing. I also do a similar weekly meal plan in excel. I do it weekly on every Friday and then go shopping on Friday evening or saturday morning. I cut the subzis, soak tamarind, boil potatoes, cut onions, make onion tomato gravy paste - all on Sunday. So that the week is covered. I am also a south indian brought up in Mumbai and my husband is a south indian and he was born in Gujarat. So we have a combination of South Indian, north indian , Gujarati dishes
hi latha thanks for the fb. Recipe of Greek Salad Lettuce - 1 cup Tomatoes- 2 Cucumber small - 1 Shredded- carrot and beet - 1 cup Feta cheese. Some raisins, or dry fruits if u want (i keep experimenting) Olive Oil - little Lemon Juice - Salt for sprinkling on the salads In a bowl mix all the above igredients. feta cheese crush it and mix it. Mix Olive oil and lemon juice, raisins and other dry fruits. Sprinkle litte salt over it and your salad is ready for serving. If you want to dress the salad in a plate, then cut Tomatoes and Cucumbers, Carrots. Beet in round slice and arrange in a plate. First sread chopped lettuce in a plate, and then arrange the round slices above it. then spread crushed feta cheese even on the plate. sprinkle olive oil and lemon juice. Thats it Done.
hi latha Tondli is basically Kovakai in Tamil, in north they call tindli, or tinda. TOndli (marathi word) recipe cut round or long as you like cut 1 onion. First temper with oil, mustard and zeera, put chopped onion, let it become brown, add salt, turmeric, garam masala powder. Add washed tondli in it and let it cook. AFter it is cooked, u can add ground nut powder or KARI PODI . it blends well and have good taste. KARI PODI is a powder which we can use in lot of vegetables, to blend it well. 1 cu p Dhaniya 1 cup Udid dal 1/2 cup Sesame seed ( i add this also) Roas all above ingredients separately and grind dry in mixie and keep it in air tight container. U can use it as and when u require, for Brinjal, Gavar (kotavarangai). P.S. : first grind dhaniya and udid dal, and then add sesame seed, bcoz it gives oil, and put together, then udid dal will not grind properly. GRAPE RAITA Cut the red grapes in small sizes. 1 cup curd, make it smooth Pinch of salt 1/2 teaspoon sugar Pinch of Cumin and pepper powder Pinch of red chilly powder. Mix all above together, and serve, it taste real yummy.
