An Indian Bento Box --- Ajwain Paratha 🫓, Paneer Bhurji 🫛🪅 & A Simple Cucumber Salad 🥒🥒

Name: An Indian Bento Box --- Ajwain Paratha 🫓, Paneer Bhurji 🫛🪅 & A Simple Cucumber Salad 🥒🥒
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 1 serves
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For Ajwain Paratha :👇; 1 cup wheat flour dough with salt (medium soft); Ghee for cooking; Dry rice flour for rolling; Sprinkling Masala : 👇; 2 tsp ajwain; 1/2 tsp red chilli powder; 1 pinch salt; Melted ghee to apply on the paratha; Paneer Bhurji : 👇; 2 tsp oil; 1/2 tsp cumin seeds; 1 dry red chilli; 1 chopped onion; 1 tsp ginger, chopped; 1 chopped tomato; 1/2 cup chopped capsicum 🫑; 1/2 cup spring onion greens; 1 tsp red chilli powder; 1/2 tsp turmeric powder; 2 tsp coriander - cumin powder; 1 tsp kitchen king powder; 1/4 cup boiled green peas; 1 cup home - made paneer, grated; 1/2 tsp kasuri methi; Lemon wedges to serve; Chopped coriander for garnish; Simple Cucumber 🥒 Salad Dressing : 👇🏾; 1/4 tsp chilli flakes; A few whole black peppercorns

Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

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A Bento Box is a single - portion take out or packed lunch served in segmented compartments or multiple compartments . The word ' Bento ' comes from Japanese / Chinese slang meaning convenient & ' Box ' refers to different partitions to keep food more organized so it will not mix with each other.

An Indian Bento Box is not merely a lunch box with but represents a fully balanced nutritious meal .

#CA26
#week21
#Festiveflavours
#Pickitup

An Indian Bento Box is not merely a lunch box with but represents a fully balanced nutritious meal .

Bina Samir Telivala @Bina_Samir

#CA26
#week21
#Festiveflavours
#Pickitup

An Indian Bento Box is not merely a lunch box with but represents a fully balanced nutritious meal .

#CA26
#week21
#Festiveflavours
#Pickitup

An Indian Bento Box is not merely a lunch box with but represents a fully balanced nutritious meal .

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Ingredients

40 minutes

1 serves

For Ajwain Paratha :👇
1 cupwheat flour dough with salt (medium soft)
Ghee for cooking
Dry rice flour for rolling
Sprinkling Masala : 👇
2 tspajwain
1/2 tspred chilli powder
1 pinchsalt
Melted ghee to apply on the paratha
Paneer Bhurji : 👇
2 tspoil
1/2 tspcumin seeds
1dry red chilli
1chopped onion
1 tspginger, chopped
1chopped tomato
1/2 cupchopped capsicum 🫑
1/2 cupspring onion greens
1 tspred chilli powder
1/2 tspturmeric powder
2 tspcoriander - cumin powder
1 tspkitchen king powder
1/4 cupboiled green peas
1 cuphome - made paneer, grated
1/2 tspkasuri methi
Lemon wedges to serve
Chopped coriander for garnish
Simple Cucumber 🥒 Salad Dressing : 👇🏾
1/4 tspchilli flakes
A fewwhole black peppercorns
1 pinchsalt
1/2 tspolive oil
1cucumber sticks (1 inch cut)

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Steps

40 minutes

1

Take 1 portion of dough & roll into medium thick big roti, using dry flour. Apply melted ghee on the roti.
2

In a small bowl, mix ajwain, red chilli powder & a pinch of salt. Sprinkle the masala all over the greased roti, leaving 1 inch border.
3

Now 1st fold from right (as shown in the pic), Fold the other flap from the left.Then fold from top & bottom to look like a square. (See pic 👇🏾)
4

Roll the paratha little thick, using dry flour. Heat a non stick pan & place the paratha on it. Cook both the sides using ghee.Let brown spots appear on the paratha. Remove the paratha in a plate. Make another paratha the same way.
5

Paneer Bhurji : Chop the vegetables. Grate the paneer & keep aside.
6

Take oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, dry red chilli & onions.Saute. Add capsicum & tomatoes & saute till tomatoes turn soft.
7

Add spring onion greens & mix well. Add all the dry masala &mix well.
8

Add boiled green peas. Add paneer & mix very well. Don't cook paneer too much. Add kasuri methi. Mix.Switch off the flame.
9

Remove paneer bhurji in a serving bowl & garnish with chopped coriander.
10

Cucumber salad : In a bowl take chilli flakes, salt & black pepper. Add oil & mix. Add cucumber sticks & give it a toss. Chill thoroughly.
11

Lay the serving plate with 2 Ajwain Paratha, a bowl of paneer bhurji & a small salad bowl.

Tips

1) Instead of using a lunch box, I have used a plate to serve the lunch so each item can be clearly seen .
2) You can pack this lunch in a lunch box with partitions for school going children & office goers . It is a complete meal by itself.
3) Always add whole peppercorns in A Simple Cucumber Salad as it will not only add more crunch to the salad but give a spicy kick in your mouth.