Here is a healthy and filling lunch with broccoli carrot paratha, barley salad, barley lemonade, and some gooseberry pickle.
It’s easy to convert your breakfast to lunch with some simple sides.
You can jazz up your weekend brunch or lunch with some simple dishes and make it into a lavish one like this broccoli carrot paratha spread. I love the concept of prep once and serve multiple times. And today’s thali/platter or spread is all about that.
Also, the barley salad is perfect if you are following a low-carb diet. You can very well relish the broccoli paratha filling alone with the salad and the raita. You can easily customize this entire meal according to your dietary needs.
Let’s start with the parathas. When I make parathas, I prepare the filling a little extra to make some sandwiches for dinner. So dinner is taken care of with one-time stuffing preparation.
Needless to say, pickles are great prep once and serve multiple time dishes. You can make it once and serve it with dal rice, paratha, yogurt rice, and what not? I made this gooseberry pickle with frozen gooseberries and paired it with the paratha. And the combination was excellent, and we all loved it.
I always make barley water during summer. Instead of plain barley water, made some lemonade with it and added the leftover cooked barley in the kachumber or the simple salad.
This barley salad is a meal on its own, and as I mentioned before, you can serve this as a meal with the carrot broccoli filling as a side vegetable. See, you can easily convert the meals and customize it.
Like pickles, chutneys also come in handy. The green chutney and some sweet chutneys are among them. I use them in my salads, sandwiches and as a side for parathas and bread, etc.
Instead of plain yogurt, I added some cucumber and some black salt and red chili powder and made a quick raita.
Broccoli Carrot Paratha Brunch/Lunch Menu-
Now here is the entire list of the recipes that’s on my meal plate.
- Broccoli Carrot Paratha
- Cucumber Raita
- Gooseberry Pickle
- Barley Salad
- Barley Lemonade
- Green Chutney
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This is such a healthy platter with all those barley recipes and the delicious broccoli paratha. Checking the recipe now for paratha.
Thank you :-)
Interesting and healthy recipes with barley and whole plate looks so colorful, healthy and nutritious.
Thanks so much.
Extra filling is always good to have. That’s one more meal planning resolved. I will check out the barley recipes too, need to finish off what I have in my pantry :-)
Absolutely. :-) Thanks
That is a colorful spread, Vidya. I need to try this version of paratha and am sure have paired nicely with the raita, pickle and chutney combo..
Thank you. :-)
Interesting filling for the paratha. I am in love with the barley salad. It has been ages since I have used barley. I shall have to try the barley lemonade too..
Please do. I know it’s chewy but you will get used to it. :-)
Such a beautiful spread Srividya makes it for a grand brunch! Love all the items you have shared. Will check them out when I am planning to make…:)
Sure. Thanks
That surely is a colourful spread . The barley salad looks very colourful , a salad that I really enjoy .
Carrot and Broccoli paratha is a new combo for a paratha , I have never used these two in parathas , but the colours look attractive .
With lemonade and Gooseberry incorporated , you have made this a very healthy meal .
Thanks so much. :-)