Are you looking for simple lunch menu ideas? Here is a humble and delicious lunch menu with methi paratha, jeera rice, salad, raita, and simple paneer curry.
During weekends, when I make a North Indian menu, if I am not making parathas, I always sneak in some veggies or greens or avocado to the dough and jazz up the menu. Sometimes, I add in the spices and dry fenugreek leaves and make masala roti or mix and match spinach powder or beets powder and make colorful rotis.
As I had some fresh fenugreek leaves, I ended up making methi paratha this time. And I shared the recipe already.
I try to make dal or some curries with rice. And as I had some yellow chili powder in hand, I made this quick yellow paneer curry. (It’s not the Thai style paneer curry, folks) A simple paneer curry with the loaded flavors of dried fenugreek leaves, aka kasoori methi.
I had shared this as part of the lunch box theme for one of the mega marathon. Kiddo loves this curry, and you can serve this with rice as well as paratha. You can make this curry in less than 20 minutes, and while that’s happening, you can make the jeera rice in Instant Pot.
And for the drink, I made some decaf tea with coconut water and added some chia seeds. I love adding chia seeds or basil seeds to my lemonade and herbal/decaf teas. I made a quick salad with carrot, cucumbers, and red radish with a drizzle of salt and pepper.
You can put this meal together in less than one hour as there isn’t much chopping involved. Paratha rolling is the time-consuming part here.
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I can just enjoy that methi paratha as is, but your whole platter is very inviting and comforting.
Thanks :-)
Love the flavor of methi in anything and this methi paratha platter with jeera rice and paneer curry looks so inviting
Thank you.
Beautiful pictures Vidhya and I love that plate. I add basil seeds/chia to lemonade or other drinks with milk, but haven’t tried with herbal tea. Let me give it a try!
It’s good actually. I add rose syrup and these seeds in all our teas these days. The floral fragrance enhances the taste very well.
That’s a very inviting spread Srividhya, love that methi paratha with paneer curry…Iced Fusion Tea sounds so interesting, will have to check it out..
It’s nothing exotic. I combined coconut water and some floral tea. :-) Thanks a lot Valli.
I am a fan of methi parathas and am loving this platter and the setting. BTW do you buy or make your own spinach / beet powders?
Thanks, Suma. Actually I bought the spinach and beet powders.
A well rounded menu plan. Love methi paratha in any format.
Thank you. :-)