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The Hindu - Delhi - 17 - 7-12 PDF
The Hindu - Delhi - 17 - 7-12 PDF
More to off er (Clockwise from left) Stems and leaves can help
fl avour soups; plants like caulifl ower have large portions that we
usually discard; orange peels can be used for traditional items
like pachadi GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCK, M PERIASAMY AND SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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More One of the world’s
is my husband, who is a big time
foodie and would go to any extent
to explore good food across diff e
rent cuisines. Those were the
days when we did not have the In
ternet or social media, so I learnt
new recipes from magazines and
aunts. Another great source was
the neighbours in the apartment;
we all used to get together and
learn a new dish and even bake. I
was looking for novel ideas to
Simple treats
pack tasty and nutritious lunch
(Clockwise for my son and daughter, and that
from far left) is how my interest in cookery
Usha’s haydari grew,” Uma says.
sandwich,
bakerystyle Favourites then and now
frankie and It was the aesthetics of her food
the book photography, especially, that
cover SPECIAL
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ARRNGEMENT media. “I launched my blog in
2014 and started posting on Insta
gram after a year. Right from 2014
I have been posting many lunch
box recipes which were a big hit. I
started experimenting and deve
loping fi nger food and snacks
which are high on nutritional va
lue, and at the same time pre
ferred by the kids, and also easy
when kids used to sit in circles to prepare.” Uma used to give a
nostalgia
out to play. So parents invariably layered idli sandwiches and
end up packing roti or paratha or stuff ed dosas. In a few years, her
some fi nger food.” lunch box recipes touched 100:
Uma was a novice at cooking that is when a publishing compa
when she got married 24 years ny approached her with the idea
ago. She gradually learnt the of publishing them as a book.
nuances of cooking from her “It was during 20112014, while
motherinlaw and also from her I was working as a teacher in kin
mother. “My greatest inspiration dergarten, that I began to closely
observe eating patterns and pre
ferences of kids, and I even used
to observe what they bring and if
Upma cups, puran poli cupcakes, adai sliders, muffi n idli and more they eat it or discard. This further Love in a box
motivated me to research more
such familiar yet creative, easytomake snacks for children are on lunch box ideas,” says Uma, The book is divided into six sections, starting from Monday and
listed in Uma Raghuraman’s cook book launched this week who has been posting simple, mi ending with Friday, with a special shortbreak bites section for
nimumingredient recipes during the weekend. There are a total of 60 recipes. The author has
the lockdown period. structured the book this way so that it becomes easier for
Chitradeepa Anantharam who is better known as Master important part of my school days, Her recipes focus on doable, parents to plan the menu for the week. The recipes listed under
chefmom. and continued well into my col simple lunch box recipes and top Monday are simplest and easy to prepare, such as chutney
“The world is still in lockdown Tiffi n boxes at home, apart lege years. I never shied away on the list are adai sliders, puran sandwich and frankie with leftover roti and buns. On Tuesday,
mode; I wonder when our chil from making online learning from carrying a wire koodai (wire poli cup cakes, mango motak pie, the focus shifts to notsojunk snacks preferred by kids in order
dren will be able to go back to more interesting, can also help basket) which had a twotier kulcha pizza, pullapart buns, pa to motivate them. Masterchefmom’s signature dishes fi nd a
school. Am sure they miss all the children understand that nutri stainless steel tiffi n box and a koda waffl e and upma cups to place in the Wednesday section. Thursday is fi lled with
fun and frolic of the school envi tious food can be tasty. Moreover huge waterbottle. But the current name a few. irresistible proteinheavy “power” snacks. Finally, Friday, is the
ronment, which is why I suggest this is a good time for parents to generation prefers to tuck a slim Uma’s cook book, treat day, and is all about desserts and sweets. ”My idea behind
this book is to create fond memories for kids and for the
that parents still pack diff erent train their children to eat all types lunchbox into their bag, and the My Genius Lunch Box,
parents, and wean children away from junk food. The nostalgia
types of healthy snacks and lunch of fruits, vegetables and pulses, refore even the lunch we pack has published by Penguin Random
associated with lunch boxes lingers throughout one’s adult life,”
even when the children attend says Uma over phone from Guru to suit that box,” she adds. “What House is available at says Uma Raghuraman.
online classes,” says Uma Raghu gram. “When I grew up in Chen is sad is that lunch hour in school Amazon.com and is priced
raman, a food blogger and author nai, the lunch box was such an is no longer that special time, at ₹ 299.
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