When I was younger, much younger (not two years ago), my mom used to pack me lunch everyday and you might think I'm good at cooking but my mother's cooking is divine. Whenever I opened my lunch box, the food would disappear in seconds flat; this was when I was in tenth grade and we had school from 8:35 A.M to 2:40 P.M. My mum packed me really good food everyday but her food mostly consisted of chapattis and a spiced up vegetable, I appreciated all of my mother's hard work because this food was not only tasty but also filling. Then came 11th grade, this was when our workload lightened up in the form of fewer subjects, our school decided to leave us at 12:45 P.M instead of the regular 2:40 P.M. routine. I then realized that mom's lunch just wasn't appropriate. We have lunch break at 11:00 A.M. and at around 1:30 P.M.(it takes us about an hour to reach home.) our faces had to be thrust-ed with more food (act like you don't eat after school). For the sake of my stomach I asked my mom to resign from the school-lunch maker post. For a few days I attended school without proper lunch (I still do), I hogged on my friend's lunch (sorry, Shatakshi) and ate from the canteen, which isn't the best thing to do, I went online and searched for food options I could prepare easily and were, in comparison, better than cafeteria food, I found several videos but the ingredients mentioned aren't exactly available in India easily or in a cheap manner. I searched again and this time with "India" typed with my search. The results I got, 'Pizza Paratha' NoThankYouVeryMuch. So, I brainstormed and brought out two lunch ideas for school, these food items aren't hard to prepare neither do they require 1/2 of your pocket money, here we go:
Recipe 1: Corn Salad.
This recipe is a really simple one, it's easy to make and good to go.
Ingredients:
1. Corn kernels (Frozen or Fresh);
2. 1 tomato; finely chopped;
3. Juice of 1 lemon;
4. Few leaves of coriander (chopped);
5. Salt to taste.
Procedure:
1. Boil the corn kernels till they attain a golden colour;
2. Mix the corn in with other ingredient.
Vola!
Oh, and for the side, I just packed some boiled pasta with a bit of salt. (I like it okay. Don't judge.)
Recipe 2: Corn Pizza.
You might want to make this a night before.
Ingredients:
1. 1 cup of boiled corn;
2. 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour;
3. Smoked chicken (optional);
4. 1 tomato finely chopped;
5. 1 and a 1/2 tablespoons Tomato ketchup;
6.1 tablespoon chili powder.
7. 1/4 cup of boiled corn.
Base:
1. Preheat an oven at 180 degrees Fahrenheit for twenty minutes;
2. Blend corn in a blender;
3. Add in the whole wheat powder, making it attain a dough like form;
4. Roll our the dough in a circle with a rolling pin (Chill, it doesn't have to be a circle);
5. Pop it in the oven for ten minutes or until perfectly done;
Sauce:
Okay, my go to sauce is just a mixture of Ketchup and chili powder. It's really good alright.
Procedure:
1. when the base is cooked, load it with the sauce and add the ingredients listed above or you know, improvise!
2. Pop it in the oven for about five minutes!
For the side, I chose two cut-up baby bananas.
Done and Done!
Also, also, also, This is the first installment of many blog posts yet to come dedicated to students, The Student Series!
I hope you guys like and enjoy all of them!
Until next time!
