Students in Delhi government schools will soon enjoy idli-sambar as part of a revamped PM-POSHAN menu. This new meal option will be implemented within two weeks. The updated menu will also see the replacement of ragi halwa with wheat flour and chana masala, along with vegetable daliya being substituted with jowar and bajra.
Idli-sambar will soon be on the plates of students in Delhi government schools, with the dish set to be introduced within two weeks under a revised PM-POSHAN menu that also replaces ragi halwa with wheat flour and chana masala.
The revised menu replaces some of the existing meal items and includes poori with black chana gravy, rice with chhole and mashed vegetables, poori with chhole, rice with dal and rice with kadhi, according to an order issued by the DoE on Monday. Students will get poori with black chana gravy and mashed vegetables on Day 1, idli with sambar on Day 2, rice with chhole and mashed vegetables on Day 3, poori with chhole and mashed vegetables on Day 4, rice with dal on Day 5 and rice with kadhi on Day 6, according to the revised six-day menu. The order said the revised menu for Day 1 and Days 3 to 6 would come into effect immediately, while empanelled NGOs and centralised kitchen agencies have been given a maximum of two weeks to operationalise idli with sambar.
idli with sambar has been given a two-week transition period as its preparation requires specific equipment, specialised ingredients, dedicated infrastructure and trained manpower, it said While most of the revised menu will come into force immediately. The Meal Review Committee recommended the changes after reviewing the existing weekly menu, meal coverage, stakeholder feedback and implementation experience, the department said.
