Nei kasandu with sattumaavu paratha | Leftover ghee residue with millets paratha

Nei Kasandu with Sattumaavu Paratha | Leftover Ghee Residue with Millets Paratha

Nei kasandu with sattumaavu paratha is miraculous transformation of ghee residue and millets into addictively delicious paratha loved by all age groups. This recipe is a big “NO NO” for diet watchers and ideal for kids.
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Dragon Fruit Rose Popsicle

Dragon fruit Rose Popsicle

Dragon fruit rose popsicle is a great way to incorporate dragon fruit into your diet. The sweetness is perfect and the fruit is loaded with fiber & anti-oxidants and they are definitely a part of our regular diet whenever they are available in the market.

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Maggi Mixture

Maggi Mixture
Maggi does not need any introduction and every has a childhood memory attached to it. Today’s dish is “Maggi Mixture” which is a simple variation from the regular soupy noodles way of cooking.
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Whole Wheat Rusk Chutney

Whole Wheat Rusk Chutney

Today’s post is about Rusk chutney which is basically a no cooking & no-oil chutney. This is something which I make often as all of us enjoy it. Rusks are combined with fresh coriander, capsicum, roasted peanuts, lemon juice and garlic.  
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Baked Canapes Pizza Cups

Whenever I visit Chennai, I generally do a window shopping of grocery shops & super markets. I used to find so many products which are interesting and unavailable here and tend to buy almost everything ;). One such product which I caught me was Dip’s Baked Canapes.
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Minnie Mouse Rose Kaju Katli

Minnie Mouse Rose Kaju Katli

Diwali the festival of lights is coming soon and Singapore is already welcoming this with beautiful decorations in Little India and MRT’s. Today’s post is Minnie Mouse Rose Kaju Katli -  Cashewnuts are combined and cooked with sugar syrup & rose essence. The kaju katli is then shaped into minnie mouse cartoon character and decorated with white chocolate. A special treat for kids!!!

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Black Rice Spaghetti with Ladies Finger & Basil

Black Rice Spaghetti with Ladies Finger & Basil

Spaghetti’s and pasta’s have never been there during my childhood as we never used to get them in shop’s during the 1980’s. But now this has become a part of our regular meal. Today I tried Black Rice spaghetti with ladies finger and basil leaves and they turned out to be real yum.

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Vanilla Fruit Sauce Ice Pops

Vanilla Fruit Sauce Ice Pops

In continuation of my left over series for recipes cooked during festivals here comes my second recipe with left over fruits. While the fruit sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for a week, the ice pops can be stored for a month. The taste is similar to panchamritham ice cream which we used to eat during the childhood days.

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Dragon Fruit & Lime Sorbet

Dragon Fruit is still available in our place and I never miss to buy the pink one every time. The sweetness is perfect and the fruit is loaded with fiber & anti-oxidants and they are definitely a part of our regular diet whenever they are available in the market.Sweet pink flesh dragon fruit is combined with sharp & sour kalamansi (lime) ,sugar and blended to a smooth texture and finally kept in freezer gives this yummy dessert.  

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Paprika infused Red Rice Pasta

Preparing my Kid’s school lunch box is a bit interesting stuff for me as she needs a variety of food every day. Kid’s expect some color’s, cheesy and most importantly tasty. Red rice pasta with vegetables is one such dish I prepared recently and she liked it a lot. In fact she was showing the variety of color’s to her friends in this dish. Naturally red color paparika is infused in red rice pasta and cooked along with garlic, capsicum, cauliflower and finally garnished with Dill Leaves and Parmesan cheese gives this yummy and garlicky paprika infused red rice pasta

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Eggless Sprinkles Butter Cookies with Wholegrains

When the kid comes back from school around 3pm or 4 pm its an odd time to give dinner and most of the time we land up giving up junk food. This colorful wholegrain cookies are a double treat for kids as they are healthy and colorful at the same time. Wholegrain Flour mixed with colorful sprinkles, cardamom, loads of butter is made as a dough, shaped into beautiful cookies and finally baked in oven gives this yummy and drooling “Sprinkle Butter Cookies”

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Cheese & Bread Stuffed Puffs Sticks

Today’s post is about one of the very common dish which I make when some special guests come to my house. Wondering who could be the special guests – Its none other than my daughter’s friends who come home for a play date. Feedback from these little guests is always good and they are genuine too.

Cheese & Bread stuffed puffs is puff pastry brushed with basil oil and stuffed with Red cheddar & Mozeralla , bread slices and baked in oven for a crunchy snack.

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Salad - Baked in Oven

Having oven at home is a blessing in disguise on the days where you are required to do multi-tasking at home. I have published lots of recipes with oven many being an alternative to deep fried recipe. This recipe is one of them which I used to do from the time I learnt to use oven. Baked Salad  - Cherry tomatoes, capsicum, onion, boiled potatoes mixed & baked with homemade basil oil and finally garnished with crushed walnuts, cranberries, feta cheese & Parmesan cheese - A healthy and tasty way to consume vegetables.

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Aubergine Layered Baked Corn Cheese Quinoa Pasta

After cooking black rice and millets based recipes for the blog, it’s time to focus attention on my kid’s choice of recipe. She has been patiently eating all my millet based or black rice based recipes without a fuss as I promised her the next whole will be recipes of her choice.

Thinly sliced fried Aubergine layered in baking tray and topped with a combination of cooked corn, tomato puree, pizza topper, basil , Quinoa pasta and finally baked with shredded mozzarella cheese this is today's recipe.

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Stuffed Idli

Idli is a regular breakfast or tiffin in any south Indian house. One of my friends passed on this recipe and it became hit in my home after I made it. This post is with potatoes however you may try to add any vegetables as long as they can be made as a tight patty. You may pack this for lunch box too and it remains soft.

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Chocolate Vannila Agar Agar

Ice-creams are all time favorite for any kid. However we restrict many times with a fear that they would catch cough/colds particularly before we travel or exams. When it comes to parties we are much more hesitant to prepare as all kids cannot take cold items. Dishes with agar agar is a good alternative in such cases. It is a seaweed extract and a vegan substitute for gelatin. The good part is the dish gets set in room temperature and becomes guilt free for us to prepare.

We get this in two forms – powder & strips. This post is using the powder. The measurement for this to set properly – 320ml water for 10gms of powder or 320ml water for 8gms of strips. A little variation in the measurement is still fine. In India we get it in the name “China Grass”.

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Here goes the recipe.

Lime leaves Spaghetti

Spaghetti is a regular dish when there is a kid at home. I was in mood of clearing up the fridge and found some kaffir lime leaves left over. I decided to make spaghetti by mixing kaffir lime leaves instead of regular Italian basil leaves. I did the lime leaves pickle and add it to spaghetti. It turned out to be tangy and super delicious. So I decided to post this after trying out couple of times by checking at the feedback of my family members. All of us liked it in spite of repeating it thrice within a span of 10 days. This dish is very fast to do if you have the lime leaves pickle handy and it is easy to pack it for kids in the early morning for school lunch box.

Vegetable Puffs | Kid Friendly Recipe

Vegetable puff is something which is very easy to prepare. I do this quite often when there are parties or potluck with my friends where we need to prepare some dishes specific for kids. We can stuff with whatever vegetables we want inside this. This dish is definitely a no-no for diet conscious people as the puff pastry has a lot of oil inside it. I don’t use the puff pastry thin sheet, instead I use the puff pastry block as it gives me the flexibility to roll it into the shape I want.

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