Kids Recipes, Starters

CHILLI GOBHI

Chilli Gobhi is a lip smacking stater recipe similar to Gobhi Manchurian.It is made out of deep fried cauliflower florets in maida and corn flour batter mixed with a variety of sauces.This Indo-Chinese dish is my daughter’s favorite and I made this for her some time back.This easy recipe can be made in 15 minutes if all ingredients are kept ready.It forms a good side dish for fried rice besides being a tasty snack.If you don’t want to serve it dry as I have done,you make add water and make it a gravy consistency.The tricky part is to keep the…

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Side Dish for Roti

MUSHROOM MASALA

I have never cooked mushroom till now,but when I saw my daughter eating a mushroom topped pizza with awe,I thought of making some mushroom based recipe for rotis for her.So I instead of buying ordered through Bigbasket. Bigbasket is an online comprehensive online grocery store based in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, Mysore, Delhi-Gurgaon-Noida, Coimbatore, Madurai, Chennai, Vijayawada, Ahmedabad, Nasik, Lucknow, Vadodara, Nagpur, Vishakapattanam and Patna.So if you want to have groceries on the go with the tip of your fingers order your neccesary things online order from Bigbasket. I learnt that with over 180000 products and 1000 brands in the…

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Pasta, Soups

MINESTRONE SOUP

Minestrone Soup is a thick italian soup with lots of vegetables and pasta.It is a meal in itself due to the addition of lots of veggies and thankfully Dhivya loves soups and I can be rest assured whenever I make soups,it will disappear in no time.People who are fond of pastas can go for this recipe and try in place of any regular soup you would make at home.I was wanting to post this for a long time and could do it last week and the weather was so apt for this piping hot soup.There are a lot of variations…

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Sauces

TOMATO PASTA SAUCE/PASTA RECIPES

I often make pasta of all kinds as Dhivya is fond of them.I normally use store bought sauces both white and tomato ones,but this time I thought of making it at home as I saw a nice recipe of tomato pasta sauce.As I started to make this sauce the whole place was filled with aroma and saucy air could

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Kids Recipes, Noodles

TOFU NOODLES/SOYA RECIPES

Soya based products are becoming increasingly popular these days and is most liked by kids too.They are filled with proteins which plays a great part in the growing years of children.Tofu is one such soya by product.It is made from soya milk.Just as paneer is made from normal milk,tofu is made from soya milk.Forms a great option for lactose resistant kids.I made noodles with tofu last week for a change and was much appreaciated by daughter and she wanted me to pack some for college any other day.I tried this from a cook book and it needs little time to…

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Kids Recipes, Starters

SCHEZWAN BABY POTATO

Schezwan Baby Potato is one of the long pending lists to post in my blog.Not only for the reason daughter dear loves it,I promised you all that I will post this when I posted schezwan sauce.So here I come with a fantastic starter recipe with baby potatoes.This recipe I have adapted from Tarla Dalal and it is the most favourite dish at home.When I first tasted this at a restuarant I was too tempted and the gravy was simply great.We had it with fried a match made in heaven.Yes.it was soo good,that I wanted to give it a try.I also…

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Kids Recipes, Noodles, Snacks

AMERICAN CHOPSUEY

When we went out for my hubby’s birthday last year my daughter ordered American Chopsuey.I had no idea until the order came and as Dhivya began munching on it I could see the expression in her face that it was good.So I decided to try an attempt at it and succeded to some extent.This one I made recently as an evening snack which was throughly enjoyed and Dhivya said it really tasted awesome.This recipe is adapted from Tarla Dalal with slight variations.Now here goes the recipe .. Notes

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Kids Recipes, Starters

GOBI MANCHURIAN

Gobi Manchurian is a favorite item in our household.Dhivya loves it like anything and will finish the plate in no time.Whenever we eat out this would be our starter for sure.I wanted to incorporate the restuarant flovour in this and this was enjoyed by all at home.I usually make it dry but you can make it a semi gravy as well.You can eat this as a starter or have it with fried rice.The spring onions add a unique flavour here.So over to the recipe

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