This recipe is for all the monkeys in your house and for people who are on diet. It is healthy and delicious and very easy to make with just Four to Five ingredients. The glass is going to finish before you even blink.
This recipe makes Two medium glasses
Ingredients
1) Two ripe bananas – sliced
2) One tablespoon honey or u can add sugar also. Honey helps the diet conscious people
3) One tablespoon bornvita(or anything your kids like) or one Teaspoon Coffee
4) 300ml milk
5) Chocolate Syrup for garnishing (optional)
Method
– Blend all of the ingredients in a blender till a smooth consistency
– Put the delicious concoction in a glass and serve with ice
Tip – If you freeze bananas for two hours or so then it gives better taste. You can avoid ice in this method. Feel free to change things and make your version.
Another variation is instead of Coffee or bournvita one could add even peanut butter for the health-conscious people
This recipe was taught by my south Indian cook in Bangalore and a very simple one. We would be getting late for office and she would quickly make this for our tiffin. This also became one of my kids favorite and sometimes they even make it themselves. It’s that easy. But I added my own twist into this recipe to make it simpler.
Ingredients For dry masala
1) Two teaspoon Urad Dal
2) Two teaspoon Channa Dal
3) Three dry Red Chilli
4) One teaspoon black PepperCorns
For tempering
5) Two tablespoon Oil /Ghee
6) Half teaspoon Urad Dal
8) Half teaspoon Chana Dal
9) One-fourth teaspoon of Cumin seeds
10) One-fourth teaspoon of Mustard seeds
11) One-fourth teaspoon Asafoetida powder
12) A few Curry leaves
Other ingredients
13) One Onion Finely chopped
14) Half teaspoon Turmeric powder
15) Salt to taste
16) 15-20 Boiled and Peeled baby potatoes
17) Tablespoon Podi Powder (U can increase the quantity of this and skip making the dry masalas)
Method
1. First step: Dry roast the Urad Dal, Channa Dal, Red Chilli & Pepper, till it turns golden brown colour.
2. Cool it & grind it into a fine powder.
3. Heat Oil in a pan. Add ingredients for tempering Urad Dal, Chana Dal, Cumin seeds & Mustard seeds. Once the Mustard seeds start spluttering add the Asafoetida powder & sauté it.
4. Then Add Onions & Curry leaves, sauté the onion for a few minutes.
5. When the Onion turns transparent add the Boiled Baby Potatoes, Salt, dry masalas and Podi powder
6. Mix it well, till all the Potatoes are coated well with Masala powder.
7. Roast it for few minutes & then turn off the stove
8. Serve hot with Rice or Hot Rotis
This recipe is very easy and quick to make. It is delicious and finger licking good!!
I prefer to make it with Desi Ghee and a lot of time skip making the dry masalas and use only Podi Powder. In the current one I have been using Home Kouzina – Molgai Powder and it is good.
This is one of my favorite soups that I learnt from mom. It is a hit at all our parties in winter as it is not very heavy soup. It’s also a very sneaky way to add in vegetables and feed your kids (I do that every time). No matter what the weather is, this soup ought to make you feel cozy. This soup also has a lot of health benefits as there is spinach involved (you get iron like iron man 😉 )
Ingredients
One chopped onion
Two cloves garlic chopped (optional)
One cup blanched spinach – in a puree
Half cup milk
One tablespoon corn flour (can replace with oat flour also)
300 ML water (approximate)
One tablespoon butter + a few drops of oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Grated cheese for garnishing
Method
Blanch the spinach and puree it
Sauté the onion and garlic (if using) in little butter and few drops of oil
Add the spinach puree and sauté it with onion and garlic
Add water and give it boil
Mix corn flour to milk and to the Boiling mixture
Keep stirring so that lumps are not formed
Simmer for some time
Add salt and pepper and mix and adjust consistency as per your liking
Switch off the gas
Serve the hot soup with grated cheese or croutons
No matter what the weather is, this soup ought to make you feel cozy in no time. My whole family enjoys this soup and comes for seconds in seconds (you get it?) but on a serious note this soup will be one of the heartiest soups you will ever make.
Akanksha , my daughter likes to make quick mug micro cakes . I discovered this quick and easy recipe which I modified to her taste. It is very simple and easy even the kids can make.
Ingredients
Four Tablespoon ragi flour
One Tablespoon Almond flour ( this helps to cut bitterness but u can increase one tablespoon of Ragi flour if u like the taste or you do not have Almond flour)
Three Tablespoon brown sugar/jaggery powder
One Tablespoon of cocoa powder
One fourth Teaspoon baking soda
One fourth cup milk
Two tablespoon Oil
Half teaspoon vanilla extract
Dark chocolate melted or Ganache for decoration (optional)
Method
Take a big mug or small size bowl of borosil.
Add the Dry ingredients in the bowl.
Then add wet ingredients and mix well.
Adjust the consistency by adding more milk.
Put it in the microwave for two to two and half minutes.
Let the cake cool in the microwave for another minute before you take it.
Once it’s cooled, top it with any kind of your favorite melted chocolate and sprinkles.
Then ENJOY!
It is a quick healthy fix for sweet craving and easy to make. The best part is that it is gluten free and delicious.
You could replace the almond flour with whole wheat flour also. It comes out fairly decent.
You could also refer to the Regular Ragi Chocolate Cake already in the blog for making a regular standard cake ( pl give the link)
These days it is a trend to have a lot of dips and chutneys with your snacks and chips and dip. I had done this variation when suddenly I had someone visiting us and was allergic to tomatoes and I wanted a saucy kind of chutney and this variation was invented.
The healthy carrot chutney goes well with south Indian, momos and salad and Kababs.
It is very simple to make and does not need fancy ingredients. The recipe is for approximate one bowl, you can increase and decrease ingredient quantity as per your taste
Ingredients
2 medium size coarsely grated Carrot
2-3 Red dried chilly
One medium size Onion
2-3 Garlic cloves (usually necessary but can skip if u do not eat garlic)
A small bowl of Tamarind
One tablespoon Coriander seeds
Two tablespoons of Peanuts
One teaspoon of mustard seeds
Half teaspoon of cooking oil
Salt to taste
Method
1. Heat oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds and then all the ingredients with salt
2. Saute this till it is soft and mushy
3. Cool it
4. Grind it paste and adjust consistency as per you liking
5. Incase u are using this with south Indian platter than u can give it additional seasoning of curry leaves and red chilies otherwise it is good to go
This is one of the favorites of the kids and they do not realize it has carrots . Also Use this Recipe along with our Kababs mentioned in the blog
Salad is very important when you are looking for healthy options. But people like me suffer from severe sulphur allergies and cannot eat raw stuff. I tend to modify my salads to a little cooked version. You can use the dressing for any variety of vegetables or mix it with sauteed vegetables.
Chinese salad
Dressing
Half cup water
One tablespoon of sugar
One teaspoon vinegar
One teaspoon of corn flour
Salt and pepper to taste
One teaspoon of tomato sauce
Half tablespoon of Worcester sauce (you can add soya sauce)
chili flakes to taste or even chilly sauce
Method for Dressing
Mix all this in a pan and give it 3-4 boils stirring constantly till it is thick
Let it cool and keep in a bottle.
Mix in vegetables
Ingredients for Salad
One cucumber Chopped
One-fourth Cup Carrot Chopped (optional)
One-fourth cup of Beans chopped (optional)
Half a cup of boiled noodles
One or two Spring onions Chopped
A few nuts
green chilly strips
one cup of shredded cabbage
Method
Par boil Carrot and beans if using
Mix the dressing in all the vegetables
Note– People like me who cannot eat raw vegetables will sauté cabbage, spring onions and bell peppers and mix them in the dressing. The recipe shown is my version where you sauté the vegetables.
When you eat this delicious salad you will be crunching your way into a healthier lifestyle. Happy Eating!!
Since everyone loves cakes and are open to trying new recipes, here we go with another Whole Wheat Cake with Orange which is a healthy cake for all fitness freaks and gives added Vitamin- C.
Recipe:– This recipe will give a cake of approximately 475 gm and give the best result with fresh oranges. As you all know I am a believer of making cooking simple so this is also one pot recipe with no beater and is eggless. I have not tried this with eggs at all. I felt eggs would overpower the orange flavour.
Ingredients
one cup Whole Wheat flour
one tablespoon Corn flour
half teaspoon Baking soda
half teaspoon Baking powder
one pinch Salt
half cup cup Castor Sugar
1/4 cup Cooking oil (can not be replaced with butter)
one cup or 200 ml Fresh orange juice or Tetra pack one
one teaspoon Orange zest or ½ tsp orange essence or 1 tbsp marmalade
Methods
Preheat your oven to 180 degree C.
Sieve the dry ingredients- whole wheat flour corn flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda and keep aside. Sieving is very important for airing the mixture
In a bowl take the wet ingredients- castor sugar, oil and orange juice. Beat well with Hand.
Add Orange Zest/ Essence
Now add the sieved flour mixture and mix softly in cut and fold in one direction
Mix everything very well with a spatula and check there should be no lumps in the cake batter
Pour the batter in a lined or greased cake tin of about 6 inches.
Bake in a preheated oven for 180 degrees C for 30-35 minutes or till the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool the cake before cutting slices
After all that hard work, treat yourself with a big slice of the decadent cake with tea or coffee.I PROMISE eating a big ol’ slice will be worth it!!
P.S. add some chocolate chips to attract kids,trust me it works all the time… 😉
This recipe holds a lot of nostalgia, passed down from my mom, who insisted on feeding my kids healthy. It’s a simple one-pot recipe, no fancy equipment needed.
Ingredients
1 Cup Oil (not to be replaced with butter or ghee)
2 Cup Whole wheat flour
3 Cup Red Grated Carrot ( preferred Red winter)
2 Cup Sugar
4 Eggs Or replace with 1 cup to 1 cup and ¼ cup milk
1 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Garam masala
Walnuts and almonds for garnishing
Method
Put all the ingredients and mix with hand.
Pl note donot use any beater or spoon as it will break due to thickness in the batter
If using eggs beat them slightly with fork and add to mixture
Bake in pre heated oven for 40- 45 min at 200 degree Celsius. Time may vary esp. for eggless one as it take time. Tooth pick should come out clean
Pl note the recipe is for 1kg cake
Points to remember
I donot recommend using this with orange carrot but if doing pl use All purpose and Whole wheat – 1 cup each and sugar cannot be reduced
Batter has be to falling in lumps and not a flowy one You need to be extra careful on eggless batter that u donot overmix or add extra milk otherwise cake will get brunt feeling. Pl add slowly the quantity of milk. It can vary due to the quality of whole wheat also.
Happy Cooking and Build the Mom and Kids bond.
It’s joy of cooking with kids and making memories with laughter and warmth of the bonds been built that motivates me to do stuff with them
This is one of my favourite especially when I have to feed vegetables and also very popular in my kids tiffin. One can be rest assured that tiffin would be finished if pizza muffins are there. I have to pack extra as per their instruction which is used for trading. I am sure you would also love to try the same.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour- 1.5 cup ( you can do even half whole wheat )
Baking Powder- 2tsp
Baking Soda- ¼ tsp
Salt- ¼ tsp
Olive oil- ½ cup
Milk ¾ cup
Curd- ½ cup
Tomato Sauce- 1 tbsp
Cheese -1/2 cup
Vegetables finely chopped- Capsicum, Bell peppers, Carrot
Boiled sweet corn- ½ cup
Tomato- ¼ cup (De-seeded and chopped)
Oregano and pizza seasoning
Pepper- ¼ tsp
Method
Sieve the dry ingredients like all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt together
Take a bowl and add curd, milk, oil and tomato sauce
To the wet mixture add the dry ingredients plus pepper & pizza seasoning
Fold the ingredients gently and add half of the vegetables, corn, tomato and cheese
Put the batter in a muffin mould. Fill upto 3/4th and then add little bit of all vegetables in each mould. Top with a swirl of tomato sauce and sprinkle little cheese
Bake for about 15 min in a preheated oven at 180 degree. Check if toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool on wire rack
You can do variation with vegetables depending on what one likes in your family. Also you can replace curd with one egg, if you want to use egg.
Do try these pizza muffins and let me know how they turned out.
