Poricha kootu | Avarakkai Poricha kootu | Poritha kootu | Broadbeans kootu with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Poricha Kootu recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Poricha kootu | Avarakkai Poricha kootu | Poritha kootu | Broadbeans kootu is prepared with broad beans and moong dal. It can be mixed with rice or as a side dish with tamarind based kuzhambu variety, rasam variety. . Healthy kootu is perfect for a weekday meal.
...
Baked rajma cutlet is prepared with Rajma (kidney beans). Protein-rich healthy and tasty snacks. It is a great after-school snack for kids.
Every time we visit our pediatrician he tells us to give protein for Vishvak. I try to add Lentil in an almost everyday meal in some way. Nowadays he has become very playful while eating after a few initial Spoon he starts running around and getting bored.
He likes food like panniyaram, bread, cutlet, fries which he can hold and eat. Their are days when even Ven Pongal goes to the panniyaram pan and result in "Pongal panniyaram". This Rajma cutlet is one such experiment to give him beans, which become a big hit at home. Not only him even we like it. I took pictures and even gave this recipe for " Snegedhi " magazine but somehow I forgot to post it.
...
Vazhakkai Podimas | Raw banana curry | Plaintain curry | south Indian poriyal recipe with step-by-step pictures, and video recipe. Check out the vazhakkai podimas recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
...
Milk peda | Doodh peda | peda recipe | how to make peda | Milk peda recipe | Doodh ka peda | Kesar peda | plain peda | chocolate peda | Pista peda | homemade peda | 3 ingredients peda sweets | Diwali milk sweets with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Best milk peda in Tamil and Best milk peda recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Milk peda | Doodh peda | peda recipe | how to make peda | Milk peda recipe | Doodh ka peda | Kesar peda | plain peda | chocolate peda | Pista peda | homemade peda | 3 ingredients peda sweets | Diwali milk sweets | is one common Milk-based sweets that are popular in almost all sweet stall. Usual milk sweet is a lengthy process to make. Here is a quick version with just 3 main ingredients.
...
Carrot halwa | Gajar ke halwa | gajar halwa | pressure cooker carrot halwa | how to make carrot halwa | Indian carrot pudding | carrot halwa in cooker | instant pot carrot halwa | easy cooker halwa is an easy and tasty Indian recipe prepared in a pressure cooker and isntant pot. This tasty one-pot Gajar dessert is a great way to make kids eats carrots.
My sister is not a big fan of carrots. She would run hearing the word carrot. Only when carrot is served in sweet form she will happily eat. payasam and Carrot halwa is her favorite.
...
Maladu | Maa laddu | Maa ladoo | pottukadalai urumdai | odachakadalai urundai | odachaladala laddu | maladu recipe | how to make maladu with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the maladu in Tamilandmaladu recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Maladu | Maa laddu | Maa ladoo | pottukadalai urumdai | odachakadalai urundai | odachaladala laddu | maladu recipe | how to make maladu with roasted gram makes a filling after school snacks for kids. Pottukadalai laddu is a quick sweet which can be prepared within 10 minutes.
Ever since my childhood days I love Laddu, and my Amma prepares a batch of rava ladoo and puts it in a box. After returning from school I do frequent visits to kitchen and snack all evening. Now a days Almond laddu and wheat and nut laddu are my son’s favorite
...
Do you have Over ripe bananas in your pantry and thinking what to do, try this Banana halwa. Banana fudge is not only easy but my toddler who hate banana also enjoys it.
I started experimenting with fruit based recipes for my son. As I mentioned before my son is very choosy when it comes to fruits. I have posted few Banana based recipes before, pls check it out if you are interested.
...
Ven Pongal | Ghee Pongal | Khara Pongal | Spicy Pongal | Ven Pongal recipe | South Indian kichadi /Khichdi with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Pongal video recipe and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel. Also, check out the Ghee Pongal chutney combo recipe
Ven Pongal | Ghee Pongal | Khara Pongal in a pressure cooker and Instant pot instructions. Pongal is a popular south Indian tiffin variety prepared with rice & moong dal. We prepare Pongal in a sweet and savory version. Ven Pongal and chakkarai Pongal are often offered to God as naivedhyam/ prasadam. In our home, we make Ven Pongal during the Thai Pongal festival, during Navratri, Varalakshmi Pooja, etc.
Ven Pongal is one of my favorite tiffins as it is easy to cook. For our phase of life many days we feel like wrapping up the kitchen soon. One-pot meals like Pongal are such a boon. Soak everything together, a few whistles, and Pongal is ready. Just spend a few extra minutes extra for thalippu(tadka) and cook everything together, protein-rich filling meal is ready. Green Moong bean kichadi is yet another family’s favorite dish.
Ven Pongal with lots of ghee makes me lazy and I will do nothing but sit on the couch and watch some random television channel. After I started cooking, we prefer to have Pongal as a weekend brunch. Once in a blue moon, I pair Ven Pongal with Sakkarai Pongal and vadai.
Pongal can be easily prepared in a pressure cooker and an instant pot. For instant pot cooking, use rice mode and cook Pongal and follow the rest of the procedure.
Traditionally in our home, Ven Pongal is prepared with pepper spice. You can also add red chili or green chilli while tempering
Checkout other Pongal varieties in TMF,
Pongal recipes | bhogi recipes | kannum Pongal recipes
Ingredient:
Rice - 1/4 cup
Split yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Water - 2 cups + 1/4 cup
Salt - as needed
To temper:
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Peppercorns - 1 teaspoon (Adjust according to your spice level)
Fresh curry leaves - few
Cashew nuts - as needed
Ginger - 1/2 tsp, peeled and grated
How to make Ven Pongal with step by step pictures:
Butter biscuit | Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | Shortbread cookies | tea kadai butter biscuit | butter cookies | 3 ingredients shortbread cookies | Eggless cookies | Holiday cookie | beginner friendly baking | 3 ingredients butter cookies | Mysore bakery biscuit | ayyengar bakery butter biscuit | butter shrewsbury biscuit | Benne biscuit | crispy Iyengar bakery style Indian butter biscuit/ cookies with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the butter biscuit recipe. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Butter biscuit | Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | Shortbread cookies | tea kadai butter biscuit | butter cookies | 3 ingredients shortbread cookies | Eggless cookies | Holiday cookie | beginner-friendly baking | 3 ingredients butter cookies 3 ingredients Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | cookies are melt in the mouth and super addictive. These Shortbread cookies are egg-less and it can be prepared without a Whisk or electric Mixer. Perfect for holiday treats/holiday gift basket and after school snack.
Ever style childhood days I love Iyengar bakery style super soft melt in mouth butter cookies. With just 3 ingredients butter cookies taste super addictive and make perfect teatime snacks.
Butter is one key ingredient for butter cookies to get the perfect cookie always use room temperature softened butter. Keep the butter at room temperature for at least 3 hours. Avoid cold butter from the fridge. If you have planed the recipe way ahead soft the butter by microwaving for few seconds but avoid cooking for a long time as butter will starts melting down.
I have made the cookie with minimal ingredients. You can play with your flavors and add vanilla extract, cardamom powder, rose essence, or any other flavor of your choice. Even without any additional flavor butter gives an amazing taste to the cookies.
I have made this cookie without chilling the dough. I feel the shape is well retained for chill the dough. Cookies made instantly taste good but the texture might turn slightly crack.
If you are going to use wheat flour it might taste like tea Kadai biscuit. Ingredient quantity slightly varies, I will soon post that recipe on the blog. A whole wheat walnut cookie is yet another favorite.
Another Cookie recipe to try
Eggless Whole wheat walnut cookies
Ingredients:
All-purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
Butter- 1/3 cup, softened at room temperature
Powdered sugar - 1/3 cup, tightly pressed
Salt - pinch
How to make Iyengar bakery style butter biscuit with step by step pictures:
Dry fruits laddu | Dry fruits ladoo | Dates laddu | Nuts and dates laddu | Energy Balls | Laddu recipe | ladoo recipe | dry fruits laddu recipe | healthy laddu | dry fruits recipe | Dates laddu | Dry fruits balls | indian sweet laddu recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the dry fruits laddu in Tamil and dry fruits laddu recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Dry fruits laddu | Dry fruits ladoo | Dates laddu | Nuts and dates laddu | Laddu recipe | ladoo recipe | dry fruits laddu recipe | healthy laddu | dry fruits recipe | Indian sweet laddu recipe is a healthy laddu with mixed nuts and dates. Healthy nuts laddu for kids, Pregnant women, and of course everyone. Zero sugar dry fruits laddu make a great mid-morning and mid-evening snacks to overcome the sweet addiction.
They say celebrate a happy occasion with sweet ( I remember famous Dairy milk chocolate commercial "Sweet Edu kondadu" (celebrate happiness with a sweet).
We are relocating to Seattle. After spending an amazing 2 years and 7 months in Bentonville. We have lot of cherishing moments in this small town.. My bundle of happiness was born here, he took his step here, spit his first food, told his first letter, the first mischief, got his first friend, first word, first favorite things, the first sentence oh man I can write a full post about many things based on him. Well, change is a permanent thing, but after living in a place for some years it creates many moments which I can treasure for ages.
Having a 2-year-old, my biggest concern is to give him healthy snacks. Like me, many moms have a big question about mid-morning and evening snacks for kids. These days my son wants to hold his food and eat by himself – yet another point to be considered. Suddenly this “dry fruits laddu” sprung to my mind, my mom uses to prepare this dey fruits laddu for me when I was pregnant.
Should healthy and tasty treat always involve complex cooking process or spending more time in the kitchen, defiantly no. With minimal cooking, these energy balls can be prepared in no time. Loaded with nuts and without sugar (Yes Dates is there, but I believe it to be healthier compared to white sugar), this is a healthy bite.
Dates laddu is a filing healthy snack after a workout and also good after school snacks for kids.
Nuts and dates laddu combo works perfectly in our home.. Recently I posted Oats &Nuts Burfi. This is a quicker version of that with few changes.
Ingredients:
Mixed nuts - 1 cup (I used Walnut, Almonds, cashew and Pista )
Finely chopped Dates - 25 or 1 cup loosely packed
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 teaspoon + grease
Method 1:
Method 2 :
It's my guest post for Sreelatha from Framed recipes. Sreelatha’s “Oats Banana Smoothie” for my “Toddler Friendly” recipes is very popular at home, and my LO loves it.
