An Indian Rice and Lentil Weaning Recipe for 6 Months Old Babies
Weaning is an essential part of a baby’s growing process and it is important to wean your child so that it can develop good taste buds and healthy eating habits. Weaning is basically a process where a baby is introduced to nutritious food that will substitute the milk that you will ultimately be cutting down.
Therefore, the food that you select for your baby should be highly nutritious and hence it becomes important for you as a mother to look for healthy weaning recipes that will help in the proper growth of your child. This is a healthy weaning recipe and you must try it.
Ingredients:
100g long grained rice
50g split green lentils
1 bay leaf
A few peppercorns
2 cups water
Procedure:
In water, soak the rice and green lentils in separate bowls and let soak for at least an hour. The soaked rice and lentil would have puffed up a little and also softened. Now in a pan boil two cups of water and put in the rice and lentil along with the bay leaf and the peppercorns. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice and lentil are very soft to touch.
Once the rice and lentils are cooked, take off the hob and remove the bay leaf and the peppercorns and discard. Now mash the rice and lentil mixture with a masher or cool and run through the blender. This will make the mixture turn to a smooth texture with no signs of the lentil husk seen.
Spoon out half a bowl of the mixture for your baby’s feed and refrigerate the rest for the next meal. This rice and lentil recipe is very filling and will not make your baby hungry very soon.
Oat upma for babies
Oat Upma
As the child grows, there is a need to supplement the diet of the baby with various other foods that are healthy for the baby. The recipe should also be tasty for the baby to love the food. If the baby does not like the taste, then it is sure not to eat the food again.
One of the foods that are liked by many babies is oats upama. The oats is a versatile food that can be cooked in a variety of ways and various tasty recipes are available. The upama recipe made of oats can either be salty or sweet. This too depends on the taste that the child likes. The addition of vegetables to the oats upama makes the food healthier for the baby and the baby will grow well.
Ingredients
500 gms of oats
4 cups of water
A little ghee to roast the oats
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
A pinch of mustard seeds
A spoon of black gram
1 small onion chopped fine
Curry leaves can be added for smell and taste.
Salt to taste
Method
The ghee is heated and the oats are roasted in the ghee and this gives a nice aroma. This is kept apart for later and then the mustard seeds are fried in the sesame oil. To the above, add the curry leaves and also the black gram. Also add the small onion that has been chopped to this and sauté them till the onion is nicely fried.
The salt water is added and when it boils, the oats is added. Stir till the water is absorbed. Remove the curry leaves before serving the upama to the baby.
Indian vegetable soup recipe for babies
Indian Vegetable Soup
A baby has to be healthy when it is weaned off the breast milk of the mother. Even if the child is drinking mother’s milk, it has to be supplemented with other foods. The best foods that are good for the baby are vegetables and these vegetables will have many antioxidants and these prevent any chance for the baby getting diseases. Different vegetable recipes are also better for the baby and safer than any processed foods because they are natural.
The vegetables may not be very easy for the child to eat if it is boiled, so the best method of giving the good effects of the vegetables can be combined by creating soups. These soup recipes are simple to prepare and not time taking for a young mother.
This is a simple recipe for soup for babies.
Ingredients
1 small potato that is peeled and diced small.
1 small carrot that is peeled and diced into small pieces
1 medium sized beet root that is also diced
1 turnip that is peeled and diced small
1 small onion which is chopped into fine pieces.
Other vegetables that can be cut into small pieces can be added to the recipe.
Some cumin
4 cups of water.
1 tablespoon of butter.
The recipe can be modified according to the needs of the child by reducing or adding vegetables and also using ground vegetables instead of diced vegetables. The butter is melted and heated in a pan and then the cumin seeds are added to it.
To the above, add the vegetables and then add the water. The vegetables should boil in the water and butter till it is very soft.
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken And Sweet Potato Curry
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces.
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 oz (1/2 cup) red lentils
one small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp safflower oil
pinch cinnamon
pinch cardamom
pinch cumin
pinch coriander
pinch turmeric
16 - 24 fl oz (2-3 cups) water
Heat the oil and fry the onions with the cinnamon until tender.
Add the chicken and cook until golden brown.
Add the potatoes and spices and stir well.
Finally, add the water and lentils and cook for about 30 mins, until the lentils are soft. You may need to add extra water towards the end of the cooking time, to prevent the curry from becoming too dry.
Serve with brown or white overcooked rice
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Vegetable Korma
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) cauliflower, diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) peas, fresh or frozen
1 small white potato, peeled and diced
2 tsp unsweetened dessicated coconut
2 tsp tomato puree
4 fl oz (1/2 cup) water
pinch ground ginger
pinch cumin
pinch turmeric
pinch coriander
Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion and carrot for a few minutes, until tender.
Add the tomato puree and the spices, stirring continuously and cook for 2 mins.
Add the potato, cauliflower, peas, coconut and water, then bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, then simmer, covered, for about 20 mins.
Mash well and serve
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken Korma
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
2 tbsp safflower oil
1 tbsp ghee*
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
pinch ground ginger
6 whole cloves
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1 bay leaf
pinch ground coriander
2 oz (1/4 cup) plain, unsweetened yogurt
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) water
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) milk
*Ghee is clarified butter, sometimes known as "drawn butter". It is normal butter that has been treated to remove its' "non-fat" elements. This process makes it a better cooking medium.
To make ghee, melt regular butter gently in a strong saucepan. You will see the butter-fat separating and the milk solids sinking to the bottom of the pan. A white foam will form on top - simply turn off the heat and remove the foam with a spoon. You are then left with clarified butter!
In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil, then saute the onions for about 10 mins, until tender.
Add the cardamom, ginger, cloves and bay leaf.
Saute until the onions are brown (about 5 mins).
Slowly add the yogurt and coriander to the pan, stirring constantly.
Once the yogurt is absorbed, add the chicken and cook until golden.
Add the water, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 mins.
Stir in the milk, then remove from the heat.
Allow to sit for a while - this improves the flavour.
Don't forget to remove the bay leaf and cloves before mashing and serving with white or brown rice (overcook the rice slightly, so it is nice and mushy for baby).
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Getting babies exposed to vegetables increase the probability of them preferring vegetables in the future! Its rather important to introduce vegetables before fruits This mixed vegetable can be given with a lot of variations given below.
Ingredients:
Potato (half)
Tomato (Quarter)
Beans (2-3)
Grated Carrots (1)
Curry leaves.
Cilantro
Method:
Clean the vegetables.
In a Sauce pan, cook the vegetables in water.
Add salt to taste.
Add Cinnamon for flavour.
Puree the vegetables and serve warm
Serving Suggestions:
You can also add mashed peas, cabbage and Pepper.
Fruit Recipes – Apple Puree
Variety of fruits can be given to babies.
Apple Puree – Ingredients:
Fuji Apple ( or any naturally sweet variety)
Method:
Peel, core and chop the apples into fine pieces.
Steam cook / bring it to boil with an inch of water.
Puree the steamed apples and serve.
Combinations:
You can also combine pureed Banana, steamed and pureed Pears, Yoghurt, Avacado or any other fruit. (after the four day rule). Please avoid apple sauce if your baby constipates.
Sago Pudding / Kheer
Ingredients:
2 – 4 tbsp Sago / Javvarisi / Sabudana
1 cup Milk
Sugar to taste
Cardomon Powder
Raisins
Ghee
Method:
Clean the Sago in water and keep aside.
Bring the milk to boil and add the Sago
Cook for a few minutes until Sago looks sticky
Add Sugar, Cardamom powder and raisins.
Keep aside and serve warm.
Nutritional Information:
It is an excellent source of Carbohydrates.
Note:
If diarrhoea still persists, please consult a Doctor
Carrot Kheer – Carrot Pudding
Ingredients :
1 cup Grated carrots
1 cup Milk
*1 tsp Ghee
*Sugar
*1 tsp Cardomon Powder
*1 tsp Soaked and ground Almond powder.
* – Optional
Method :
Pressure cook the grated carrots with milk.
Strain the milk and mash the cooked carrots finely.
In a fry pan add a tsp of Ghee and mix the mashed carrots.
Add the Strained milk to get a fine consistency.
Add the Cardomon Powder and Almond powder.
Serve when warm.
Nutritional Info :
Carrots are good source of Dietary fiber, Manganeese, Niacin, Pottassium, Thiamin,
Sooji Kheer – (Semolina Pudding)
I tried this today and Joshua loved it..
Ingredients :
3 tablespoon Semolina / Sooji
1 tsp Ghee
1 cup milk
Raisins
Cardamom Powder
Sugar to taste.
Method:
In a dry pan, roast the Semolina and then add a tsp of Ghee. (I add after roasting the Semolina to reduce the amount of Ghee used)
Mix roasted Semolina with milk and make a paste with no lumps.
Heat the remaining milk and add the paste along with sugar, raisins and cardamom powder.
Serve when ready.
Nutritional Info:
It is an excellent source of Carbohydrates and Proteins.
Note :
You can also add roasted Cashew and Almond powder to this if your baby is at least 9 month old.
Nendran Banana Porridge
Nendran Banana porridge is yet another tasty one!
Ingredients :
2 – 3 Raw Nendran Bananas
1 cup Milk
Method – To prepare Nendran Banana Powder :
Slice the raw Nendran Banana into fine pieces and dry it in shade until crispy.
Grind the dried slices into fine powder.
Store it in an airtight container.
Method – To prepare Porridge :
Take 2 – 3 tablespoons of Banana Powder and mix it with equal quantity of milk. Ensure that there are no lumps.
Heat the remaining milk and add the paste to it, while stirring continuously.
Remove from heat when it mildly thickens.
Nutritional Information:
Calcium, Chlorine, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganeese, Phosphorus, Pottassium, Silica, Sodium, Sulphur.
Note :
In some babies, this might cause constipation. You are always the better Judge on whether to give this to your baby or not.
Recipes for kids
Home made Baby cereal
Banana powder for cereal
8 semi ripe Nendran banana
The banana should not be fully ripe it should have the greenish yellow skin.
Peel the skin from the bananas. Cut each banana into 4 in the middle. Remove the seed portion from the middle. Then cut into small cubes. Wash the cut pieces and drain well. Spread on a large plate and cover with a thin muslin cloth. Dry in the hot sun for 3 days. Once dry, powder the banana in a mixie. Store powder in an airtight container. Th e powder can be stored upto 3 months.
To prepare banana cereal:
Banana powder
Boiled and cooled water
Ghee
Milk (optional)
sugar
Add 3 teaspoons of Banana powder 1/2 tsp. of sugar with 1/4 glass of water and mix to a smooth consistency. Add 1/2 a glass of milk or water and mix it well. Place on a stove and low heat. While boiling, you have to stir, until it becomes pasty, and add one teaspoon of ghee.
Ragi cereal for infants
3 dessert spoons ragi seeds
Wash the ragi well and drain. Soak ragi in boiled and cooled water for 2 hours and grind it in a mixie with 3/4 glass water. Filter this through a thin cloth. Cook the filtered liquid on a low flame till it becomes thick adding one tsp ghee and 1/2 tsp sugar. Milk/water can also be added while stirring to dilute the cereal.
The following are a few recipes that are an instant hit with children.
Ingredients:
mustard and cumin seeds
1 cup semolina
1 onion, sliced finely
ginger to taste
curry leaves
Salt, to taste
2 cups water
Proceedure:
Fry the semolina in ghee stirring continuously till it is golden colour and set aside.
Toss in the mustard seeds in ghee followed by the cumin seeds and fry till the seeds splutter fully. Add the onions and ginger and stir-fry over medium heat till the onions are transparent and soft.
Mix in the semolina, curry leaves and salt. Add water to this and mix well. Cook till the mixture is almost dry.
Potato Tikki ( Aloo Tikki)
Ingredients:
4 boiled potatoes, peeled
boiled green peas
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt to taste
2 tablespoons oil to fry the tikkis
Proceedure:
Mix all the ingredients well and make small balls. Take a non-stick pan and cook these balls in minimum oil till they become brownish in color. You could also ad 1 piece of brown bread make damp with a little water to the above.
Pizza
Ingredients:
4 tomatoes
1 onion
1 teaspoon oregano
Proceedure:
Saute the well-diced onion in butter. Mash the tomatoes and ad them to the onions. When it is well cooked mix one tablespoon of maida in water and ad it to the mixture. Ad additional water and cook for 5 minutes ad salt, oregano powder and a bit of tomato ketchup to the mixture. Keep aside. When serving ad this mixture on ready made pizza base and garnish with chopped capsicums and onions. Finally ad grated cheese. Bake this in a pre heated oven till the cheese melts and your pizza is ready. Lets hope the above recipes for kids was informative and easy to make.
Weaning is an essential part of a baby’s growing process and it is important to wean your child so that it can develop good taste buds and healthy eating habits. Weaning is basically a process where a baby is introduced to nutritious food that will substitute the milk that you will ultimately be cutting down.
Therefore, the food that you select for your baby should be highly nutritious and hence it becomes important for you as a mother to look for healthy weaning recipes that will help in the proper growth of your child. This is a healthy weaning recipe and you must try it.
Ingredients:
100g long grained rice
50g split green lentils
1 bay leaf
A few peppercorns
2 cups water
Procedure:
In water, soak the rice and green lentils in separate bowls and let soak for at least an hour. The soaked rice and lentil would have puffed up a little and also softened. Now in a pan boil two cups of water and put in the rice and lentil along with the bay leaf and the peppercorns. Cover and let it simmer for 30 minutes or until the rice and lentil are very soft to touch.
Once the rice and lentils are cooked, take off the hob and remove the bay leaf and the peppercorns and discard. Now mash the rice and lentil mixture with a masher or cool and run through the blender. This will make the mixture turn to a smooth texture with no signs of the lentil husk seen.
Spoon out half a bowl of the mixture for your baby’s feed and refrigerate the rest for the next meal. This rice and lentil recipe is very filling and will not make your baby hungry very soon.
Oat upma for babies
Oat Upma
As the child grows, there is a need to supplement the diet of the baby with various other foods that are healthy for the baby. The recipe should also be tasty for the baby to love the food. If the baby does not like the taste, then it is sure not to eat the food again.
One of the foods that are liked by many babies is oats upama. The oats is a versatile food that can be cooked in a variety of ways and various tasty recipes are available. The upama recipe made of oats can either be salty or sweet. This too depends on the taste that the child likes. The addition of vegetables to the oats upama makes the food healthier for the baby and the baby will grow well.
Ingredients
500 gms of oats
4 cups of water
A little ghee to roast the oats
2 teaspoons of sesame oil
A pinch of mustard seeds
A spoon of black gram
1 small onion chopped fine
Curry leaves can be added for smell and taste.
Salt to taste
Method
The ghee is heated and the oats are roasted in the ghee and this gives a nice aroma. This is kept apart for later and then the mustard seeds are fried in the sesame oil. To the above, add the curry leaves and also the black gram. Also add the small onion that has been chopped to this and sauté them till the onion is nicely fried.
The salt water is added and when it boils, the oats is added. Stir till the water is absorbed. Remove the curry leaves before serving the upama to the baby.
Indian vegetable soup recipe for babies
Indian Vegetable Soup
A baby has to be healthy when it is weaned off the breast milk of the mother. Even if the child is drinking mother’s milk, it has to be supplemented with other foods. The best foods that are good for the baby are vegetables and these vegetables will have many antioxidants and these prevent any chance for the baby getting diseases. Different vegetable recipes are also better for the baby and safer than any processed foods because they are natural.
The vegetables may not be very easy for the child to eat if it is boiled, so the best method of giving the good effects of the vegetables can be combined by creating soups. These soup recipes are simple to prepare and not time taking for a young mother.
This is a simple recipe for soup for babies.
Ingredients
1 small potato that is peeled and diced small.
1 small carrot that is peeled and diced into small pieces
1 medium sized beet root that is also diced
1 turnip that is peeled and diced small
1 small onion which is chopped into fine pieces.
Other vegetables that can be cut into small pieces can be added to the recipe.
Some cumin
4 cups of water.
1 tablespoon of butter.
The recipe can be modified according to the needs of the child by reducing or adding vegetables and also using ground vegetables instead of diced vegetables. The butter is melted and heated in a pan and then the cumin seeds are added to it.
To the above, add the vegetables and then add the water. The vegetables should boil in the water and butter till it is very soft.
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken And Sweet Potato Curry
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces.
2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
4 oz (1/2 cup) red lentils
one small onion, finely chopped
1 tbsp safflower oil
pinch cinnamon
pinch cardamom
pinch cumin
pinch coriander
pinch turmeric
16 - 24 fl oz (2-3 cups) water
Heat the oil and fry the onions with the cinnamon until tender.
Add the chicken and cook until golden brown.
Add the potatoes and spices and stir well.
Finally, add the water and lentils and cook for about 30 mins, until the lentils are soft. You may need to add extra water towards the end of the cooking time, to prevent the curry from becoming too dry.
Serve with brown or white overcooked rice
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Vegetable Korma
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 small carrot, peeled and diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) cauliflower, diced
2 oz (1/4 cup) peas, fresh or frozen
1 small white potato, peeled and diced
2 tsp unsweetened dessicated coconut
2 tsp tomato puree
4 fl oz (1/2 cup) water
pinch ground ginger
pinch cumin
pinch turmeric
pinch coriander
Heat the oil in a saucepan and cook the onion and carrot for a few minutes, until tender.
Add the tomato puree and the spices, stirring continuously and cook for 2 mins.
Add the potato, cauliflower, peas, coconut and water, then bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat, then simmer, covered, for about 20 mins.
Mash well and serve
Indian Baby Food Recipes - Chicken Korma
1 chicken breast, cut into 1" pieces
2 tbsp safflower oil
1 tbsp ghee*
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
pinch ground ginger
6 whole cloves
1/4 tsp ground cardamom
1 bay leaf
pinch ground coriander
2 oz (1/4 cup) plain, unsweetened yogurt
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) water
1 fl oz (1/8 cup) milk
*Ghee is clarified butter, sometimes known as "drawn butter". It is normal butter that has been treated to remove its' "non-fat" elements. This process makes it a better cooking medium.
To make ghee, melt regular butter gently in a strong saucepan. You will see the butter-fat separating and the milk solids sinking to the bottom of the pan. A white foam will form on top - simply turn off the heat and remove the foam with a spoon. You are then left with clarified butter!
In a large frying pan, heat the butter and oil, then saute the onions for about 10 mins, until tender.
Add the cardamom, ginger, cloves and bay leaf.
Saute until the onions are brown (about 5 mins).
Slowly add the yogurt and coriander to the pan, stirring constantly.
Once the yogurt is absorbed, add the chicken and cook until golden.
Add the water, reduce the heat and simmer for 30 mins.
Stir in the milk, then remove from the heat.
Allow to sit for a while - this improves the flavour.
Don't forget to remove the bay leaf and cloves before mashing and serving with white or brown rice (overcook the rice slightly, so it is nice and mushy for baby).
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Getting babies exposed to vegetables increase the probability of them preferring vegetables in the future! Its rather important to introduce vegetables before fruits This mixed vegetable can be given with a lot of variations given below.
Ingredients:
Potato (half)
Tomato (Quarter)
Beans (2-3)
Grated Carrots (1)
Curry leaves.
Cilantro
Method:
Clean the vegetables.
In a Sauce pan, cook the vegetables in water.
Add salt to taste.
Add Cinnamon for flavour.
Puree the vegetables and serve warm
Serving Suggestions:
You can also add mashed peas, cabbage and Pepper.
Fruit Recipes – Apple Puree
Variety of fruits can be given to babies.
Apple Puree – Ingredients:
Fuji Apple ( or any naturally sweet variety)
Method:
Peel, core and chop the apples into fine pieces.
Steam cook / bring it to boil with an inch of water.
Puree the steamed apples and serve.
Combinations:
You can also combine pureed Banana, steamed and pureed Pears, Yoghurt, Avacado or any other fruit. (after the four day rule). Please avoid apple sauce if your baby constipates.
Sago Pudding / Kheer
Ingredients:
2 – 4 tbsp Sago / Javvarisi / Sabudana
1 cup Milk
Sugar to taste
Cardomon Powder
Raisins
Ghee
Method:
Clean the Sago in water and keep aside.
Bring the milk to boil and add the Sago
Cook for a few minutes until Sago looks sticky
Add Sugar, Cardamom powder and raisins.
Keep aside and serve warm.
Nutritional Information:
It is an excellent source of Carbohydrates.
Note:
If diarrhoea still persists, please consult a Doctor
Carrot Kheer – Carrot Pudding
Ingredients :
1 cup Grated carrots
1 cup Milk
*1 tsp Ghee
*Sugar
*1 tsp Cardomon Powder
*1 tsp Soaked and ground Almond powder.
* – Optional
Method :
Pressure cook the grated carrots with milk.
Strain the milk and mash the cooked carrots finely.
In a fry pan add a tsp of Ghee and mix the mashed carrots.
Add the Strained milk to get a fine consistency.
Add the Cardomon Powder and Almond powder.
Serve when warm.
Nutritional Info :
Carrots are good source of Dietary fiber, Manganeese, Niacin, Pottassium, Thiamin,
Sooji Kheer – (Semolina Pudding)
I tried this today and Joshua loved it..
Ingredients :
3 tablespoon Semolina / Sooji
1 tsp Ghee
1 cup milk
Raisins
Cardamom Powder
Sugar to taste.
Method:
In a dry pan, roast the Semolina and then add a tsp of Ghee. (I add after roasting the Semolina to reduce the amount of Ghee used)
Mix roasted Semolina with milk and make a paste with no lumps.
Heat the remaining milk and add the paste along with sugar, raisins and cardamom powder.
Serve when ready.
Nutritional Info:
It is an excellent source of Carbohydrates and Proteins.
Note :
You can also add roasted Cashew and Almond powder to this if your baby is at least 9 month old.
Nendran Banana Porridge
Nendran Banana porridge is yet another tasty one!
Ingredients :
2 – 3 Raw Nendran Bananas
1 cup Milk
Method – To prepare Nendran Banana Powder :
Slice the raw Nendran Banana into fine pieces and dry it in shade until crispy.
Grind the dried slices into fine powder.
Store it in an airtight container.
Method – To prepare Porridge :
Take 2 – 3 tablespoons of Banana Powder and mix it with equal quantity of milk. Ensure that there are no lumps.
Heat the remaining milk and add the paste to it, while stirring continuously.
Remove from heat when it mildly thickens.
Nutritional Information:
Calcium, Chlorine, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganeese, Phosphorus, Pottassium, Silica, Sodium, Sulphur.
Note :
In some babies, this might cause constipation. You are always the better Judge on whether to give this to your baby or not.
Recipes for kids
Home made Baby cereal
Banana powder for cereal
8 semi ripe Nendran banana
The banana should not be fully ripe it should have the greenish yellow skin.
Peel the skin from the bananas. Cut each banana into 4 in the middle. Remove the seed portion from the middle. Then cut into small cubes. Wash the cut pieces and drain well. Spread on a large plate and cover with a thin muslin cloth. Dry in the hot sun for 3 days. Once dry, powder the banana in a mixie. Store powder in an airtight container. Th e powder can be stored upto 3 months.
To prepare banana cereal:
Banana powder
Boiled and cooled water
Ghee
Milk (optional)
sugar
Add 3 teaspoons of Banana powder 1/2 tsp. of sugar with 1/4 glass of water and mix to a smooth consistency. Add 1/2 a glass of milk or water and mix it well. Place on a stove and low heat. While boiling, you have to stir, until it becomes pasty, and add one teaspoon of ghee.
Ragi cereal for infants
3 dessert spoons ragi seeds
Wash the ragi well and drain. Soak ragi in boiled and cooled water for 2 hours and grind it in a mixie with 3/4 glass water. Filter this through a thin cloth. Cook the filtered liquid on a low flame till it becomes thick adding one tsp ghee and 1/2 tsp sugar. Milk/water can also be added while stirring to dilute the cereal.
The following are a few recipes that are an instant hit with children.
Ingredients:
mustard and cumin seeds
1 cup semolina
1 onion, sliced finely
ginger to taste
curry leaves
Salt, to taste
2 cups water
Proceedure:
Fry the semolina in ghee stirring continuously till it is golden colour and set aside.
Toss in the mustard seeds in ghee followed by the cumin seeds and fry till the seeds splutter fully. Add the onions and ginger and stir-fry over medium heat till the onions are transparent and soft.
Mix in the semolina, curry leaves and salt. Add water to this and mix well. Cook till the mixture is almost dry.
Potato Tikki ( Aloo Tikki)
Ingredients:
4 boiled potatoes, peeled
boiled green peas
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt to taste
2 tablespoons oil to fry the tikkis
Proceedure:
Mix all the ingredients well and make small balls. Take a non-stick pan and cook these balls in minimum oil till they become brownish in color. You could also ad 1 piece of brown bread make damp with a little water to the above.
Pizza
Ingredients:
4 tomatoes
1 onion
1 teaspoon oregano
Proceedure:
Saute the well-diced onion in butter. Mash the tomatoes and ad them to the onions. When it is well cooked mix one tablespoon of maida in water and ad it to the mixture. Ad additional water and cook for 5 minutes ad salt, oregano powder and a bit of tomato ketchup to the mixture. Keep aside. When serving ad this mixture on ready made pizza base and garnish with chopped capsicums and onions. Finally ad grated cheese. Bake this in a pre heated oven till the cheese melts and your pizza is ready. Lets hope the above recipes for kids was informative and easy to make.
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