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Hello everyone! Hope all is well in your world! Today's post is my kiddo's favorite American breakfast - Pancakes! Who doesn't like Pancakes? Right! If you wish to make Pancakes at home, do give it a try. You won't miss the restaurant pancakes. Once a week I make Whole Wheat Pancakes for our whole family. Serve these healthier Chocolate Chip Pancakes with Maple Syrup and you'll love them. Ingredients: Whole Wheat Pancake Waffle Mix - 1 cup Egg - 1 Whole Milk/ Full Fat Milk - 3/4 cup Chocolate Chips - 1/3 cup Cooking Spray or Oil or Butter How to make healthy Pancakes: In a small bowl, beat an egg. Add milk and mix well again. In another big bowl, add pancake mix. Slowly add the beaten egg and milk to the pancake mix. Stir the pancake batter well. Make sure there are no lumps. Add chocolate chips and your pancake batter is ready. Heat a cast iron pan and apply butter or oil. I sprayed a cooking spray. Pour a ladle full of batter on the pan. Cook both sides of the ...

Hey everyone! Hope 2023 is treating you well! I am back after a long time. With a sugar free Dinkache Ladoo recipe.  You might also know this delicacy as  Gond ke Ladoo or Antina Unde or  Kardantu . Usually, jaggery is used as a sweetener for these laddoos. I have found a healthier substitute for my family -  Organic Date Syrup . Date syrup didn't work for our waffles or pancakes, but turned out excellent for this homemade nutrition bar. Ingredients: Date Syrup - 1 cup Roasted Mixed Nuts - 1 1/2 cup Dry Coconut Powder - 1 cup Golden Raisins or Dry Cranberries - 1/4 cup Edible Gum - 1/4 cup Sesame Seeds/Til - 1 tbsp Poppy Seeds/Khuskhus - 1 tbsp Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 5 pods Vanilla Extract - 2 tsp (optional) Ghee/Clarified Butter - about 3 tbsp How to make Homemade Sugar free Dates Nuts Ladoo: Crush cardamom seeds in a mortar pestle to a fine powder. You can add saffron/kesar and/or nutmeg/jaiphal as well. Finely chop roasted nuts of your choice using a kni...

Hello world! Hope you are having an amazing day! Our week long Thanksgiving break just flew by. We got to catch up with some of our friends, after ages. For one of the potluck parties, I made this quick Microwave version of North Indian Rabdi . All my friends loved it. Do try this in your kitchen and let me know! Ingredients: Full Fat Ricotta Cheese - 2 lb Whole Milk - 1/2 cup Dark Brown Sugar - about 1/4 cup Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 4 pods (seeds only) Saffron/Kesar- few strands How to cook Ricotta Cheese Rabdi in a microwave: Crush green cardamom seeds in a mortar pestle. Set it aside. In a big microwave safe bowl, add milk and ricotta cheese. Stir well. Microwave this milk ricotta mix for 5 minutes.  Stop the microwave after every minute and stir. Cover the bowl with paper towel to avoid splattering in the microwave. If not a microwave, you can cook this in a heavy bottom pan as well. When you get the desired consistency, add sugar, crushed cardamom and saffron. Microwave for ...

Hey everyone! Hope you are having an amazing day!  My kiddo is at home. No school for a week. Yay! No lunch box! On the other hand, I'll have to come up with lots of fun activities to keep my child busy. For today, we ended up baking.  Our first venture this Thanksgiving holiday season is Fudgy Brownie Cupcakes . If your little one likes to spend time in the kitchen, this post is for you. Ingredients: 100% Pure Cocoa Powder - 3/4 cup Unsalted Melted Butter - 1/2 cup Eggs - 2 Dark Brown Sugar - 1 + 1/4 cups Vanilla Extract - 2 tsp All Purpose Flour/Maida - 1/3 cup How to bake Cupcake Brownies: Heat oven to 350 degrees F.  Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Or line 8 inch square pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides and grease with cooking  spray. In a bowl, whisk cocoa powder and butter until blended. In another bowl, beat eggs until frothy and lemon colored. I used a whisk. Feel free to use a mixer on high speed for a minute. Add sugar and va...

Hey everyone! Hope you all are doing well. Cloudy weather in my part of the world. Such days call for comfort food. Soups, cheesy pasta or sandwiches work so well on lazy days.  I grew up eating  Dal Rice , my kinda comfort meal. Do tell me about your favorite comfort foods.  For today's menu, how about Gluten Free , Vegan crunchy munchy Spinach Fritters ! Ingredients: Spinach Leaves - about 3 cups Spring/Green Onions - 3 sprigs Bell Pepper - about 1 cup Besan/Chickpea Flour - about 1 cup Corn Starch - 1/2 cup White Sesame Seeds/Til - 1 tsp Carom Seeds/Ajwain/Owa - 1/2 tsp Coriander/Dhania Powder - 1/2 tsp Cumin/Jeera Powder - 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper/ Red Chili Powder - 1/4 tsp Turmeric/Haldi - 1/4 tsp Salt Oil for frying How to make Indian Palak Pakora: Chop spinach leaves, green onions and bell peppers. If you don't have green onions, add thinly sliced regular yellow, red or white onions. Sometimes I add thinly sliced potatoes as well. If y...

Hey everyone! Hope you are having an amazing day! Few days ago, I had blogged about Ragi Chakli . My kiddo loved the taste, but wanted the Chakli to look golden brown like French Fries. To suit my child's taste, I have started making Gluten Free Multigrain Chakli or Murukku with 5 varieties of flours and potato. Hope you all love it too. Ingredients: Rice Flour - 1/4 cup Ragi/Nachni/Finger Millet Flour - 1/4 cup Besan/Chickpea Flour - 1/4 cup Jwari/Jowar Flour - 1/4 cup Bajri Flour - 1/4 cup Boiled Mashed Potato - 1 big (about 1 cup) White Sesame Seeds/Til - 2 tsp Carom Seeds/Ajwain/Owa - 1 tsp Kashmiri Lal/Red Chili Powder - 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper - 1 tsp Dark Brown Sugar - 1 tsp Turmeric/Haldi Powder - 1/2 tsp Water - 1/4 cup Salt Olive Oil - 1 tbsp Oil for frying How to cook Glutenfree Multigrain Potato Chakli: In a big mixing bowl, add all flours, peeled mashed potato, sesame seeds, carom seeds, chili powder, black pepper, sugar, turmeric and salt. Mix well. Now add water, l...

Hey everyone! Cooler weather has blessed us. Morning walks are so much fun these days. A song comes to my mind " Autumn leaves are falling down, falling down. Oh, so pretty!" My kiddo's favorite fall song!  Today's post is an Indian Vegetable Flatbread , popularly known as Gujarati Thepla . Instead of Fenugreek leaves, I sneak in multiple veggies for my child's everyday meal. Ingredients: Whole Wheat Flour/Atta - about 2 cups Besan/Chickpea Flour - 1/2 cup Grated Carrots - about 1/2 cup Grated Beetroot - about 1/2 cup Avocado - 1/2 Chopped Spinach - about 1/2 cup White Sesame Seeds/Til - 1 1/2 tsp Coriander/Dhania Powder - 1 tsp Cumin/Jeera Powder - 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Chat Masala - 1/2 tsp Garam Masala - 1/4 tsp Salt How to cook Mixed Vegetables Thepla Paratha: Finely grate carrots and beets. Pat spinach leaves dry. In a food processor, add sesame seeds and spinach leaves. Blend until finely chopped. In a big mixing bowl, add grated carrots, beets...

Good Morning Foodies! Nice pleasant weather in my part of the world. After noodles, curry and cutlets, how about a gluten free Sabudana (Sago) recipe. Traditionally for Indian Vrat or Upavas, Sabudana Khichdi/Pilaf is made with potatoes and crushed peanuts. Today's Colorful Sago Khichdi is a No Onion Garlic recipe, but with lots of different vegetables. Do try this and let me know. Ingredients: Sabudana/Sago - 1 cup Crushed/Powdered Roasted Peanuts - about 1 cup Sliced Red Bell Peppers - about 1/2 cup Sliced Yellow Bell Peppers - about 1/2 cup Sliced Carrots - about 1/2 cup Sliced Potato - about 1/2 cup  Sliced Sweet Potato - about 1/2 cup Curry Leaves/Kadipata - 5 Cilantro/Coriander Leaves - 5 sprigs Cumin/Jeera Seeds - 1 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1 tsp Cayenne Pepper/Red Chili Powder - 1/4 tsp (optional) Oil or Ghee or Butter - 1 1/2 tbsp How to cook Sabudana Khichdi with Vegetables: Wash sago twice and drain the water. Add water just enough to form a thin layer on sago. Ke...

Hey everyone! Weather is so unpredictable. Yesterday was so bright, sunny and today morning we woke up to a cloudy day. I crave for hot soup with crusty bread on such days. Other than me, no one cares for soup in my family. But sweet, tangy noodles are liked by everyone. Our lunch today was  Mixed Veggie Pad Thai Noodles made with store bought sauce. Ingredients: Chopped Cabbage/Pata Gobi - about 3 cups Sliced Carrots - about 1/2 cup Sliced Zucchini - about 1/2 cup Sliced Red Bell Pepper - about 1/2 cup Green Onions/Spring Onions - 5 sprigs Brown Rice Noodles - about 200 g Oil - 1 tbsp Store Bought Pad Thai Sauce - about 3 tbsp How I cooked Veggie Rice Noodles in a store bought Pad Thai Sauce: Chop all the veggies of your choice. Finely chop green onions. Save the green parts for later. Cook noodles according to package instructions and set it aside. In a pan, heat oil. Add carrots, zucchini and green onions (white parts). Saute until zucchini turns transparent and carrots soften. ...

Hey Foodies! Nice sunny weather in my part of the world. Hope all is well in yours as well. Its been a while I blogged about an Indian Curry. Since my kiddo went back to school, I get to cook spinach based recipes for lunch. Today's Mixed Vegetables Curry is a new favorite at our place.  Ingredients: Baby Spinach - about 3 cups Frozen Cut Cauliflower - 12 oz (340g) Frozen Green Peas - 1 cup Medium Onion - 1 Small Tomato - 2 Garlic/Lahsun - 2 big cloves Ginger/Adrak - 1 tsp (grated) Fennel/Badishep/Saunf  seeds - 1 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom/Elaichi - 2 pods (seeds only) Cloves/Lavang/Laung - 5 Black Peppercorns/Kali Miri/Kali Mirch - about 10 Roasted Cashews/Kaju - 8 Half n Half - 1/2 cup (optional) Chat Masala - 1/2 tsp Oil - 1 tbsp Salt How to cook Gobi Matar in a Palak Sauce/Gravy: Microwave frozen peas for about 2 minutes. Set it aside. Roasting Cauliflower florets: Grease the airfryer tray with cooking spray or oil. Add frozen cauliflower and spray some more cooking spray. Ai...

Hello everyone! I have been quite busy with back to school routine. Packing a lunch box for my 7 year old is part of my weekday morning. For some reason, my kiddo likes beetroot. Today's kid friendly Airfried Beetroot Vegan Nuggets are packed with colorful root vegetables and greens. Its a family favorite now.. one that works well as a hot meal in my child's thermos. We grownups love these cutlets too.  Ingredients: Boiled Potato - 1 big (about 1 cup) Grated Beetroot - about 1/2 cup Grated Carrot - about 1/2 cup Frozen Green Peas - 1/4 cup Chopped Baby Spinach - about 1/2 cup Whole Wheat Bread Slices - 2 Garlic Powder - 1/2 tsp Onion Powder - 1/2 tsp Paprika - 1/2 tsp Black Pepper Powder - 1/2 tsp Salt Cooking Spray or Oil How to Airfry Vegan Mixed Vegetable Nuggets: Blend the bread slices in a food processor to a fine powder. Microwave frozen peas for 40 - 50 seconds. Let the peas cool down. Finely chop spinach leaves. Finely grate beets and carrots. Make sure spinach leaves ...