kids creative recipes
Pizza Hut (Bread Pizza)
If you are craving for pizza and don’t have time to prepare the dough and let’s try this bread pizza.
An easy quick and really delicious. It takes no more than 15 or 20 minutes,you can choose your favorite pizza toppings and is done, ready to be served. Not only kids but everybody loves pizza , so try this mini bread pizza at home.I tried some innovative way of serving this pizza to my kids my creating a hut shape pizza and named it as Pizza hut .So do try this Pizza hut at home 🙂 and I am sure you and your family will love these.
Preparation Time : 10 mins
Cooking Time : 5 mins
Serves:4
Ingredients
Bread slices – 6
Mozzarella cheese – grated as required
For the pizza topping
2 medium size chopped onions
2 tomatoes finely chopped
1 green bell pepper(capsicum)
1 tbsp garlic
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp red chilli powder
1 tbsp ketchup
1 tsp salt
Oil for cooking
Salt
Directions|| How to prepare Bread Pizza
To prepare Pizza Topping
Heat oil in a pan.
Add garlic and saute it till you get nice burnt garlic aroma.
Next add onions and saute it.
Once it turns golden brown , add tomatoes, cook till it tomatoes turns tender.
Add salt,oregano, red chilli powder, tomato ketchup and mix it well.
Close the lid and let it cook for 2 mins.
Once cooked , turn off the gas and keep it aside.
To prepare Pizza
Toast the bread and apply butter over it.
Spread 2 tsp of the prepared toppings evenly on the bread slices.
Arrange the toppings and sprinkle grated mozzarella cheese all over the toppings.
To prepare over Tava/Pan
Grease the pan with oil , place the bread over the pan
cover with a lid and let the pizza cook over low flame
Cook till the base becomes golden and crisp and the cheese has melted
Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the bread slices.
To prepare pizza in Oven
Grill in a preheated oven at 180 degree C until the cheese starts to melt. Serve immediately.
Repeat the same procedure for the rest of the bread slices.
To Serve the pizza.
Cut the breads into two parts in triangle shape and other pizza piece into square shape.
Arrange it in house shape (triangular shape pizza as roof and square shape pizza as the base) and decorate it will chilli flakes and finely chopped capsicum.
Your kids will definitely love this Bread Pizza Hut 🙂
Garlic Cheese Toast Bread
Sharing this Garlic cheese toast recipe for all you folks who wants to prepare something yummy yet quick and easy breakfast or brunch or even as snacks.Turn your regular bread into this cheesy delicious dish. This recipe also serves as a great snacks for kids at school.
Do try this recipe and share me your experience.
Ingredients
6 Whole wheat Bread
1 cup parmesan cheese or Shredded Cheese
1/2 cup finely chopped Tomatoes
1/2 cup of finely crushed garlic
1/2 cup Coriander leaves
2 chopped green chillies
1/2 teaspoon Salt or as per taste
1/2 teaspoon Red Chilly Powder
How to prepare || Garlic Cheese Toast Bread
Take 1 cup of Parmesan cheese or shredded cheese in to a mixing bowl.
To that add grated garlic, tomatoes, coriander leaves ,green chillies and mix well
Now add salt and red chilli powder and mix well.
Take bread slices and toast in to a toaster till it gets very light golden color.
Now put the mixture over toasted bread and spread that out evenly.
Meantime pre heat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit
Arrange bread on to a baking tray and bake for 10-15 mts.
Serve chessy garlic bread hot !!
Rava Cheese Balls
Looking out for a simple quick and easy starters/snacks here you go Suji/Rava Cheese balls makes a great starter recipe and will be loved by all age groups. As its a Ramadan month many of you must be looking out for a new appetizers as well as planning for any iftaari party , you can surely try this out at home.
I got this recipe from one of my friend when we had a potluck lunch in office and trust me they were amazing . I just loved it and wanted to try it from quite a long time at home.
So try this crunchy soft centered cheese balls with a combination of rava/suji. Please check the step by step recipe of rava cheese balls.
Recipe courtesy : Shreyoshri Banerjee
Ingredients
2 tbsp butter
2 1/2 tbsp all purpose flour (maida)
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup rava(roasted)
1/3 cup processed cheese
1 tsp ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp red chilli powder
1/4 cup finely chopped coriander
salt to taste
oil for deep-frying
To Be Mixed Into A Batter
1 cup plain flour (maida)
3/4 cup water
Heat the butter in a deep non-stick pan, add the milk and allow it to boil well .
Now add the rava in the hot milk and allow to simmer till the mixture thickens and leaves the sides of the pan, while stirring continuously.
Remove from the flame and add ginger garlic paste ,coriander, red chilli powder ,
grated processed cheese (I used cheese spread as i couldn’t arrange any cheese cubes) and finally salt. Allow it to cool completely.
Once cooled, mix well and divide the mixture into 15 equal portions and shape each into a round ball.Dip a few balls at a time in the flour-water mixture till they are evenly coated from all the sides.
Heat the oil in a kadhai and deep-fry the balls a few at time on a medium flame till they are golden brown in colour from all the sides.
Drain on absorbent paper.
Serve immediately with tomato ketchup or any sauce of your choice.
Vegetable Lollipop
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ollipops are famous among kids whether it be a sweet candy lollipop or a chicken lollipop. This summer vacation my kids visited their grandma’s place and since my mom is a veg lover,she wanted to try out a lollipops but a veg lollipops for her grandchildren and of course her daugther 🙂
Thanks mom for such a delicious and mind-blowing vegetable lollipop.
So here’s presenting you a secret step by step recipe with pictures from my mom’s kitchen 🙂
This dish tastes spicy & delicious with a combo of any sauce or dips. It can also be served as snacks with hot tea..!
For this recipe, we need cottage cheese i.e. paneer,carrots and all time favorite of kids none other than potato.
Recipe Courtesy : Mangal Shewale
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Serves : 6 people
Ingredients:
6 medium size Boiled potato
2 medium size Carrots (grated)
200 gm Grated Paneer/cottage cheese
1 tsp Ginger garlic paste
1/2 tsp Red chilli powder(optional)
1 pkt Maggi masala/maggi magic cubes (optional)
1 tsp Chat masala powder
1/4 cup coriander(finely chopped).
250 gm breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon Cornflour
Cooking oil for fry
Toothpick/skewer(I used candy sticks)
Salt to taste.
Method :
Fine grate the paneer/cottage cheese and carrots and mix it together.
Peel off the boiled potato and mash it with grated paneer and carrots mixture .
Add ginger garlic paste and all the spices and chopped coriander into mashed potatoes, mix it properly.
Make equal size small oval balls of the mixture like lollipop and keep in refrigerator for an hour.
Mix the cornflour into a bowl and add little water to make thick batter.
Take out the balls from refrigerator.
Take one ball at a time, dip it in the batter and roll over on the breadcrumds till its propery coated.
Heat oil into a pan, Put the coated balls one by one into the hot oil.
Fry it on low flame for 1-2 minute then flip it and cook other side for 1-2 minute(fry till it turns light brown).
Take out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil, add the fried balls to toothpick or skewer like lollipop.
(I used candy as skewers and toothpicks both were not available)
Serve hot with tomato Ketchup and chips.
Directions ||Step by step with pictures to prepare vegetable lollipops
Fine grate the paneer/cottage cheese and carrots and mix it together.
Peel off the boiled potato and mash it with grated paneer and carrots mixture .
Add ginger garlic paste and all the spices,salt and chopped coriander into mashed potatoes, mix it properly.
Make equal size small oval balls of the mixture like lollipop and keep in refrigerator for an hour.
Mix the cornflour into a bowl and add little water to make thick batter.
Take out the balls from refrigerator.
Take one ball at a time, dip it in the batter and roll over on the breadcrumbs till its properly coated.
Heat oil into a pan, Put the coated balls one by one into the hot oil.
Fry it on low flame for 1-2 minute then flip it and cook other side for 1-2 minute(fry till it turns light brown).
Take out on the kitchen towel to absorb extra oil, add the fried balls to toothpick or skewer like lollipop.
(I used candy as skewers and toothpicks both were not available)
Serve hot with tomato Ketchup and chips.
Ukadiche Chocolate Modak
Ukadiche modak is one of the most popular modak variety made during Ganesh chaturthi festival in maharashtra.
Modak is one of my favorite sweet and this time I wanted to try a something new too.
we all like the sweet jaggery and coconut filling inside the modak but I added chocolates to the filling to try this new
Ukadiche Chocalate Modak. Do try this out and let me know how did you find this modern style Modak.
Preparation time : 30 mins
Cooking time : 15 mins
Serves : 4
INGREDIENTS (measuring cup used, 1 cup = 250 ml)
For the outer modak covering:
1 cup rice flour
1.5 cups water
¼ tsp oil or ghee
a pinch of salt
For the inner sweet filling:
1 cup fresh grated coconut
½ tsp grated almonds
¾ cup grated jaggery
½ cup melted choclate (hershey syrup)
¼ tsp cardamom powder
a pinch of nutmeg powder or grated numeg
½ tsp ghee or oil
½ tsp rice flour (optional)
Direction || How to make Ukadiche Chocolate Modak.
For the sweet filling :
Heat ghee in a pan.
Then add grated fresh coconut ,almonds and grated jaggery.
Mix well and cook this coconut-jaggery mixture on a low flame. the jaggery will melt first.
Add cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and saute it for a minute
stir at times and cook this mixture till the moisture from the jaggery begins to dry.
Next add melted chocolate to the mixture and cook it for a minute or so.
Switch off the flame. don’t overcook as the mixture then hardens.
Keep this sweet filling aside.
on cooling the mixture will thicken more.
For making the outer cover of the ukadiche modak:
In a pan add the water, oil and salt. keep it on the stove top.
Let this mixture come to a boil.
Reduce the flame and add the rice flour gradually. quickly stir and mix the flour with the water.
stir till all the rice flour is mixed with the water.
switch off the flame. remove the pan from the stove top and then cover this pan with a lid for 4 to 5 minutes.
Now take all the dough in a plate or in a bowl.
Gather the dough together and begin to knead it.
the dough will be hot when, you begin to knead. so apply some water on your palms and knead the dough. knead the dough very well.
if you feel the dough looks dense or hard or dry, then just add a few teaspoons of warm water and continue to knead.
Make small balls from the dough. roll the balls till smooth in your palms.
you can also apply some water on your palms, while rolling the balls. keep the balls covered with a kitchen towel.
The balls should be smooth in appearance and should not have any cracks.
For assembling & shaping modaks:
Take a ball and flatten it with your fingers to a round disc or a shallow bowl shape. you can apply ghee/oil in your palms, while flattening.
place the modak filling in the center.
Press the edges as shown in the pic below.
you can also press the edges first and then add
Bring together all the edges and join them.
Remove the extra portion of the dough from the top, if any. shape and taper the top of the modak with your fingers.
Make all the modaks this way.
Next keep water for steaming in a steamer.
Grease the steamer pan lightly with oil or ghee
keep the modaks in a steamer pan.
Cover the pan with a lid and steam for 10 to 15 minutes on a low flame.
Some modaks may crack whilst shaping or steaming, buts its alright as you are trying it for first time as I did.
Enjoy this modern ukadiche modak , your kids will love it for sure 🙂
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