quick snacks

Sev Puri Burgers

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Sev Puri is another famous chaat snack from the lands of Mumbai. You can either prepare Dahi Sev batata puri those are prepared with round puri with masala stuffed in it or you can make it with flat puri.
I gave this recipe a little twist , a new form of having these puris so that the kids would just won’t resist it , yes the innovative Sev Puris Burgers
This recipe is absolutely simple to make if you have your puris, sev and chutney ready.
All these three ingredients can be brought ready made or you can prepare it at home.
Try this at home, and do share me your experiences with your kids 🙂

Preptime: 10-15 mins

Cooking time: 5-10 mins

Serves: 4 + people

Ingredients

2 medium size boiled and peeled potatoes
2 tbsp curd
½ cup tamarind chutney
½ cup mint coriander chutney
½ cup red chutney
chaat masala as required
1 tablespoon red chili powder
1 cup fine sev
15-16 puris
1 cup sev
1 to 2 tsp lemon juice (optional)
black salt
Directions || How to prepare Sev Puri Burgers
Mix chopped potato, dahi,onion ,1 tsp of green chutney ,lemon juice,salt and chat masala.

Arrange the puris on a plate , you can decide the puris to be served each plate.

Now top each puri with the prepared mixture.

Now top the puris with mint coriander chutney, and tamarind chutney one on top of the other

Now cover all the puris with puris like a burger.

Apply red chutney at the edges of all the puris one by one and sprinkle sev over it.

Ta Da.. the new style Sev Puri Burger style is ready to be served to your naughty kids 🙂

Kids Creative Recipe Ideas

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It gets very very tough and stressful to make your kids  eat healthy especially for those fussy and picky eaters. I have gone through this pain all these 8 years as my elder daughter is one of them. So to make my life little easier , I used some tricks or some creative food art to attract her to finish her meals.

I am sharing these creative recipes for kids with you all . They look so good that most children will be tempted to give them a go. It might be an extra efforts for the mom’s but trust me  I am sure you will be happy to see the end results of it.So do try these recipes with me and share me your experiences . I would really love to hear back from you all 🙂 This keeps me motivating to upload more recipes and try something new.


 Cheesy Potato Nuggets Tree

Potato Nuggets are yummy little bites which can be eaten as snack at any time of the day.

Filled with cheese makes it an amazing delicious cheesy bites which melts in the mouth.
They are great party starters especially for kids party.
You can prepared them in advance and refrigerated for a day or two and use it when required.
You can serve these lovely nuggets with ketchup or any dips.Read full recipe..


Falafel Rocks

Falafel made using chickpeas is a popular Middle Eastern chick pea patty. Falafel is stuffed in pita bread with salad and sauce. Falafel is quite popular as a replacement to meat and its high in protein.This is the based snacks across the world and my kids most favorite dish.

Trust me try this recipe at home and you never know you might get the full marks and a pat on your back as well:) Its very very simple and healthier too.
To make it more healthier option these can be baked instead of deep frying.You can also prepared all purpose flour(maida) and wheat (atta) ki roti if you fail to arrange any Pita bread.
You can serve this with tahini sauce or hummus whatever you can arrange. I prepared hummus at home. please check my recipe to prepare hummus.
So lets get set go. Read full recipe..


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. Full recipe


Egg Broccoli Train Roll (Egg Brocoli Bhurji Wrap)

Egg Bhurji is nothing but a Indian scrambled eggs, its one of the favorite breakfast for kids.This recipe is super easy to prepare but I added just a twist to it by including some veggie like broccoli to make it more healthier. Broccoli egg roll combination works mind blowing , the kids will not find any difference in the taste as such.(For all those veggie moms you can try out this same recipe by replacing the eggs with paneer)To encourage kids to finish their roll especially those fussy kids like my elder one , you can design the rolls in the shape of train and present it to your kids. Trust me they will want it more and more 🙂 Full recipe


Kids Sushi Rolls

Smiley_Sushi_roll

Sushi is a traditional food from Japan. It is a popular dish in other countries as well, such as America, Canada, and the UK, along with many other countries.
Sushi is made with specially prepared rice and it mostly contains raw or cooked seafood, and sometimes vegetables as well. I tried to prepared homemade Sushi roll for my kids with raw vegetables. Read more..

Pizza Hut (Bread Pizza)

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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 🙂

Delicious Dahi ke kebabs

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Delicious dahi ke kabab…with pudina chatney…👌👌

â—†Recipe of Dahi Kebab

Author : Shweta Shah

â—†Ingredients-

Hung curd – 750 gm
Onion (paste)- 2 medium size onions
Green chilli (crushed)- As per taste
Coriander (finely chopped) -As per taste
Kasuri methi -2 tbsp
Paneer (crushed) – approx. 170 gm
Salt
Corn flour 2 tbsp
Toast (crushed) – as required

â—†Directions || How to prepare Dahi ke kebabs

If you get hung curd from market well and good.

If not, take curd and pour it in mal-mal cloth piece and tie a knot such that all water comes off.

Make sure not even drop of water remains. Do this for 4-5 hours and refrigerate it overnight..

Take the hung curd in a bowl. Mix all the ingredients- green chilly paste , onion paste , corn flour, coriander, paneer , kasuri methi,salt and mix well.
Prepare small kebab from this mixture. Use toast crush to make a layer on the kebab for getting a crisp texture.


Shallow fry this and enjoy the delicacy!

Best served with pudina chutney.

Instant healthy Oats Dosa

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Instant Healthy Oats Dosa is the quick instant oats dosa as it requires no fermentation. This dosa is made with oats, rice flour and rawa/sooji and curd.All these ingredients are great source of complete protein,vitamins and oats being low in fat serves as a great healthy option of your family.Oats dosa goes well with coconut chutney , sambar or even ketchup.
Watch this step by step recipe and if you really liked it , please leave your valuable feedback.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 to 10 dosas

Ingredients

1 cup cooking oats
1/2 cup rice flour
1/2 cup rava/sooji/semolina
3/4 cup fresh dahi
1 to 2 cups water or as required
salt as required
oil for cooking

Direction || How to prepare Instant Healthy oats Dosa

Add 1 cup of cooking oats in a blender and grind it to a fine flour.
In a mixing bowl , add fine oats flour , rice flour , rava/sooji/semolina , fresh curd and salt and mix it well.
Add 1/4 cup and add more water and stir and mix it well to get the right smooth consistency of the batter without any lumps.
The consistency should be thin and flowing like rice dosa batter.
Heat a tawa.Pour a laddle full of batter. Spread it in circular direction to make it to thin dosa.
Once the base becomes crisp and golden, flip and cook the other side.
Serve these instant oats dosas with coconut chutney, veg sambar or ketchup.