Thattai is a traditional South Indian snacks. This thattai is made with fried gram flour mixed with rice flour. The addition of fried gram flour makes the thattai more crunchy and tasty. I have already posted traditional Thattai recipe. This is a slight variation of traditional one.
Sandwiches are preferred by kids and it is a good part snack. It is easy to prepare and assemble. I always make the sandwich using whole wheat bread, brown bread or multigrain bread as it is healthier. I have made this sandwich with simple Indian spices. We often wonder what to keep in kid’s lunchbox. … [Read more…]
Pattanam pakoda is an instant pakoda which we can make very easily. It is crispy outside and soft inside. For making the pakoda we usuall use gram flour. But in this pakoda we use fried gram or pottukadalai and rice flour mixed with chopped green chillies, onions and curry leaves. It can be given as … [Read more…]
We always have stock of puffed rice at home. We generally eat as it is or make snacks out of it by frying with some spices. But when we went to my son’s friend house, there they gave this upma. My son like it a lot. So I asked his friend’s mother the recipe and … [Read more…]
Potato masala pooris are easy to make and is a good option for breakfast and dinner. We use mashed potato mixed with wheat flour, carom seeds, salt, coriander leaves and some more spices. It is a wonderful party dish. Everyone will like having Aloo poori and you will surely get praises.
Mushroom is rich in protein and fibre. Button mushrooms are rich in vitamin D and is one of the non-animal sources of vitamin D. Mushrooms are also low in calories and good for people with diabetes and those who want to reduce weight.
It is very difficult for us to make our kids eat. Kids love paneer in any form. This is a simple sandwich in which we add crumbled paneer along with onions sautéed with some spices.
We make sandwich using vegetables, cheese or mayonnaise. Sandwiches are a popular type of lunch food, taken to work, school, or picnics and it is good to take as a packed lunch. This sandwich is made with potatoes and is good for keeping in lunch box of kids. Kids like this sandwich very much.
We use pumpkins in variety of dishes. This is a very nice dosa which we make with white pumpkin. This can be given to kids as it has lots of health benefits. I had extra pumpkins at home. So thought of making this. There is no need of fermenting and we can make this dosa … [Read more…]
Bajra or Pearl Millet is rich in protein, fibre, phosphorous, magnesium and iron. Due to this, Pearl Millet has many health benefits. As it is rich in fibre, it tends to digest slowly and release glucose at a slower rate as compared to other foods. So this is very good for people with diabetes as … [Read more…]