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Baby Vegetable Patties

This is a tasty snack that you can make even for adults. In fact, people on a diet should definitely try this out.

Ingredients :

• 3 cups of wheat flour
• 1/2 cup par-boiled vegetables (finely chopped beans, carrot, peas)
• Few pieces of paneer (scrambled)

Procedure :

1. Make a dough of wheat flour like you make for roti.
2. Mix the par-boiled vegetables with paneer. Add salt and jeera powder.
3. Roll out dough like a roti and fill it with veggies and paneer mix.
4. Fold the roti in and seal it by applying water. Trim away excess dough.
5. Boil stuffed patties in water for 10-15 mins.
6. Gently mash with hand while feeding the baby.

Variation :
You can even stuff vegetable dalia inside the pattie.

Sweet Dumplings (Gulgule)

I just love to have Gulgule when its being freshly prepared. This is not a dish that tastes good even one hour later, so be ready!
Well, we cant give it hot to the baby so let it cool off slightly but please don’t go for a re-heat.

Ingredients :

• 1 cup wheat flour
• less than 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 banana (Big one)
• Elaichi powder
• Jaggery (upto taste)
• Roasted Kaju, Badam powder

Procedure :

1. Make a paste of flour with milk.
2. Mix in jaggery, mashed banana, dry fruits powder and elaichi powder.
3. Fry this batter in hot oil into tiny dumplings.

Please NOTE :

1. Do not fry more than 5-6 at a time. Let oil heat up again before you fry the next set.
2. If batter consistency is unmanageable add more flour.
3. We use less than 1/2 cup flour because we are adding mashed banana. If you don’t add banana, increase the quantity of milk by a few teaspoons.

Instant khichdi Mix

This mix is handy while traveling with a little baby. You can carry an electric cooker, plug it in your hotel room and boil the Instant khichdi Mix to quickly have baby’s lunch ready. This khichdi has a texture like that of idly.

Only request is, please try feeding your baby with this dish once or twice before you leave on your journey else you might find it difficult in a new place if he rejects it.

Ingredients :

• 2 tablespoons of yellow moong dal
• 2 tablespoons of rice
• 1 tablespoon of ghee

Procedure :

1. Mix the dal and rice. Wash well till milkiness goes away and dry it in the sun.
2. Heat ghee and roast this mixture in it for about 5-7 mins.
3. The mixture will start turning light brown indicating its done.
4. Now cool it and grind it to the desired consistancy in a mixie jar.
5. When you need to feed the baby, boil this mix in water or milk for about 5-7 mins.

Once your kid is above the age of two, you can choose recipes from a wide spectrum of dishes that are nutritive, filling and delicious. Some of the recipes that kids usually like are already available in different sections of the blog.
Here are links to the same :

Fruit Punch
Diet Pakodas
Spring Onion Toasts
Chinese Salad

Please read posts in this section for some more attractive looking food designed specially for kids.

Pinwheel Sandwiches

To consume dinner leftovers the French designed the Pinwheel sandwiches, which they made for breakfast. Although the recipe mentioned below describes the procedure to make the filling you can always fill it up with any sabzi you are left with after your meal.

Ingredients :

1. 2 slices of sandwich bread (large size)
2. 1 tablespoon of cheese spread
3. 5 thin slices of tomatoes
4. 5 thin slices of cucumber
5. Pinch of pepper

Procedure :

1. Cut off the edges of a large slice of bread.
2. Place it on the clingfree side of a clig wrap.
3. Roll the bread flat using a rolling pin.
4. Mix cheese spread with pepper and spread it out on the bread slice.
5. Now arrange the thin slices of tomato and cucumber over the cheese.
6. Wrap up the sheet so as to roll the bread in and finally close the roll like a toffee.
7. Refrigerate for an hour and cut out the pinwheel slices.

Variation

You can even apply a layer of pudina chutney inside the sandwich to make it more chatpata.

Please NOTE :
Sometimes the roll wont stay together on its own in which case you can prick it with toothpicks. This also prevents the roll from bulging and breaking when you are cutting out the pinwheel slices.

Choco Logs

Ingredients :

• Chocolate sponge cake 100 grams
• Plain sponge cake 100 grams
• 1.5 tablespoons Chocolate sauce
• 1.5 tablespoons orange juice
• 1/2 tablespoon mixed fruit jam
• 1 tablespoon roasted Almond/ Cashew nut powder
• Fresh Cream (optional)

Procedure :

1. Crumble chocolate sponge in a mixing bowl. Mix chocolate sauce and jam into it.
2. On clingfree side of a cling wrap spread out the choco mixture.
3. Mix plain sponge cake with orange juice and spread over the chocolate layer.
4. Finally make a layer of dry fruits.
5. Pull up one side of the cling wrap so as to roll the mixture into a log. Set in a fridge for a few hrs.
6. Now you can make lines on the log using cream in a piping bag or you can dip your fork into Choco sauce and make lines on the log to resemble the bark of a tree. Cut the edges diagonally and serve yummy choco logs.

Please NOTE :

1. You can prick the log with toothpicks before cutting to prevent them from bulging and breaking from the sides.
2. If you use cream to make the lines on the log please add sugar and some cocoa powder to it so that the taste of cream blends well with the rest of the log.