Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Snack

Chocolate dipped strawberries

Dry Fruits Ladoo

Toddlers are fuzzy eaters, if not all of them at least most of them are ! Making sure they get the right nutrients in their daily diet is for sure a challenging task for every other mom. Dry fruits and nuts are healthy and it definitely helps in building a stronger immune system. Few kids are fond of these nuts like cashews, almonds, pistachios while other kids are not. Dry fruit ladoo is one such recipe which is made up of nuts and dates and kids like it too. In my recipe, i have not added the nuts as such or even by chopping them, instead i made a coarse powder out of the nuts and used while making the ladoo. You can even spread it and cut them into desired shapes like burfi rather than having ladoo. Do try out this easy yet nutritious recipe as it contains no sugar and share your feedback. Happy Cooking !😃😃😃 Ingredients: 250 gms of pitted dates 6 cashews 6 almonds 6 pistachios 6 walnuts 1 cardamon (optional) 2 tbsp ghee Steps: Take the pitted dates into a mix...

Coconut kozhukattai/coconut dumplings

Kozhukattai (in Tamil) or dumplings or modak (in Hindi) are a healthier dish that is offered to Lord Ganesha during chaturthi festival every month. This steamed snack is very rich in carbohydates and also oil free which makes it a good dish for people of all ages. There are different versions to this kozhukattai either with stuffing or just plain ones. I have already shared the plain one using jaggery and red rice. You can check the recipe here . In today's recipe I have used white rice, you can use red rice too for a even more healthier version. This recipe is vegan and gluten free. Ingredients: 300 gems of rice flour 1/2 tsp salt 2 cups of water 1 tsp cooking oil For the stuffing 1.5 cups of grated coconut 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp cardamom powder How to make sweet modak/sweet dumplings using coconut: 1. Sieve the rice flour once to get rid off small lumps if any. Heat a kadai or wok and add rice flour over medium flame. Roast it for 4-5 minutes until ...

Raw Mango Sweet Pachidi

In most of the villages, during summer days where you have plenty of mangoes all over the surroundings, raw mango pachidi for white rice and a simple vathakuzhambu is so very common. It is a sweet and sour delicacy which most of the crowd in the city might not know. The ingredients as well as the steps to prepare the recipe is quite few. You can taste this pachidi anytime during your day. Pregant women would definitely love this recipe as it gives that tangy touch to the dish as well as spicy. Let's see how to make raw mango pachidi. Ingredients: 1 raw mango 1/2 tsp red chilli powder/paprika a pinch of turmeric powder 1/4 tsp salt 1.5 cups of water 2 tsp oil 1 tsp mustard and split black gram 1/2 cup jaggery powder or 50 gms of palm jaggery cubes How to make raw mango pachidi: 1. Wash and cut the raw mango into 2 inch pieces. 2. Heat a pan or kadai with 2 tsp oil. Add mustard seeds and let it sputter. 3. Add chopped mango pieces and saute for a minute. ...