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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 Rice

Coconut rice is made out of cooked rice with few nuts and grated coconut tempered in oil and spices. This dish doesn't take lot of time and can be cooked quickly for kids lunch box. Also bachelors can cook easily as it requires few ingredients. Ingredients: 4 tbsp grated coconut 2 tsp chopped coriander leaves 1 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp split urad dhal 1 tsp finely chopped ginger 7-9 cashews 2 green chillies, slit longitudinally 1 cup cooked rice (250 ml) salt to taste oil for tempering Steps: 1. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and urad dhal. 2. Once mustard seeds start to splutter, add cashews as a whole or broken as desired. 3. Cashews turn light brown in just a minute. Now, add chillies and ginger pieces. 4. Saute well for 3 minutes. Then add grated coconut to the pan and fry till the coconut starts to change its color. Add little oil and fry well. 5. Add chopped coriander leaves and fry for a minute. 6. Add cooked rice t...