Easy to make toddler recipes

Khichri (moong dal) 1
QUICK AND EASY EGG CHAPATHI 1
Apple milk shake 3



Khichri (moong dal)

You will require 4 tablespoons of rice and 2 tablespoons of dehusked moong dal. Prepare khichri by cooking rice and dal together, with a pinch of salt (added to taste). Once khichri is cooked, you can add 2 teaspoons of ghee, butter or cooking oil to the final preparation. You can also add vegetables like carrots or spinach to the khichri and then mash the mixture. If you want to add spinach, first boil, mash and strain it, and then add this puree to the khichri and stir it. Cool the khichri and serve lukewarm.


QUICK AND EASY EGG CHAPATHI

Chapathi Dough enogh for 1 chapathi
Onion - 1 tbsp finely chopped
Corriander- 1 tsp finely chopped
Egg - 1 nicely beaten

Make chapathi and put it on a hot tawa. Cooke nicely till both sides are done by adding little oil. Once the chapathi is well cooked, pour the egg on top of it and sprinkle the onion and corriander on to of the egg. Allow the egg to set. Slowly turn the chapthi over to cook the egg. When the egg is well cooked, nicely fold the chapthi into a triangle and serve hot with tomato sauce.

CHEESY CHAPPATHI or POORI

1 cup wheat flour
grated cheese 5 tbsp
pepper podi or jeera podi 1 tsp
water to knead
salt

Mix all the above and make like chappathis which is a filling one.

Adding pepper or jeera is for digestion. so, dont forget to add. And, since cheese has also some salt, make sure abt the qty of salt while adding to the flour.

PANEER PARROTA

1/2 cup paneer, grated
2 spring onions, finely chopped
3/4 cup whole wheat flour (gehun ka atta)
salt and pepper to taste
Other ingredients
oil to cook
1. Combine all the ingredients and knead into a soft dough using
water.
2. Divide into 6 equal parts.
3. Start making like regular chappathi.
4. Cook each paratha on a griddle (tava), smearing a little oil or ghee, until both sides are golden brown.

VEGETABLE CHAPATHI

Boiled mixed vegetable slightly mashed - 2 tbsp

WHeat flour - couple of tbsp (just enough for 1 or 2 chapathi)
salt - 1/4 tsp
corriander leaves - 1/2 tsp finely chopped
Turmeric powder, garam masala - a pinch optionally
water as per need

Mix salt wheat flour, vegetable and corriander leaves (also spices if any) nicely. Add water slowly to thios mixture and stir it with spoon. The mixture should not be of chapathi dough consistency but more of idly dough consistency. Heat pan and add some ghee. Usibng a spoon or laddle spread the dough on the pan. Allow to cook well on both side and serve warm. The difference between this and regular chapathi is that it is more softer. And the differnce between this and wheat dosa is that this is little more thick and more chewey.

FOr more healthy variation add badam paste to this mixture before making chapathi, or you can add flax seed flour (very healthy) to this.

You can subsitute fruits for vegetbles and make sweet chapathi.


COLORFUL PAROTA

Wheat flour to make chappathi dough.

Carrot grated 1/2 cup, beet grated 1/2 cup, pumpkin grated 1/4 cup, cardamom powder, coconut grated 4 tbsp, pottukadalai powder 1/4 cup, ghee 3 sp, sugar 3/4 cup or lesser than that(depends on yr taste).

Knead wheat flour with water and 1 sp. oil.

Put ghee in a pan, add all vegetables and other ingredients. Saute well till it is thick and soft. Make balls.

Take balls from the dough, and stuff the veg., pooranam inside the chappathi and make as usual.

BADHAM MILK

Milk 1 litre, sugar ½ cup, badam 20, cashew 10, saffron 1pinch, cardamom.

Soak 15 badam in hot water, and peel the skin, grind with cashew and little milk. With the rem., badam, slice into thinly. Boil milk, after 15 mts, add the paste, sugar, allow to boil for 10 mts. Keep aside. Add cardamom, saffron with milk sliced almond, cool and serve


Apple milk shake

All the qty. are approximately. Take one or two apples. Peel the skin out, grind nicely with 1 tbsp of cashew and badham each.

Boil the milk well or minimum boiling is also fine like we do for coffee or tea. Add sugar, wait till dissolves completely. Now, put the apple paste, mix well for a couple of mts. Add a few strands of saffron, cardamom powder. Remove and ready to serve.