Modak Recipe

Ganapati Bappa Morya!!! When it's Ganesh Chaturthi festival we will surely not forget about one of the most favorite dish of our own Ganesha :) There are various ways a Modak can be prepared, steamed, fried, chocolate, khava,with coconut stuffing, with Puran stuffing etc.. The one I am listing here is the basic form which can be prepared using coconut filling with vary less number of ingredients available easily at home.

Sakhar Amba / Mango jam

When summer  is here how can you forget Mango! I know mango is one such fruit for which we will be waiting through out the year. Mango is no matter raw / ripe it is always liked by everyone :). It can be used  in either form to prepare many recipes. Here is one recipe from my Mom's list which I learned  recently prepared using raw mangoes. Sakhar Amba / Gulamba  - sakhar means sugar and amba means mango in marathi similarly gul means jaggery. so it's basically sweetened mango. Mango is cooked with sugar and you can also call it a "Desi jam" :). olden days people used to prepare this during summer and use it through out the year. This recipe once prepared can be stored in air tight containers for months together. It's a combination of sweet and sour taste.This can be served along with chapati, paratha, dosa, bread etc..  We will go throught the recipe quickly!

Sabudana Kheer

Sabudana Kheer is a simple rich dessert which requires less time for the preparation provided you already have the soaked the sago/sabudana :) During fasting days we find various ways to fill our stomach and try finding various options in the so called fasting food and end up eating more :) So for such  experiments Sabudana Kheer is an option for people who have sugar cravings. I added color to the kheer you can skip if you do not like.

Chocolate Coconut Rolls

Chocolate Rolls!!! with coconut filling tastes heavenly delicious. I always try to make simpler dishes requiring less effort easy yet healthier in a way for my lil one. This is not so healthy we can say, but once in a while we can go for it. It is also a good option as a quick dessert for the guests at your home :). This is No Bake No cook recipe, can be prepared within 15-20 mins and requires around 30 mins to get set with minimal number of ingredients easliy available at home. My kido loved it a lot!, in fact I was facing difficulty in taking the pics as he was grabbing the pieces behind :) Lets go through the procedure.

Bread Sheera

Bread Sheera is one quick option for dessert or a twist in the regular semolina sheera that we already know to prepare. If your kid is a sweet lover then he/she is definitely going to like this. Shallow frying bread in the ghee gives a beautiful aroma and a very good taste. I came accors this recipe in one of the cookery shows. Calorie conscious people be careful!, but once in a while should be ok :). Lets go thought the procedure.

Fried Ice Cream

How about an ice cream which is cold inside and super hot outside on this rainy season?? Yes you got me right it's "Fried Ice Cream". The thing with opposite combinations tastes very unique like a hot Gulab Jamun in an ice cream or a ice cream on a hot cake. Mangalore being a place famous for the ice creams, there is a hotel by name  "Cherry Square" and it was indeed very famous for the desserts they served. They served a dessert called "Some Like it Hot!" where cold ice cream scoop is placed on hot chocolate cake with hot chocolate sauce on it. It was heavenly! Similar way the other day  was searching for such recipes over the internet and came across this fried ice cream recipe. You need not require much ingredients for this. I prepared it and it was a great success! In fact hardly got anything to taste since everything was finished by my son :) Hope you try it and like it.

Apple Pan Cake

Apple Pan cake is the best option for a sweet and healthier pan cake which I am sure your kids will surely like. This is the best option for making your son to have apples and get all the benefits of it. I usually make dosas at home but the sweeter version never tried. It makes a perfect taste for the kids. But be sure to fry these pan cakes well on both the sides. I added a pinch of chocolate powder to it and hence the color got changed. You need not add it. I also added Khishmish for better taste.

Dates & Nuts Laddoo

Dates & Nuts laddoo, you can also call it dry fruits laddoo with lots of dry fruits and essential energy in it. I make this usually for my little son who is 2 years old. Its quick and easy to prepare with whatever raisins you have in your house. Since my son does not eat dates I make use of it in this form so that he has it :) A slight variation of this laddoo with lots of dry roasted dried coconut and few more raisins usually my mom prepares and this is usually preferred to give to women after the child birth to get all the strength back :) If you have roasted peanuts at your home then preparing this laddoo should not take much time. We will see the way that I prepare this laddoo.

Kadubu Recipe

Before starting I would like to wish everyone a very "Happy Ugadi". Ugadi/Gudi Padwa is considered to be a start of new year in Hindu culture. So to start a fresh year early in the morning the first thing that we have is "Bevu Bella" which is a mixture of Neem leaves and Jaggery, which signifies that our life is both the combination of joy and sorrow and we should accept it happily.

  At our place my mom usually makes "Puran Poli" on this day which I have already shared the recipe. But since I yet to buy the 'Puran machine' and that requires lots of experience I tried the other version of sweet with same ingredients i.e "Kadubu" which looks like karanjikai / Ghujjia  and is deeply fired but with puran as stuffing inside. 

Chocolate Sheera Barfi

My son likes chocolates a lot! he can have it non stop :) so I thought of adding chocolate coating to the usual sheera that we prepare.There is another way where we can directly add the chocolate into sheera while preparing so that the whole sheera turns to chocolate color. This barfi came out well, but the thing is my smart kido licked only the chocolate part and I had to run behind him to make him have Sheera :)

 

Instant Jalebi

Jalebiiiiiiii!! I never thought that even I could prepare it. Since its a Valentines day I decided to prepare a sweet item, as I am scared of baking and never tried so had to choose something which can be prepared in instantly, Jalebi was the option that came to my mind. I saw few videos on internet most of them were to soak the batter overnight and I had not done that, finally came with the site which explained the instant jalebi steps and followed the procedure accordingly. I had to make the Jalebi's twice because I was not satisfied with the Jalebi shapes that I made for the first time and the problem was due to the piping paper hole that I had made for the polythene bag. I had to send my husband again to market to get the piping paper. But unluckily he dint find it, so instead he got a sauce bottle which was too bigger in size. I had no option than cutting the polythene bag again. I took a polythene bag which was not folded at the sides, basically a square shaped bag, had cut a small hole at one corner. Added the batter and then made jalebi's, they came very well in fact one of the jalebi came out in a heart shape size ;) may be it was due to the practice as well :)