Cooking with My Baby

            भाकरी ..Hearing the word Bhakri reminds us of rice, jowar or bajra roti. Aren’t you surprised hearing about rava bhakri!!!                  It’s a Konkani bhakri recipe which I make often when in a mood to make something different and quick for lunch.Its simple to make with the flavors of rava, freshly grated coconut, spicy green chilly bits and crunch of onion, all combined to make quick meal in itself Ingredients: ·          2 cups rava (semolina) ·          2 tbsp rice flour ·          ½ cup coconut ·          3 green chilies ·          1 tsp salt ·          2 tbsp sugar ·  ...

Neil wants to eat what we eat, so nowadays we all sit together for all meals. Yesterday I served him his favorite pasta in creamy sauce. He will pick each pasta with his fork, drop it on his bib, pick with his fingers and enjoy it. This pasta recipe is creamy with subtle flavoring of Italian herbs. I have used durum wheat semolina pasta which has high protein. i would love to use whole wheat when neil gets all his 20 teeth and he can chew his food properly.                                                                Ingredients ½ tbsp Olive Oil 2 tbsp crumbled paneer ½ cup pasta (durum wheat semolina pasta) 1 cup milk 1 cheese slice 1 tsp mixed italian herbs 1tsp pepper salt ( to taste)  Method: Boil ½ cup pasta with 2 cups water till the pasta is soft...

Dalia khichadi is nutritious, tasty and quick to make dish for toddlers. It has minor amounts of spices and flavours which will get your child used to adult food. Dalia is whole wheat that has been cleaned, parboiled, dried, ground into particles and hence is cooked quickly. It is excellent for digestion and can be given to the babies above one year. Nutrition facts:- Compared to unenriched white rice,dalia has more fiber and protein and higher levels of most vitamins and minerals. 1 cup of dry dalia contains approximately: Energy: 2003 kJ (479 kcal) Dietary fiber: 25.6 g Protein: 17.21 g Carbohydrate: 69 g whereof 0.8 g sugars Fat: 1.86 g whereof 0.2 g saturated fat Potassium: 574 mg Iron: 3.44 mg Courtesy: wikipedia  Ingredients:- 1 tbsp oil A pinch of asafetida 1 tsp jeera 1 tsp rai ¾ cup vegetables 1 tbsp dhania pwd 1tsp chilli pwd ½ tsp turmeric 1/3 cup dalia( bulgur wheat) 1 tsp salt 2 cups water Method:- R...

Today is Saturday. My mind associates weekends with getting up late in morning, making & eating good food and visiting new places and pataoing my hubby to let me shop… I wanted to make something special. Opened my fridge and saw had nice ripe tomatoes, capsicum and fresh paneer. I wanted to bake something in the oven and decided to make bread with the stuff  in my pantry. Ingredients A)     For the Dough ·          1 cup warm water ·          1 tsp sugar ·          1 ½ tsp active dry yeast ·          1 tsp salt ·          2 tbsp + 1 tbsp olive oil .         1 tbsp kasoori methi    .         3 cups all purpose flour (maida)  B)     For the stuffing ·...

Methi Malai paneer is gravy cooked with paneer floating in a rich creamy sauce, flavored with methi. It can be made really quick and never fails to impress your guests. I often make it as my hubby loves methi. So here is the recipe which is nutritious, simple and tasty Ingredients: 2 tbsp oil A pinch of hing (asafoetida) 1 tbsp jeera 1 large onion 6 cloves garlic ½ inch ginger 2 tbsp cashew 4 green chilies 3 cups chopped methi 1 cup cubed paneer ½ cup cream ½ cup water 1 tbsp sugar Salt (to taste) 2 tbsp kasoori methi Method: Heat oil and ghee in a non-stick or regular pan and add a pinch of asafoetida followed by jeera Add fresh methi leaves and saute until it shrinks. In meantime, grind onion, ginger, garlic, green chilies and cashews in fine paste in mixer Once the methi leaves shrink , add the above aste and sauté for another 3-4 mins till the raw smell of onion goes. Add sugar and salt. ...

कुछ मीठा हो जाये? Lets start with something sweet.                So today's recipe is cashew coffee cake. It is an amazing crusty cake with hint of coffee and richness of cashews and with a tad bitterness of demerara sugar.         This cakes leaves you wanting for more.   Ingredients: 3/4th cup  Butter 3/4th cup  Demerara sugar (Brown sugar) 3                Eggs 3 tsp          Instant coffee 1 1/2 cup   Flour 2 tsp          Baking powder 1 cup         Broken cashew Some cake greasing mix   I greased my christmas tree pan with greasing mix. Now this greasing mix is awesome. I found it on Youtube and it worked really good.  Cake greasing mix...