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  • Wheat Flour Mathri/suhali

    Wheat Flour Mathri/suhali

    If you are going for a holiday mathri is always a good option because it long last for more than a month. It can be given to babies as a finger food and good with tea or pickles. so I always carry it with me while travelling. It is a good option for elders as well as for kids.😀

    Usually mathris are made with refined wheat flour/maida. But I wanted a healthier mathris, so I have added wheat flour to the recipe. The result was a healthy, crisp and flavorful mathri.

    • It is  healthy and tasty snacks for lunch box too..
    • Good with tea  in the evening

    Ingredients

    • 2 cup Wheat Flour (mainly used for making Chapatis)
    • 1/2 cup maida/refined wheat flour
    • 1/4 cup Sooji (optional)
    • 2 tbsp vegetable oil or ghee-for softness
    • Salt- 2 tsp or as per taste
    • 1-2 tsp Ajwain seeds
    • Dried kasury methi leaves- 2 tsp(optional)
    • 3/4 cup lukewarm water (use as needed)
    • Oil or Ghee-for deep frying

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    Method of preparation

    1. Mix all the ingredients except water. Mix the flour well with oil as shown in the images.1 2 3 4  5
    2. Add the water little at a time, kneading into a firm dough. Remember the dough should be rough and tight not smooth.6
    3. Cover the dough and set aside for 15 minutes or more.
    4. Divide the dough into small equal parts.
    5. Take each part of the dough and make a flat ball shape. Roll them into 2 inch circles. Don’t make it much thin.7
    6. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat.
    7. The frying pan should have atleast 1 1/2 inch of oil.To check if the oil is ready, put a small piece of dough in the oil. The dough should make the oil sizzle and come up slowly.8
    8. Fry a few matris at a time. Make sure to place just enough mathris to cover the frying oil.
    9. Fry the mathris until both sides are a light golden-brown.9
    10. Don’t fry till brown as it will give over fried taste.Take out on a tissue paper and allow them to become little cool.
    11. Mathris can be stored for  months in airtight containers.

    Note:

    • Can be given to one year plus baby as a finger food.
    • You can crush it and mix with curd. It will fills your babies stomach while travelling.

    Hope you and your family enjoy its taste.

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  • Mouth watering Aam papad

    Mouth watering Aam papad

    Since my childhood I am a great fan of aam papad and in every summer vacation my nanimaa prepare it for me. But now because of health issues she is not able to prepare it.😔  But I don’t want to fade my childhood memories and want to make my daughter aware of its taste and goodness. Earlier she loved the taste of ready made  aam papad, because she never tasted home-made aam padad. 😢But as a mother I can’t trust its quality. So want to pass my nanimaa’s asset to next generation. And started preparing this at home. And yesss, my daughter love it’s taste and when she eat aampapad, I am also able to cherish my childhood memories.😊

    So here is the easy recipe of mine manpasand Childhood ke aam papad ..

    I prepared in a very easy way as much I can

    Ingredients required

    4-5 large size mango – Mango Should be properly ripen and pulpy
    Sugar/brown sugar – Half bowl
    1/2 teaspoon Elachi powder – optional

    Foil paper – according to the quantity

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    Method of Preparation

    1. Take out the pulp from mangoes.
    2. Grind it well and make a fine puree.
    3. Put the mango puree in a pan and lit the gas in medium flame.pic1
    4. Stir it constantly till heat bubbles are seen. At least for 15 to 20 minutes. Time can fluctuate according to the quantity.
    5. Now mix the sugar and elaichi powder.pic2
    6. Stir it for 5 more minutes so that the sugar dissolved well.
    7. Try to evaporate the water for next 3-4 minutes. Its color slightly change after adding the sugar.pic3
    8. Switch off the flame
    9. Allow it to cool down properly.
    10. Pour 2 tbs of mixture into a small thali lined by foil paper and spread it well. See the images foe clarification
    11. It should be 2-3 mm thick at least  so that we can lift it properly when  it dries.pic4
    12. The mixture becomes very sticky as it dries up and impossible to lift up if poured directly without foil paper
    13. I tried muffins paper and foil paper. Foil paper gives the best result. Aam papad comes out easily from it.

    Now comes the most difficult part – drying the mixture.😁 I ate almost half the aam padap in its drying process. 😛

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    I used solar energy to dry it. Put the plates in the porch from 10 am to 6 pm where the sun rays come after covering it with net. In some houses sun rays doesn’t come directly, so At least put it in place where warm air of sun come and switch on the fan it helps in drying it. It take  2-3  days to dry completely. If you want to store it for some days dry it completely, it become like papad.

    Here comes your aam papad. Hope you all are aware of the benefits of mango. You can visit Mango Shake “Very healthy for babies/toddlers/kids for preparing mango shake and getting acknowledge with the benefits of mango.

    Note:

    It is good for 1 year plus baby.

    Hope you and your family enjoy its taste.

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  • Home made pure Ghee – Undoubtedly the Best

    Home made pure Ghee – Undoubtedly the Best

    In several of my earlier post, I’ve suggested to use home made ghee in babies food, so this  time, I thought to share with you all, the procedure of making ghee at home. I always used home made ghee in Nirvi’s food specially in khichadi.

    There are lots of benefits of Home made ghee. Here are some of them:

    • It contain lots of healthy nutrients like both Omega 3 and Omega 9 fatty acids including minerals, vitamins A, E, D and K, conjugated linoleic acid and lots of phenolic anti-oxidants.

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  • Home-made tomato ketchup – Kids Favorite

    Home-made tomato ketchup – Kids Favorite

     

    My daughter is a huge fan of tomato ketchup, I think every child who taste it once started liking it. She finishes her paratha easily if I put some tomato ketchup in her plate.

    Few weeks back she has very bad loose motion. My ped asked me what she have in the whole day, when I added ketchup in her day today food list. Friends he become so angry and told me not to give ketchup available in market. He said ketchup available in market is really good in taste but with zero nutritional value. I feel so bad that I am giving such a useless thing to my darling daughter. (more…)

  • Home-made paneer(cottage cheese)for 7 month(+) baby

    Home-made paneer(cottage cheese)for 7 month(+) baby

    Paneer is very good for the baby. It contain the required amount of protein, calcium and vitamins required for the development of the baby. It provides better nourishment to the growing children due to its high protein and healthy fat content.

    I used to give it to my daughter from the starting of her seven month. But always use home made paneer for your baby.

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  • Home made Cerelac – with ragi/wheat/rice

    Home made Cerelac – with ragi/wheat/rice

    Hello ladies ,what I m posting today is really very helpful for all newly mothers. As most of the mother are confused that what is the right food for their baby after he completed his six month. And one more problem mothers are facing is that ‘ is that the ready-made celerac available in market is good for their babies heath as today we found things with adulteration. But our babies stomach is just so delicate, so we must keep in mind that what we give to them must be pure and properly checked.

    I started to prepare this from ninth month end so that I can give in hertenth month food.Home made cerelac for babies is one of the richest food which gives wholesome energy and strength. It is filling and I used to give it in breakfast to my daughter.

    Ingredients :

    1 kg – ragi

    1/2 kg – wheat

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  • Home-made Cerelac – with Rava/Sooji

    Home-made Cerelac – with Rava/Sooji

    Hello ladies, what I am posting today is really very helpful for all new mothers. As most of the mother are confused about the right food for their baby after he/she have completed their six month. And one more problem mothers face ‘is ready-made celerac available in market good for baby health?’ , since today we see things are adulterated. Our baby’s stomach is just so delicate, we must be very careful about what we give them. Baby food must be pure and properly checked.

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