Mac-n-cheese

The most popular and the most favourite kids meal 😀. I made it with a slight twist. Here it is :

1/2 cup raw maccoroni noodles (i used Annies's organic noodles..)

1/2 pack of cheddar cheese that comes with Annie noodles.

1/4 cup whole milk

1 tbsp butter

Salt and black pepper to taste.

1. Boil the noodles in pressure cooker - yes, you heard it right. Please check "Tip of the day" at the end of this post.

2. Once the pressure cooker is ready, take a pan with butter, and pour the boiled noodles in the pan, add cheddar cheese powder, milk, salt and black pepper and stir it until the milk absorbs.

Thats it, very easy, quick and eco friendly kids favourite macncheese ready... And my little darling Vihaan loves it 😍.

Tip of the day :
Pressure cook the pasta :
No need to boil pasta/maccoroni noodles in an open pot and strain it!
In a steel bowl, take ur noodles and pour water just to dip them. Pressure cook them little more than you make for dal (lentils). Eg: For my pressure cooker, it takes 12 whistles for pasta ( while it takes 8 whistles for dal). Easy way and saving water

Spicy fried idli

Yes, very quick, yummy and spicy snack! Today i felt like eating very spicy snack...hence the recipe 😊

4 idlis, 1 green chilli, salt, 1/4 tsp of peanut powder, 1/4 tsp of spicy idli powder (idli karam) cilantro and tempering.

Take oil in a pan for tempering. 

Add a few cumins, mustard seeds, chana dal, green chilli once the oil heats up.

Add chopped idli pieces as soon as the tempering is done and let it stir fry for 5 mins.

Sprinkle, salt to taste, idli karam, peanut powder, cilantro, let it cook for another 2 mins and - yummy and spicy fried idli ready!

A simple Apple-Cinnamon cake

Dear Family & Friends, extremely sorry for the delay in my posts. Have been little busy with my little one  😀. Will try to post more frequently 😊.

Coming to the recipe, here are the simple ingredients :

1 small apple ( i used fuji) chopped

1/2 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all purpose flour ( i used self raising but simple all purpose will do)

1 egg

1/2 tsp baking powder AND 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp cinnamon powder

1/4 cup oil AND 1 cup water

1/2 cup brown sugar (i used jaggery powder instead)

2 tbsp white sugar (i always like the special taste enhanced by brown and white sugar combo)

Nuts optional

Preparation

                 Pre-heat oven to 360 degrees F. Meanwhile prepare your batter.

1. Whisk egg, sugar, oil. Add water.

2. Add sifted flours slowly and tuck in well with water.

3. Add baking powder/soda, cinnamon powder and nuts (optional) and then chopped apple and mix well.

4. Bake it for 25 mins or well done. Thats all...yummy,simple and soft apple cake ready 🍰 😊