Poosanikai Kuttu

POOSANIKAI KUTTU

Cuisine : South Indian

Preparation time : 30 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Course : Side dish

Main Ingredients : Pumpkin

Ingredients :

Pumpkin : 2 cup peeled and chopped into cube

Coconut - 3 tbsp

Chili - 3 nos

Onion - 1/2 cup

Jeera - 1 tsp

Seasoning - 1 tbsp

Salt as required

Curry leaves

Preparation :

• In a kadai, add 1 tbsp of oil and when it is hot enough add the seasoning - kaduku and ullundham parupu)
• Now when it starts to crackle add the chopped pumpkin pieces.
• Let it cook for a while, if needed add little water.
• Now grind coconut, onion, jeera, and chili.
• Add the ground paste to it, when the pumpkin is  really cooked.
• Add salt to the dish and at last curry leaves

Serve it hot with rice or chapathi

Serving per recipe : 2

Calories per recipe : 100

Semiya Upma

SEMIYA UPMA

Cuisine : South Indian

Preparation time : 5 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Course : Main

Main Ingredients : Semiya

Ingredients :

Semiya/ Vermicelli - 1 cup roasted

Carrots shredded - 1/2 cup

Peanuts - 2 tbsp

Channa dal - 1 tbsp

Kaduku/ Urud dal - 1 tbsp

Chili - chopped 1 tbsp

Tomato - chopped 1/2 cup

Salt as required

Curry leaves 

Preparation :

• In a kadai add 1 tbsp of oil, start with kaduku, ullundham parupu, curry leaves with a pinch of kayam
• Add peanut and channa dal to it. 
•  Now saute well, and then add tomato and chili to it. 
•  Add water and salt as required.
• Let the water come to a boil
• Now u can add the roasted semiya. Wait till all the water is absorbed and cooked.

Serve it hot with chutney.

Serving per recipe : 2

Calories per serving : 50
 

Almond Rice

ALMOND RICE

It is actually my innovation. I just wanna incorporate nuts in my kids food. So thought and made this.....

Cuisine : Indian

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 10 mins

Course : Main

Main Ingredients : Rice and Almond Powder

Ingredients :

Rice Cooked - 2 cups

Almond powder - Roasted and Ground powder - 3 tbsp

Carrots - Shredded 1 cup

Onion Chopped - 1 cup

Olive Oil - 2 tbsp

Jeera - 1 tsp

Salt - as required

Black Pepper Freshly ground - 2 tbsp

Preparation :

• In a Iron Skillet, add 2 tbsp of Olive oil.
• Add jeera till it is fried.
• Now add Onion. Saute well.
• Add carrots, rice. Saute well.
• Now add Pepper and salt to the skillet.
• After all the ingredients is cooked well, add the Almond powder to it. Just toss it well and serve it.

Serve it hot with some raita or just chips

Serving per recipe : 2

Calories per serving : 215

Beetroot Halwa

Beetroot Halwa

It is a very Healthy way of making kids to eat Veggie. Same as Carrot Halwa

Cuisine : South Indian

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 40 mins

Course : Main

Main Ingredient : Beetroot

Ingredients :

Beetroot Shredded - 3 cups

Sugar - 2 cups

Full Fat Milk - 1 cup

Cardamom a pinch

Pista - chopped 3 tbps

Ghee - 3 Tbsp

Preparation : 

• In a wide Kadai, add little ghee.
• Now add Shredded Beetroot and Milk to it. Let it cook for like 10 mins (approx)
• Now add sugar to the kadai, Reduce all the Liquid. Stir till then.
• Add cardamom powder to it. 
• It will slowly turn into Halwa Consistency. Add Ghee and continue stirring.
• Turn off the Heat and add chopped Pista to it.

Serve it Cold.

Serving per Recipe : 4

Calories per serving : 350