Fruit Stik - Kid Friendly Cooking

This dessert was posted for the event : Great Cooks Community: Kid Friendly Recipes!!!



Kids can do it!!!

Ingredients:
Ripe Mango - 1 cup, cut into small pieces
Apple - 1 cup, cut into small pieces
Chikku (Sapodilla/Sapota) - 1 cup, cut into small pieces
Jelly - 1/2 cup (I used Nata De Coco)
Mango Juice - 2-3 cups
Plastic Flexi tumblers - as required
Ice sticks - as required

Method:
Wash fruits, peel off the skin and cut into tiny pieces. We can use any fruit of our choice, I used these three since I had them at home ;)

Wash the flexi tumblers and add jelly first and then the fruits one after the other.

Pour mango juice to it, so that all sets well.

Insert stick in each of the tumblers. Put them in freezer for 4-5 hours. I kept over night.

Yummy fruit stiks are ready.

Preparation time : 30 minutes
Makes 5-6 sticks

Chicken Soup (Microwave Cooking)

Chicken soup is simple to prepare, easily digestable, delicious and nutritious. Its a quick remedy for cold and flu.

Ingredients:
Fresh Chicken pieces - 1 cup (boneless, skinless)
Garlic - 2 cloves, finely chopped
Onions - 1, small sized, finely chopped
Pepper powder - 1-2 teaspoons
Water - 3 cups
Corn flour - 2 tablespoons
Coriander leaves - few, chopped
Salt to taste
Oil - 1 teaspoon

Method :
Add oil and chopped garlic, chopped onions to a microwave container and heat it in microwave for 30 seconds.

Wash chicken and add to it. Add 1 cup of water and cook for 5-10 minutes, until chicken is soft.

Remove the container from the oven, mash the cooked chicken.

Add pepper powder, corn flour, 2 cups of water, salt and mix it well. Cook it for 2-3 minutes. Remove container at the end of each minute, stir it well and cook again, so that no clumps are formed.

Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.


Cooking time : 20 minutes
Serves 3-4 persons.

Mag ni Dal ni Khichdi(Mung bean Rice) (Microwave cooking) & Khattai Alu(Tangy Potatoes)

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Cuisines of India : Gujarati Cuisine - Mag ni Dal ni Khichdi & Khattai Alu

These recipes had been posted for a cooking contest, for the community "Indian women in Singapore" : SWC - Gujarati Cuisine!!!

Mag ni Dal ni Khichdi (Mung bean Rice) (Microwave cooking)

Ingredients:
Rice - 1 cup
Mung bean (Green Gram/Pacha paruppu) - 1 cup
Green chillies - 2 or 3, chopped
Asafoetida powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon (optional)
Cumin seeds - 1 teaspoon
Black pepper - 2 teaspoons
Ginger - 1 inch piece, finely chopped
Cinnamon - a small piece
Ghee/Oil - 2 tablespoons
Salt to taste
Water - 4 cups

Method:
Wash rice and mung bean, drain water and keep aside.

Add ghee/oil, cumin seeds, black pepper, cinnamon to a microwave container and cook for 20 seconds in microwave.

Then add chopped ginger, green chillies, asafoetida powder, give a mix and cook again for 30 seconds.

Add washed rice and gram, salt to taste, 4 cups of water, mix well and cook for 20 minutes.

Simple and tasty kichidi is ready.

Note:
Cooking time differs from microwave to microwave, so follow timings and temperature accordingly for cooking rice.

The same can also be cooked in pressure cooker, following the same process.

Cooking time : 30 minutes
Serves 3-4 persons

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Khattai Alu (Tangy Potatoes)

Ingredients :
Potatoes - 4-5, medium sized
Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoon
Tamarind - little
Red chilli powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Coriander powder - 1/2 tablespoon
Cumin seeds powder - 1 teaspoon
Green chillies - 2, sliced
Grated coconut - 2 tablespoons
Sugar - 1 tablespoon (optional)
Turmeric powder - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Oil - 1-2 tablespoon

Method:
Wash potatoes and remove the skin. Cut into small cubes. Soak tamarind in warm water and get 1 tablespoon of the juice.

Heat oil in a pan. Once it is hot, add mustard seeds and allow it to splitter. Then add red chilli powder, coriander powder, cumin seeds powder, turmeric

powder and mix well.

Add diced potatoes and saute all. Sprinkle little water and cook it closed for about 15 minutes. Once potatoes are cooked, add salt, tamarind juice, sliced

green chillies, mix them and fry for another 5-10 minutes, until potatoes look golden brown.

Garnish with grated coconut and serve hot.

Note:
To get a nice flavour, use freshly ground powder of Coriander, red chillies and Cumin seeds.

Fry Coriander, red chillies, cumin seeds in a pan, each seperately for 5-10 minutes and grind it to a fine powder.

Cooking time : 30-40 minutes
Serves - 4-5 persons