Ragi porridge ( 6 to 12 months)

INGREDIENTS:
1. Ragi flour – 1 tbsp
2. Jaggery – 2 tsp or 1″ cube crushed
3. Milk – 50 ml
4. Water – 50 ml
METHOD:
1. Boil the 50 ml water and add jaggery to it.
2. When the jaggery is completely melted, filter it and add it to the ragi flour.
3. Also add the milk and mix well.
4. Heat [...]

Apple with Cereal (6 to 12 months)

INGREDIENTS:
1. Apple – 1
2. Plain rice or wheat cereal – 2 tsp
METHOD:
1. Peel of the skin and deesed the apple.
2. Cut into small pieces and steam cook for 10 mins.
3. Allow it to cool and grind it to a smooth paste.
4. Add the 2 tsp of cereal to it and mix well.
5. Serve it as breakfast [...]

Fish Biriyani

 

 
INGREDIENTS:
To make fish gravy:
1. Fish ( preferably kingfish, Batang) – 3 pieces ( I have used Tenggiri here)
2. Onion – 2 med size
3. Tomato – 1 big
4. Ginger – 2 inchs
5. Garlic – 7 pods
6. Spices – (Cinnamon stick – 1 inch, Cloves – 2, Cardomom-2, Star aniseed – 1, Bay leaf – 1)
7. Fennel seeds [...]

Chicken with mixed vegetable gravy

INGREDIENTS:
1. Chicken – 1/4 kg
2. Mixed vegetable – 1 cup [ potato, carrot, cauliflower-optional)]
3. Chilli pwdr – 1/2 tsp
4. Corriander pwdr – 1 tsp
5. Curry leaves – few
6. Corriander leaves – 1/4 cup
7. Turmeric pwdr – 1/2 tsp
8. Tomato – 1 med size
9. Dry red chilli – 3
10. Oil – as reqd
11. Salt – to taste
To [...]

Rawa Upma

INGREDIENTS:
1. Rawa – 1 cup
2. Onion – 1 med size
3. Green chilli – slit and cut into 2
4. Curry leaves – few
5. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
6. Channa dal – 1 tbsp
7. Ghee – 2 tsp
8. Oil as reqd
9. Salt as reqd
METHOD:
1. Heat rawa in a deep bottomed vessel with little oil or ghee in a [...]

Vegetable Kurma

INGREDIENTS:
1. Vegetables ( Potato-1, Carrot-1, Beans 8-10 pods) – cut into small pieces
2. Onion – 1 big
3. Tomato – 1 med size
4. Grated coconut - 2 tbsp
5. Fennel seeds - 2 tsp
6. Garlic – 5-6 pods
7. Green chilli – 3 or 4
8. Chilli pwdr – 1 tsp
9. Corriander pwdr – 1 tbsp
10. Turmeric pwdr – 1/2 tsp
11. [...]

Malai kofta (Veg balls in thick gravy)

 
 

INGREDIENTS:
1. Onion – 1 medium size
2. Tomato – 1 medium size
3. Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp
4. Grated ginger garlic – 1 tbsp ( For koftas)
5. Potato – 1 big
6. Carrot – 1 small
7. Grated cheese – 1 tbsp
8. Curry leaves – 1 sprig
9. Corriander leaves – 1/4 cup (finely chopped)
10.  All purpose flour or [...]

Onion Tomato Chutney

INGREDIENTS:
1. Onion – 1 med size
2. Tomato – 1 med size
3. Grated Coconut – 2 tbsp
4. Channa dal – 1 tbsp
5. Dry red chilli – 2 or 3
6. Grated ginger garlic – 1 tbsp
7. Salt as reqd
8. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
9. Curry leaves – few
METHOD:
1. Heat the pan and pour 1 tsp oil in [...]

Semiya Idly

INGREDIENTS:
1. Semiya (Vermicelli) – 1.5 cup
2. Rava – 1cup
3. Curd – 2 cups
4. Onion – 1 med size
5. Green chilli (deseeded) – 4 nos
6. Channa dhal – 1 tbsp
7. Curry leaves – few
8. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
9. Salt as reqd
10. OIl – 2 tbsp
11. Ghee – 1 tsp
12. Ginger garlic (grated) – 1 tsp
13. [...]

Spicy Coconut Chicken curry

 
INGREDIENTS:
1. Chicken – 1/2 kg
2. Fennel seeds – 1/2 tsp
3. Shallots (small onions) - 10 nos
4. Tomato – 1 med size
5. Oil – 3 tbsp
6. Salt as reqd
7. Corriander leaves – 5 sticks
8. Chilli pwdr – 1 tsp
9. Corriander pwdr – 2 tsp
10. Turmeric pwdr – 1/2 tsp
11. Curry leaves – few
TO GRIND:
1. Grated coconut – [...]