Eggless Banana Muffins

Do you have any over ripen bananas at home. then don't throw it away. This banana muffins are eggless, moist and delicious muffins. Even it has nice flavor of banana. 

Butter Chicken Masala

Butter chicken masala is an easy and delicious, creamy and delightful chicken gravy. This is can be served along with any Indian breads like chapathi, pulka, naan or kulcha.

Chicken Pakoda | Chicken Pakora

Chicken pakoda is an Indian chicken fritters which is a perfect snack for an evening tea time. It is crunchy and best to eat during rainy or winter season. It is prepared using boneless chicken and besan/chickpea flour. Spiciness can be increased by adding more red chilli powder.

Tender Coconut Kheer

Tender coconut kheer is a simple kheer which has fresh tender coconut flesh/pulp. This kheer is quite famous in coastal region. Condensed milk is added to enhance the taste of the kheer. Even kheer can be prepared without condensed milk. 

Dal Palak

Dal Palak is an easy, simple and healthy recipe which has lentils/dal and palak. This does not contains any heavy spices, hence it is good for the kids and even for the people who are recovering from fever.

Jack Fruit Ice Cream

Jack fruit is a tropical and summer treats. Here is an easy No-churn Jack fruit Ice cream with step wise pictures.

Gobi Paratha / Cauliflower Paratha

 

Gobi paratha is a stuffed paratha, having delicious stuffing of gobi which is another popular dish in North India after Aloo paratha. It can be served along with pickle and Yogurt/Curd.

 

Methi Dal Khichadi

Dal khichadi is one pot meal, prepared mainly with lentils and rice and it is simple, easiest, tasty and healthy rice dish. This can be served to kids, adults, healthy person and even to the person who is not well. By adding methi into dal khichadi will add more nutritious value to this dish. 

Tricolor Bread Sandwich

Tricolor bread sandwich prepared as snacks on the eve of Independence day celebration at my kids school. It is one of the quick layered sandwich for kids. It is one of the ideal snack can be prepared during Independence day or Republic day.

Dragon Chicken

Dragon chicken is Indo-Chinese cuisine, where chicken stripes are marinated, fried and sauteed in a sweet, tangy and spicy sauce.

Peas Pulao / Pressure cooker Peas Pulao

There are different ways of preparing Peas Pulao. I usually prepare peas pulao in pressure cooker. Even it can be prepared by cooking rice separately and mixing with the peas pulao malasa. Here, i have shared a recipe of cooking in pressure cooker. Using fresh peas gives nice aroma to the pulao. One who cant find fresh peas can use frozen peas. Pea pulao can be served along with raitha or any vegetable koot or khurma.

Avarekalu Uppittu / Hyancinth Bean Upma

Avarekalu uppittu is one of the healthy breakfast which i make sure to prepare once in a week during avarekalu season. It is mainly prepare with roasted rava, onion and avarekalu. I have added ginger and garlic for easy digestion and spices for aroma.

Sesame Soya Chicken

Sesame soya chicken is one of the easiest chicken starter which can be prepared with few ingredients and less time. It can be served as a starter or along with piping hot rice. 

Eggless doughnuts / Dark Marble Eggless Doughnuts

Crusty from outside, puffy inside and eggless doughnut recipe is here with step by step pics.

Chocolate Cake / Cup Cake

Super moist chocolate cake recipe with step by step pics. Same batter can be used for baking chocolate cup cakes. This recipe is also known as Hershey's Chocolate Cake. It can be frosted with butter cream frosting or chocolate ganache. 

Vanilla Cup Cake

Fluffy, Moist and light vanilla cup cake. It makes a perfect base for filling any frosting. Same recipe can be used for baking cup cakes and even for birthday vanilla base cake.

Paneer Butter Masala

Paneer butter masala is one of the most popular paneer dish. It is creamy, onion-tomato and cashew based gravy and topped with fresh cream. It can be served with chapatis, rotis, pulka, kulcha and other indian breads. I replace cashew with almonds, since almonds are much healthier than cashew.

Paneer Butter Masala without Onion and Garlic

Paneer Butter Masala without onion and garlic is creamy, tangy and little spicy tomato based gravy. This recipe came to my rescue when one of my family friend visited my place who were on vratha/vrat where they cannot consume neither onion nor garlic for couple of days. Till that time, I haven't tried Paneer butter masala without garlic or onion.

Ada Palada Kheer / Rice Ada Kheer

Ada Kheer is type of a kheer from kerala, prepared with milk and ready made rice ada. I hardly tasted once or twice at my friend's house. It tastes delicious and can be served hot or cold. In this recipe, I have added custard powder to give a twist in kheer and custard powder will give nice taste and texture to the kheer.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 15

Lunch Box  : Bun Omelet
Snacks Box : Pomegranate and Banana

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 14

Lunch Box  : Poori and Channa Masala

Snacks Box : Hide & Seek biscuits and Pomegranate

Channa Masala

Channa Masala is one of my kids favorite side dish for Chapathi and Poori. I make sure to prepare channa masala once in a week or atleast once 15 days. Channa masala or chole masala is prepared with kabuli chana and it is cooked in a spicy and tangy tomato based gravy. It is popularly served along Bathura and even it can be served along with Poori, Chapathi. 

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 13

Lunch  : Mini Dosa and Coconut Chutney
Snacks : Sprouts Salad , Banana, Biscuits

Dum Aloo

Dum Aloo is most famous and rich potato dish in India. It is prepared in different parts of India and has its own flavors in it. Kashmiri dum aloo and Punjabi dum aloo are quite famous in India. Baby potatoes will be deep fried and slowly cooked in smooth, fine paste of onion-tomato and finally curd is added into the gravy. It is curd based gravy. It can be served along with chapathi, Naan, Kulcha or even with rice. In this recipe, instead of deep frying baby potatoes in oil , I have shallow fried the baby potatoes.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 12

Lunch  : Chapathi & Palak Paneer
Snacks : Pomegranate & Biscuits

Red velvet Cake Pops

Cake Pops are very popular and easy to distribute among kids in the party/function. It is easy to prepare by mixing crumbling cake with any frosting and formed into small round balls and coated with melted chocolate. Lollipop stick will be stick to these round cake balls. Cake pop can be prepared with any cake and any type of frosting. Even mixed fruit jam or chocolate ganache can be used instead of butter cream frosting or fresh cream frosting. I have used left over red velved cake and vanilla butter cream frosting to make Red velvet cake pops. 

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 11

Lunch  : Dabeli
Snacks : Shankarpali, Cream biscuits, Papaya

Honey Chicken

Honey chicken is one of my kids favorite dish. Since its not spicy and taste sweet and little bit tangy. It is easy to prepare and require less ingredients.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 10

Lunch  : Poori and Capsicum Sabji
Snacks : Banana

Broccoli Paratha

Broccoli Paratha is healthy, tasty and delicious paratha where stuffed broccoli is sauted well with balanced spices. It is one of the nutritious breakfast which is not only good for kids but it is good for everyone at home. 

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 9

Lunch  : Chapathi Egg roll

Snacks : Chocolate Idly Cake

Jackfruit Salad / Halasina Rasayana

Jackfruit salad is one of the easiest and delicious salad which has the flavor of both honey and fresh coconut. This salad used to be the compulsory dish during my grandma's marriage time.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 8

Lunch  : Idly and Sambhar

Snacks : Cream Biscuit and Chakli

Palak Paneer

Palak Paneer is one of the famous North Indian side dish served along with Chapathi, Roti, Naan or Kulcha. It is delicious side dish and easy to prepare and more than that, it has nutritional value. I have not added tomato in Palak Paneer. Since it taste like mosappu saaru when tomato is added into it. This taste just like Restaurant Palak Paneer.

Spring Onion - Aloo Sandwich

Sandwich is all time favorite for kids and any veggies can be filled in the sandwich. If i want to make my kids to eat vegetables, then sandwich and paratha are the two dishes comes to my mind. Just I need to serve along with tomato ketchup for sandwich and curds for paratha. I had left over Spring Onion-Aloo filling when i prepared for paratha. I am using same filling for making sandwich.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 7

Lunch  : Egg Burji Sandwich

Snacks : Banana

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 6

Lunch Box  : Baby corn Rice

Snacks Box : Baby corn omelette and Biscuits

Spring Onion Aloo Paratha

Paratha is most popular dish in North India, especially in Punjab. It can be had for breakfast and even for meal. Whole wheat bread is stuffed with spiced Spring onion and Aloo/Potato. Taste of the filling can be altered by adding spices and even more spring onion can be added.

Banana Chocolate Sauce Sandwich

Banana Chocolate Sauce Sandwich is one of the quickest sandwich can be prepare for kids snacks box. When both banana and chocolate are in the sandwich then what else need for a kid.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 5

Lunch Box  : Puliyogare and Nippattu

Snacks Box : Sankranthi Ellu, Banana and Perk chocolate

Bun Egg Omelette

Bun egg omelette can be served for breakfast or it can be packed in snacks box or lunch box for kids. It can be prepared when we are running out of time. Adding egg in this makes more healthier instead of serving just bun to kids. Coriander chutney and mayo can be skipped if it is not available in the kitchen.

Apple Custard Pudding

Apple custard pudding is one of the easiest dessert which can be prepared with less time and less ingredients. It has Cinnamon flavor skewed apple topped on custard base. It can be served along with vanilla ice cream.

Vanilla Custard

Traditionally custard is prepared with milk/cream, egg and sugar. This is one of the simple dessert which can be served as it is ore it can be used to prepare fruit custard, jelly custard, trifle pudding custard and many more desserts. Simplest way of preparing custard is using custard powder available in the market. My kids love to eat custard as it is. This is one more option for my kids snacks box.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 4

Lunch Box  : Idly and Sambhar
Snacks Box : Custard and Banana

Kids Lunch and Snacks box : Mania 3

Lunch Box  : Egg Chapathi Roll

Snacks Box : Jackfruit Salad and Papaya

Eggless Vanilla Cake

Eggless vanilla cake is soft, delicious and it has moistness. This can be used as a base to make pastries, and it can be used to make pastries. More than this, it is eggless cake. Even Vegetarians and those who are allergic to egg can make and eat this cake.

Capsicum Bajji / Donne Menasinakaayi Bajji

 

Capsicum bajji is easy to make and yummy to munch. Bajji is one of the popular tea time snacks and it is common road side snacks available in the evening. Now tell me, Who doesn't like to munch bajji, especially during rainy season. Everyone from kids to elders likes to eat bajji along with Tea or coffee. We can prepare bajji with different vegetables like onion, potato, capsicum, ridge gourd and even with boiled egg.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 2

Lunch Box  : Puliyogare, Curd Rice and Sev

Snacks Box : Chakli

Pomfret Fish Fry

Pomfret Fish fry is tawa pomfret fry where pomfret is sliced like bread pieces and marinated with simple spicy and tangy masala. Earlier I had shared a pomfret tawa fry where whole pomfret is marinated with spices and fried on tawa. Slicing pomfret fish like bread slices will help you in serving to your guest easily but size of the fish should be atleast 300 gms to 500 gms.

Kids Lunch and Snacks Box : Mania 1

I will be posting my kids Lunch Box and Snacks Box on every Monday and Thursday. Hope this helps most of the moms to pack lunch and snacks for their kids. 

Lunch Box  : Aloo Paratha and Boondi Raitha 

Snacks Box : Honey Cake, Banana and Pomegranate