Thursday, 31 March 2016

Carrot Pumpkin Potato Puree

CARROT PUMPKIN POTATO PUREE

Being a mother of two sweet little angels, I feel overwhelmed to share baby food recipes and toddler recipes. Purees are a great way to feed veggies to infants of 6 to 8 months old. We can make a variety of purees by either single vegetable or fruits or by a creative combination of vegetables or fruits. Here I present the purees what I had made for my little ones. Lets see how to make this carrot pumpkin and potato puree.

Ingredients :

  1. Carrot - 1 No.
  2. Potato - 1 small
  3. Pumpkin - 1 piece

Cooking Method :

  • Wash and peel the carrot, potato and pumpkin. 
  • Cook it nicely in a pressure cooker adding some water.
  • Slice this cooked veggies and blend it in a blender adding the vegetable stock.
  • No need to add salt to infants food.
  • The carrot potato pumpkin puree is ready to be served.
  • We can make variations to this puree by taking only carrot and pumpkin, or carrot and potato or just carrot or potato or pumkin.
                             

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Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Potato Drumstick Masala Ularthu


POTATO DRUMSTICK MASALA ULARTHU OR URULANKIZHANGU MURUNGAKKA MASALA ITTU ULARTHIYATHU

This is a very spicy recipe. Masala Ularthu basically means that you roast the vegetables in the masala. Here in this recipe we use a traditional masala with the flavours of Red Chilly,pepper and coriander being highlighted. I have used potato and drumstick here. You can try this with any vegetable of your choice. So lets see how to make this spicy potato drumstick ularthu.


Ingredients :

  1. Potato - 4 Nos
  2. Drumstick - 3 Nos
  3. Small Onion (Chopped lengthwise) - 1 cup
  4. Ginger (Chopped) - 1 Tbsp
  5. Garlic - 12 pods(Chopped)
  6. Vinegar - 1 Tbsp
  7.  Salt - as reqd

For Masala :

  1. Red Chilly - 4
  2. Coriander seeds - 4 Tbsp
  3. Pepper - 1 Tbsp
  4. Jeera - 1/4 tsp
  5. Cloves - 6
  6. Cinnamon Sticks - 4 small pieces

 For Seasoning :

  1. Coconut Oil - 4 Tbsp
  2. Small onion (Chopped Lengthwise) - 1/2 cup
  3. Curry Leaves - few springs

 Preparation :

  • Coarse grind the ingredients mentioned under Masala in a blender and keep it aside.
  • Chop the drumstick into 1 - 2 inch pieces.
  • Peel the potatoes and dice them into cubes.

Cooking Method :

  • Cook Potato, Drumstick, small onion, ginger, garlic, vinegar, salt and the coarse ground masala in a pressure cooker adding very little water. If there is some water in the dish after cooking boil it openly and dry it completely.
  • In a kadai, heat the coconut oil. Add small onions and curry leaves for seasoning and saute till small onion starts to change colour. 
  • Now add the cooked potato and drumsticks into this seasoning and mix well. Roast this in low flame for 15 to 20 minutes. The masala should get coated very well on the vegetables. Once its roasted well and starts to brown switch off the flame.
  • Spicy Potato Drumstick Masala Ularthu is ready to be served. Serve it with hot stemed rice, chappathi, curd rice etc.
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Monday, 7 March 2016

Potato Pomegranate Salad

POTATO POMEGRANATE SALAD

This is a tasty and healthy salad made of potato and pomegranate. Its a great way to get kids eat pomegranate through this salad. Lets see how to make this Potato Pomegranate Salad. 

Potato Pomogranate Salad

Ingredients:

  1. Potato - 2
  2. Onion - 1
  3. Green Chilly - 1 
  4. Pomegranate - 1/2 of one
  5. Coriander Leaves - 1/4 th of one bunch
  6. Lemon juice - juice of 1/2 a lemon
  7. Jeera Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
  8. Salt - as reqd
  9. Curd - 2 Tablespoon

Preparation :

  • Cook the potato in boiling water. Dice it into small cubes and keep it aside. 
  • Finely chop onion, green chilly and coriander leaves and keep it aside.
  • De-seed the pomegranate and keep it aside.

Cooking Method :

  • In a big bowl take the cooked and diced potato, chopped onion, green chilly and coriander leaves and pomegranate seeds, lemon juice, jeera powder and salt. Mix this very well. 
  • Now add the curd and mix it once again.
  • Potato Pomegranate salad is ready to be served.

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