Recipe- Suji/ Semolina Pancake

Suji/ Semolina Pancake

Ingredients (4 nos)
Suji/ Semolina 2 cups
Curd 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp or according to taste
Eno Salt 2 tsp
Mustard Seeds 2 tsp
Sesame Seeds 2 tsp 
Oil to temper

Method

  • Take suji in a deep bowl add curd and salt, mix well.
  • Add sufficient water to make a thick paste.
  • Cover and keep aside for 0.5- 1 hour.
  • Divide the mixture in 4 portions.
  • Take 1-2 tsp oil in a deep pan and heat on high flame.
  • When oil is hot enough add 0.5 tsp Mustard seeds and let it cracker.
  • Meanwhile take a small bowl add one portion of suji paste and mix 0.5 tsp Eno salt to it.
  • Pour this batter in the heated pan and sprinkle 0.5 tsp of sesame seeds over it.
  • Cover the pan and reduce the flame on low.
  • let it cook for 5 minutes on low flame.
  • Check if its upper side is cooked. 
  • Otherwise cover the pan for another 1-2 minutes and check again.
  • Turn pancake carefully and cover the pan again. 
  • Let this side also cook for 5 minutes approx.
  • When both sides are cooked and golden brown in color.
  • Remove and serve hot with chutney.
  • Make other pancakes following the same steps.

Tips
Do not beat too much after adding Eno salt.
Eno salt.
according to your child taste and tolerance.

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Recipe- Pongal

Pongal

Ingredients
Rice 1 cup
Dhuli Moong yellow Daal 0.5 cup
Water 4 cups
Salt 1tsp (or according to taste)
Whole black pepper 10-15 pc
Ginger chopped 2 tsp

Green chilli chopper 2 pc 
Jeera 1 tsp
Ghee 2 tbsp
Cashew chopped 15-20 pc 

Method
  • Wash properly rice and daal together. 
  • Take a Pressure cook and heat on high flame.
  • Add Daal, Rice, Salt and Water in the pressure cooker with one tsp of ghee (Ghee is optional here).
  • Close the lid and pressure cook (1 whistle) on high flame and then until 2 whistle on low flame.
  • Switch off the gas and let pressure cooker cool down.
  • Meanwhile take a small pan, add ghee and heat on high flame.
  • When ghee is hot add Jeera to it.
  • When jeera starts cracking add whole black pepper and fry for few seconds. 
  • Add cashew to it and fry till golden brown.
  • Now add ginger and green chillis to it and fry.
  • Add this tempering to pongal and mix well.
  • Serve hot.
Tips
To enhance taste add more ghee.
You can use curry leaves also in tempering. 
Jains or others who don’t eat root vegetables, can cook this recipe without ginger.
Vegan should substitute ghee with vegetable oil or shortening. 

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Recipe- Bread Uttpam

Bread Uttpam

Ingredients
Bread slice 6
Suji/ Semolina 3 tbsp
Curd 1 tbsp
Crushed black pepper 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp or according to taste
Chopped onion 2 tbsp
Chopped tomato 1 tbsp
Chopped carrot 1 tbsp
Chopped capsicum 1 tbsp

Method

  • Take suji in a deep bowl add curd and salt and mix well.
  • Add sufficient water to make a thick paste.
  • Cover and keep aside for 1-2 hours.
  • Add chopped vegetables, black pepper and pinch of salt mix well.
  • Spread the mixture over the bread slices.
  • Heat non stick tawa on a medium flame.
  • Apply 1 tsp ghee or oil on the mixture side of bread and fry on tawa at low flame.
  • Turn and fry as well other side of bread till crispy.
  • Enjoy with ketchup.

Tips
You can use yellow or red capsicum as well to make the dish more colorful.
according to your child taste and tolerance.

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“Live and Let Live”