I used to make jeera rice more frequently before Devansh was born. We would have it with dal tadka or rajma. After Devansh (I guess I can call this period AD :p), I don’t cook much for the family except when my cook is on leave. I made this jeera rice for dinner on one such …
For me, Diwali sweets/savories have always been one of the best part of Diwali. We Maharashtrians call it “Diwali Pharaal”. I have fond memories of mom and Meena chya aai (our part-time cook then and now my mom’s friend) making karanjis and chaklis at home when I was a child. I was their little helper; …
The other day after lunch, there was a lot of leftover rice and so I asked my cook, Prema maushi to make tadka rice or “phodni cha bhaat” as we Maharashtrians call it. When I was having it as my evening snack, I offered some to Devansh and he liked it. So afer a couple …
Sometimes you don’t want to cook two different dishes, one for yourself and one for your baby. Or if you have two kids and one of them is a baby, you want to make something that both will enjoy. Khichdis come in handy at such times. You just need to spice up the khichdi slightly, …
Already this hot and humid weather makes kids lose their appetite. On top of that Devansh had fever yesterday due to teething, which made him even more averse to food. He wasn’t keen on eating anything other than rice. For lunch I gave him plain daal rice. For dinner I was going to give him moong-daal …
My mother has been making rice porridge for eons. In Marathi we call it “takatli ukad”. I don’t know why I didn’t make this porridge for Devansh earlier; it is such an easy-peasy recipe. My mom doesn’t add curry leaves and veggies though. I add curry leaves for flavor and veggies for nutrition. I avoid …
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Simple recipe of homemade rice cereal, rice kanji is an ideal dish for babies, toddlers, kids, and sick adults who need to eat easy-to-digest food.
If you have some curd and cooked rice at home, use this healthy recipe to make curd rice for your kids in a jiffy. It’s a cooling summer food as well.
Tons of baby food-related sites and elders must have already advised you that moong dal is easy for digestion than tuvar dal. I’ll second that. 🙂 However, as your baby grows older you will want to gradually start adding toor dal in his/her food. When your baby’s around nine months old, add a few grains …
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I must thank my friend Aditi for this mixed dal khichdi recipe. She not only gave me this recipe but patiently explained it to me for something like 4-5 times. Every time we spoke on the phone she would tell me the names of the lentils and their proportion. I would vow to write it …
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