Broccoli Cutlet

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Broccoli is one of the vegetable that has high health benefits and seldom used in cooking. I finally figured out a recipe to include it on my kid's diet.
Both my kids just loved this cutlet and they enjoyed it with ketchup.

Ingredients
Broccoli: 3/4 cup
Potato: 1 medium sized
Bread: 2 slices
Chilli powder: 1/5 tsp
Garam masala powder: 1/2 tsp
Amchoor powder: 1/2 tsp (optional)
Coriander powder: 1 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Onion: 1 small
Bread crumbs: for coating
Oil: to fry


Procedure:
Step1:
Steam cook the potato and broccoli


Step2:
Peel the potato and mash it. Now add the cooked broccoli and mix well

Step3:
Remove the side crumbs from the bread and knead it with potato broccoli mixture

Step4:
Divide the dough equally and pat them to desired shape( Can use cookie cutter as well)

Step5:
Coat the balls with bread crumbs uniformly

Step6:
Shallow fry them with oil in a non stick skillet

Step7:
Serve hot with tomato ketchup

Carrot Payasam

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My mom used to make this payasam often during my study holidays. She claims that it gives lot of energy and good for vision as well.
Now my kids just love this and both of them got addicted to this payasam even though they are not big fans of carrot.The addition of coconut milk gives a rich taste to this payasam

Ingredients
Carrot: 2
Coconut milk: 1/2 cup
Milk: 1 cup
Sugar: 1/2 cup
Cardomom powder: 1/2 tsp
Ghee: 1 tsp
Cashewnuts: 1 tablespoon


Procedure
Step1:
Steam cook the carrots and blend it to a puree

Step2:
Boil milk in a heavy sauce pan and simmer it until it gets reduced to 3/4 cup


Step3:
Add the pureed carrot and sugar and mix well and let it cook for 3-5 minutes

Step4:
Add coconut milk and cardomom and switch off the flame

Step5:
Garnish with cashews fried in ghee

Date Filled Cookies

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My daughter loves sandwich cookies a lot. I got the basic recipe from a cookbook and tweaked it to include some healthy ingredients.

Ingredients
All purpose flour: 1 cup
Powdered Sugar: 1/4 cup
Brown Sugar: 1/4 cup
Vanilla extract: 1 tsp
Butter: 1/2 cup (1 stick)


For filling
Chopped dates: 1/2 cup
Water: 1 cup
Sugar: 1 tablespoon


Procedure:
Step1:
Beat the butter and both the sugar together until light and fluffy


Step2:
Add the flour and vanilla extract and knead it to dough


Step3:
Wrap the dough in cling wrap and refrigerate for 40 minutes so that it becomes easy to work with


Step4:
Meanwhile mix the chopped dates, water and sugar in a medium sauce pan.Bring to a boil and then simmer in low flame for 10 minutes.The filling will thicken once it cools.

Step5:
Divide the dough into 26 balls and flatten each of them to circles


Step6:
Using a cookie cutter cut half of the circles in the center

Step7:
Fill the dates filling in a full circle and place the cut circle on top of it and seal it using fork

Step8:
Bake the cookies in a preheated oven of 325 F for 15 minutes or until light brown

Tip:
Use the cut cookies and bake them as thumb print cookies with the date filling