Garlic Sauted vegetable

Ingredients

• 1/2 cube Butter
• 4 to 5 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 yellow bell pepper, chopped
• 6 mushrooms, chopped 
• 6 babycorns chopped
• 6 water chestnuts,chopped
• 4 broccoli florets, chopped
• 1/2 Carrots, chopped
• Any veg of your choice, chopped or just use the stir-fry vegs from costco

Method

In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add the butter and heat. Add the garlic and saute, stirring, for 1 minute. Add some water to prevent the garlic from burning.(add more water if required) Add  all of the vegetables and cook until just starting to wilt, about 2 minutes. Add salt and stir well and cook just until vegetables are wilted, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and serve.(you can also add chilli flakes or pepper)

Chicken Hariyal Kabab

Ingredients:
1 lb  boneless chicken breasts
1/2 cup chopped coriander leaves
1/2 cup chopped mint
8 to 10 green chillies
3 tsps ginger/garlic paste
2 tsps MDH tandoori masala or 2 tsps garam masala
1 tsp Chaat masala
1/2 cup thick yogurt
1 whole lemon juice
Salt



Method:
Make a paste of coriander-mint leaves, ginger, garlic, lemon, chillies to a paste. Do not add water.Add Tandoori masala ,chaat masala,salt and yogurt  to the paste and mix well. Apply the paste to the chicken and marinate the chicken for atleast 6 hrs or overnite in the refrigerator.

Preheat the oven at 350 F

Bake in oven at 350F for about 30mins or till chicken is cooked.Remove from the oven,flip the chicken and bake it again for 5 mins.This will make the chicken nice and crisp.
Serve Hot.

Baby food

This post is dedicated to my son,who has made me so patience and complete.i believe in feeding my baby wholesome food made everyday.(including fruits,vegs,rice and porteins)After browsing load of websites on baby food,i realized there was no blog/website on indian baby food recipe therefore i decided. i need to write all the food recipes i make for my baby.
Since my son is 8 months now i am feeding him 3 full meals a day with 4 to 6 ounces of breastmilk/formula with each feeding.
These recipes are for babies more than 6 months.
What you need to make baby food.
Steam/pressure cooker
Hand blender/baby food processor

Recipe1:Nachini powder(Ragi porridge)

Rice-1 cup
Green moong dal-1 cup
Wheat -1 cup
Ragi-1 cup
Almonds-20
Jeera-4 tsps


Soak all the ingredient separately excluding almond and jeera over night.
Dry the ingredients on a cloth till dry.
Roast each of the ingredient on low flame(be careflul not to burn it)(include the jeera and almonds)
Powder each separately in a mixer/processor.
Sieve the powder.(this is done to make sure all the grains are powdered)
Mix the powders together and store in a airtight container.
this powder can be stored upto 4 months.

when feeding the baby.boil half a cup water,mix 1 to 2 teaspoon of the nachini powder in  another  half cup of water.when the water starts to boil add the nachini mixture.cook this for 10 mins or till its done. optional  Add Ghee to the porridge before feeding.


Khichdi
Ingredients:
Rice-2 tsps
Moong dal -1 tsps
Ghee-1 tsp
Turmeric-a pinch
Salt- a pinch
Jeera powder


Soak rice and moong dal in water for about an hours.wash the soaked rice/dal till the water runs clear.
Pressure cook the rice and dal,let it cool
Mash the rice and dal using a hand blender/baby proccessor.(or you can pressure cook it for 6 whistles)
now add the jeera powder and turmeric and cook it for 3 mins.
Add a pinch of salt and ghee.
You can add vegetable while cooking the dal and rice.(i add peas and carrots )
Kichdi is very nutritional and has proteins, carbs and fat(ghee)


Increase the amount of rice as the baby grows and according to the babies appetite.