Healthy Poppy Seeds Milk for Children !
Today's post is not about books and instead about a healthy recipe for children and adults both. I love traditional recipes and especially the ones which are passed in the family from our grandmothers & mothers. This recipe is very much age old recipe from northern India and very popular amongst Punjabi's. There are 2 main ingredients in this recipe and they are "Poppy Seeds & Milk" . Poppy Seeds or Khus Khus Seeds (in Hindi) are very good source of Omega - 6 fatty acids, protein and dietary fibers. T…
Healthy winter snacking for your child
Finger millet / Ragi / Nachni is an excellent source of natural calcium which helps in strengthening bones for growing children. Because of its high nutritional content finger millet / ragi / nachni flour is even recommended as a weaning food especially in the southern parts of India. Therefore, I decided to make ragi an important component in our daily food intake and I resorted to following options: Mixing sufficient quantity of Ragi and other flours (White Millet (Jowar), Dark Millet (Bajra), Amaranth Grain (Rajgira), Barley…
Protein packed snack for your toddler!
We mothers most of the time struggle to ensure, that our little ones consume a balanced meal. Also, we keep looking for recipes/ingredients to make mealtime interesting for our children; as well as offer them nutrition. One such indigenous source of protein is "SATTU FLOUR" which is typically made of roasted Bengal Gram Dal and available across all grocery/departmental stores in India. I gave a shot to this recipe of laddoos made out of "SATTU FLOUR" and it turned out to be a great hit with my daughter. I would highl…
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I am Nidhi, concoction of an INDIAN DESI and MODERN Mom. Currently residing in Singapore with my small family of 3.
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