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As you can see my blog is about food and recipes. I love eating and trying out new recipes all the time.

Very often we mum's think of healthy and interesting food options that we can make for our kids especially when they are back from school knowing that their lunch boxes never come back home empty. Hence I always feel its important to give them a healthy and wholesome snack once they are home. When my kid comes home from school I always try and give him some source of carbohydrate combined with proteins along with this, a fruit and milk, or puddings made from milk. Kids normally can't eat too much at one time, so the portions can be small but giving them a little from each of these food group ensures a balanced meal.

I have some interesting ideas that I'd like to share with you all. You might find some of my recipes very basic but I am hoping that my blog is helpful not only for Indians but for people all around the world! Indian food is quite popular and enjoyed by most, so hopefully you can attempt recipes from here and make it yourself now, in your kitchen. Please do go through my recipes and give it a shot at trying them. Let me know how things turned out and if you enjoyed your experience of cooking.... Feel free to get in touch, share your experience, leave a comment or ask any questions you may have. Thank you for stopping by and taking a look! I do hope its helpful.

Happy cooking!

Tuesday 23 August 2011

Lentil fritters. (Daal Pakodas)

Ingredients:

1 cup lentil (yellow mung lentil), washed and soaked for 1 hour.
1/2 inch Ginger
1-2 green chillies
1/4 cup washed and finely chopped spinach
Salt as per your taste
A pinch turmeric powder
1/4 tspn red chilly powder
1 tspn sesame
Water for making the batter.
Oil for frying.

Method:

Grind the lentil, ginger and green chillies with little water to make a smooth and thick paste. Now add the finely chopped spinach into this and all the other spices. Mix well. Heat oil for frying. Once the oil is hot add little balls of the batter using a spoon or with hand. Fry on a medium low flame till golden brown or crispy. Serve hot with tomato ketchup or coriander chutney.



Avoid all the chillies if you are making this for kids.
If you do not want to deep fry, then add a little more water to make a little runny batter (like a pancake batter).



Spray oil in a sauce pan and pour batter in the saucepan once it is hot.



 Cook on medium flame. Spray some oil on the top and turn it. Both sides should be cooked well.



 Serve hot.



If you like, instead of the spinach you can add finely chopped onions or finely chopped cabbage or even a mix of all three into the batter. I use different combinations of veggies that I want to add in the batter. You can make your own combinations as well. For example try some grated broccoli or grated cauliflower. See which one your family enjoys the most. The batter can be deep fried or shallow fried. Just remember to make it a little more runny for shallow frying and a thick batter for deep frying. Enjoy the hot fritters.



Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
- Francois De La Rochefoucauld



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