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Saturday, February 25, 2017

Ammachy's Recipes: Nutritious Boiled Sweet Potato- with Mollaku charu/ Red chilli dipping sauce

** Gluten Free Healthy Quick Meal * Family Favorite

Ingredients: 

Sweet potato:
  • Sweet potato (large chunks)- 3 nos.
  • Water- to cover
  • Salt- As per taste/ 1/4 tsp.

Malabari Elanchi (Crepes with Sweet Coconut Filling)

** Family Favorite **Reduced Gluten** Malabar Favorite Snack/ Breakfast

Ingredients: 
  • Egg- 1 no.
  • Flour/ Maida- 1 cup
  • Water- 1 cup
  • Salt- A pinch
  • Turmeric- 1/4 tsp

Achappam (Sweet and Crispy Rice Flour Rosettes)- With Chia Seeds

** Kid's and Childhood favorite Recipe!!** Reduced Gluten Tea time Snack 

Ingredients: 
  • Raw rice/ Pachari- 1.5 cup
  • Coconut milk/ Thenga pal- 400 ml can/ 1 cup
  • Egg- 1
  • Sugar- 2.75 tbsp/ As required
  • Rice powder- 2 tbsp.
  • Cumin powder/ Jeeraka podi- A pinch

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Soft whole wheat chappathis (Phulka roti) with Flax, Chia and Hemp seeds

**A dietary staple at our home. Flavorful Protein packed goodness**

* Ingredients:
  • Whole wheat flour or Atta- 1 cup
  • Warm (or hot) water- 1/2 cup (for moulding into a dough)
  • Flax seeds (Powdered or whole)- 1 tbsp.
  • Chia Seeds- 1 tbsp,
  • Hemp seeds- 1 tbsp.
  • Salt- As needed or 1 tsp.
  • Coconut Oil- 1 tsp.

Toddler Time: Three Little Kittens

๐Ÿ‘ถ Rhymes:


Three little kittens, they lost their mittens
And they began to cry!
" Oh Mommy dear, see here, see here,
Our mittens we have lost!"

Monday, February 20, 2017

Uzhunnu vada (Vada or Spicy Indian Doughnut with Urad dal)

** Crispy, Crunchy and Spicy Rice doughnut** Gluten Free Recipe 

Ingredients: 


  • Urad dal/ Uzhunnu- 1 cup
  • Green chilli (Finely chopped)- 1 or as per taste
  • Onion (Finely chopped)- 1/2 of one
  • Ginger- 1 large piece

Ammachy's Recipe: Nadan Kudampuli Itta Meen Curry (Spicy Malabar style Fish Curry with Tamarind)

** Full of Flavour, easy recipe! ** Gluten Free And Freezer Safe!! Featuring Wild Caught Salmon (Heart Healthy alternative)

Ingredients: 
  • Fish (Pink Salmon- Boneless Skinless)- 4 large nos.
  • Ginger (crushed)- 1 large peice
  • Garlic (crushed)- 5 cloves
  • Tamarind/ Kudampulli (torn)- 3 nos.
  • Lemon juice- 2 tsp. (for initial

Ammachy's Recipes: Mangha chammanthi ( Spicy Raw Mango Chutney)

**Enjoy this flavorful, easy recipe! ** Gluten Free And Freezer Safe!!

Ingredients:

  • Raw mango (diced)- 1/2 of 1
  • Green Chilli (chopped)- 1/2 of 1
  • Grated coconut- 1/4 cup
  • Ginger- A very small peice (Optional)
  • Curry leaves- 2 sprigs

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Ella appam or Ada (without using a banana leaf!!)

**Family favorite, easy recipe! ** Gluten Free And Freezer Safe!! 

Ingredients:

  • Shredded coconut- 1 cup
  • Jaggery (sharkara)/ Sugar- 1.5 tsp.
  • Cumin (Jeera) Powder- 1/4 tsp.
  • Cardamom/ Ellaka (crushed)- 2 nos.
  • Rice powder- 1.5 cup
  • Water- 1.5 cups
  • Salt- A pinch


Spicy Chicken Kothu Chappathi (Roti) recipe with Flax and Hemp seeds (Thattukada Special)

** Favorite Indian street food/ Comfort food ** Freezer Safe - Reduced Gluten recipe

* Ingredients:
  • Cooked chappathis (rotis)- 12 nos.
  • Egg- 2 nos.
  • Onion (Sliced)- 1/2 of one
  • Curry leaves- 1 bunch/ handful
  • Ginger (crushed)- 1 medium peice/ 1 tsp.

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Easy 2 minute Vegetable salad (A Tasty Side dish with Biriyani!!)

**Enjoy this flavorful, easy recipe! It's a family favorite* Gluten Free And Freezer Safe!!

* Ingredients:
  • Yogurt- 2 cups
  • Water- 1/4 cup
  • Cucumber (grated and diced)- 1 no.
  • Carrot (grated and diced)- 1 no.

Spicy Konju (Shrimp) Biriyani (Steamed in a Puttu kutti!!)

**Enjoy this flavorful, easy recipe! It's a family favorite* Gluten Free And Freezer Safe!!

Ingredients:
  • Biriyani Rice- 2
  • Water- 2 cups
  • Shrimp (Peeled and Deveined)- 2 cups
  • Oil - Few Drops
  • Onion (Sliced)- 2 nos.
  • Salt- As needed

Easy 5 minute Indian Masala Chai (Milk- based Tea with Indian spice blend)

**Enjoy this flavorful, easy recipe! Our all time favorite**


* Ingredients:
  • Milk- 1 and 1/2 cups
  • Water- 1 and 3/4 cups
  • Tea powder- 3 tsp.  (or 3 tea bags)
  • Cardamom (Elaichi/ Elakka) powdered- 1 pinch/ 3 nos.
  • Ginger (Ingi) grated/ crushed/ dry powdered- 2 small peices
  • Pepper (Kurumullake)- A pinch/ 2 pieces crushed
  • Cinammon (Karukkapatta) powdered- A pinch
Optional goodies:
  • Turmeric- A pinch

Easy 5 Minute Sweet Apple Cinnamon French Toast recipe with Flax

**Easy, Healthy and Finger licking good** (Freezer Safe recipe)


Ingredients:
  • Eggs- 2 nos.
  • Bread Slices- 12 nos.
  • Warm milk- 1 cup 
  • Sugar/ Honey/ Maple syrup- 1 tbsp.
  • Salt- A pinch.
  • Butter/ Oil- As needed

** Optional goodies:
  • Flax seeds (Powdered)- 1 tbsp.

Friday, February 17, 2017

Toddler Time: The wheels of the bus!

๐Ÿ‘ถ Rhymes: 


The wheels of the bus goes round and round,  (Action: Roll your hands/ fists in a wheel like motion)

round and round,
round and round.
The wheels of the bus goes round and round,
All day long!


Toddler Time: Easy Animal Sounds

๐Ÿ‘ถ Rhymes:

The Dog says Bow..... Bow Bow Bow
The Cat says Meow....Meow Meow Meow
The Hen says Cluck....Cluck Cluck Cluck
Bow....Meow...Cluck!

The Cow says Moo.....Moo Moo Moo
The Sheep says Baa...Baa Baa Baa

Sunday, February 12, 2017

Baby Booties Knitting (New born) (Tutorial Coming Soon)

Sweet Nutritious Kerala Kozhukkatta with Flax and Chia Seeds - Freezer Safe Recipe

**Morning/ Lunchbox treat- Reduced Gluten/ Gluten Free Steamed Rice Dumplings**


Ingredients:
  • Rice flour  - 1 cup
  • Jaggery powder/ Sugar- 2 tbsp. (or Gluten free sugar)
  • Salt- To taste 
  • Cumin powder (Jeera/ Cheru Jeerakam)- A pinch
  • Shredded coconut- 2 tbsp.
  • Cardomom (Elaichi/ Elakka) powdered- 1 tsp.
  • Water (warm)- 1/2 cup

Soft Fluffy Idli (Super Make- Ahead Freezer Meal)

**Morning/ Lunchbox treat- Gluten free Rice Cake**


Ingredients:
  • Uzhunnu (Urad Dal) - 1/2 cup
  • Pachari (Raw rice/ Idli Rice) - 1 cup
  • Salt- To taste (or 2 tsps.)
  • Fenugreek (Uluva) seeds- 1 tsp.
  • Water


5 Minute Upma/ Sheera (with Flax and Hemp seeds)

**The Easiest Lunchbox Recipe with Hidden Protein Goodness**


Ingredients:
  • Rava (Semolina or Sooji) - 1 cup
  • Boiled water - 1/2 cup
  • Salt- To taste (or 2 tsps.)
  • Cashews- 4 or 5 (halved or whole)
  • Raisins- A handful
  • Milk- 2 tbs
  • Sugar/ Honey- 2 tbsps.
  • Oil/ Ghee- 1/2 tsp.
  • Onion powder- A dash/ 1/2 tsp.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Easy and Yummy Homemade Strawberry Jam (Low or No sugar)

**The Star of my homemade freezer PBandJs**

* Ingredients:
  • Strawberry - 1 dozen (diced)
  • Sugar/ Honey - 3 tbsp.** (Optional- Avoid if you are gluten free)
  • Lime juice- 1 tbsp.
  • Salt- A pinch
  • Vanilla Essense- Few drops (Optional)

1 Minute Microwave Egg Mug Muffins (Freezer Safe Recipe)

** My 1 year old's favorite breakfast **

* Ingredients:
  • Egg- 1
  • Milk - 1 tsp.**
  • Salt- A pinch
  • Pepper- A pinch 
  • Garlic powder (opt.)- A pinch

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