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Marshmallow Rice Krispy Square

 Nice treat for kids and very easy to make. Ingredients: Marshmellows - 2 cups Rice puffs - 1 cup Butter - 1.5 tbsp Method: Cook butter and marshmellow untill the later starts melting Turn off the heat and puffed rice  Mix until rice puffs get coated with marshmellow Transfer the contents on a greased plate and press it gently to form a layer Cool and cut into desired shapes

Low Fat Mattar Paneer

Normally mattar paneer has a rich creamy gravy. Yes, it is yummylicious, but it comes with a price...I mean saturated fat in the form of cream. This recipe does not use cream. I have noticed, that cashew nuts alone can do the trick. Yes, cashew nuts are fat laden too, but they are rich in good fats and I am asking to add only a few :) Read more about Cahews here Ingredients: Paneer - 2 cups Tomato - 1 big ripe Tomato puree - 1 tbsp Onion - 1 medium Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp Frozen peas - 1 cup Cashews - 5-8 soaked in water (or milk) Oil to cook Spices Salt - as per your taste Red pepper - 1/4 tsp Garam masala - 1tsp Corriander powder - 1/2 tbsp Turmeric - 1 tsp Cumin seeds -1 tsp Method: Prepare paneer in advance by following the recipe here or buy it from a store   Finely chop onions and tomatoes Heat oil, add cumin seeds and wait till it starts to crackle. Now add chopped onions and cook till they are pinkish. Add ginger garlic paste and cook for 1 mi...

Watermelon Popsicles

This is somethings kids will love cooling of on hot summer days. Also, a good way of getting your toddler eat a serving of fruit :) Ingredients: Water - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1/4 cup Watermelon - small size, fleshed and deseeded Method: Boil sugar and water in a small saucepan and let it boil till its syrupy. Cool and keep it aside. Puree the watermelon and mix with sugar syrup Pour it into the popsicle molds and freeze !

Gatte Ki Sabzi in Onion-Tomato Gravy (Gram flour Dumplings in Gravy)

This is a very unique gatte ki sabzi, unique because it does not have yogurt gravy ! My mother makes it in onion gravy and its tastes delicious.  My onion gravy doesn't comes out as good as hers, so added small amount of tomatoes and voilĂ , it tastes amazing. Ingredients For Gattas: Gram flour (Besan) - 1- 1.25 cups Yogurt - 3 tbsp Oil - 2 tbsp Turmeric - 1/4 tsp Chillie powder - to taste Salt - to taste Asafoetida- pinch For Curry Red onion - 1, big Tomato - 1 medium Ginger garlic paste - 1 tbsp Garam masala - 1.5 tsp Corriander powder - 1 tsp Turmeric powder - 1 tsp Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Asafoetida - 1-2 dashes Method : Prepare Gatte's  : Mix all the ingredients under Gatte's and make dough by adding water little by little. The dough doesn't come all together at once. Keep oiling your hands and work on the dough and eventually it will form smooth dough Pinch lemon sized balls from the dough and roll it between your palms to make it cylindrical, lik...