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My daughter likes pasta a lot and she loves this Indian version of spicy and yummy vegetable macaroni as a main course for dinner.Hope you all will enjoy this quick and easy recipe.

Ingredients

1. Macaroni –500 gms
2. Green peas(boiled)  – 50 gms
3. Green beans(cut into small pieces)- 50 gms
4. Carrot(chopped) – 2
5. Capsicum(red or green)- 1
6. Onion(chopped) –2
7. Mustard seeds – 1 tsp
8. Ginger-garlic paste – 1tsp
9. Green chilly – 3
10. Red chilly powder – 1 tsp
11. Turmeric powder –1/2 tsp
12. Curry leaves
13. Coriander leaves
14. Water
15. Salt
16. Oil –1 tbsp

Preparation

1. Boil macaroni with  turmeric powder,salt, 2tsp cooking oil and required amount of water for 5 minutes.Drain water and keep aside.
2. In a frying pan,heat oil. Add mustard seeds.once it starts to splutter, add chopped onions,ginger-garlic paste and saute till light brown .Add curry leaves,coriander leaves,chopped green chilly and red chilly powder.
3. Add vegetables to it and mix well.Cover and cook for 5 minutes.once the vegetables are cooked well.add boiled macaroni to it and stir well.Turn off the heat.
4. Serve hot.

School holidays are always fun for kids and we adults too can relax a bit during this time. My first one wanted to get some sweets and thought why not I try something at home. I looked around to prepare something quick and easy, and found a tin of condensed milk which I bought sometime ago to make Kheer. If you do not know what “Kheer” is then watch this video. This Indian sweet is exceptionally easy to make as it needs only 3 ingredients.

Ingredients

1. Grated coconut – 4 cups
2. Milkmaid – 1 tin
3. Ghee – 1 1/2 tbsp

Preparation

1. Keep aside 50 gms of desiccated coconut .
2. Preferably, use a heavy bottomed pan and heat it well. Add remaining coconut and milkmaid and stir well on low flame for 5 minutes.
3. When  it starts to separate from the sides of the pan, turn off the heat and let it cool.
4. Once it is cool, grease your palms with little ghee and make balls.
5. Finally roll the laddoos in desiccated coconut spread on a plate.
6. Store yummy coconut laddoos in air tight containers.

Noodles are all time favorite of kids. For this reason, you don’t have to tell them about its nutritional facts. As  noodles contain lot of carbohydrates, it is good for kids to have it in their lunch box. Usually noodle packets have taste maker inside which contains ajinomotto and other artificial flavors which are usually considered unhealthy to consume. So as an alternative, you can create your own instant maker by using mixed vegetables or scrambled egg.  It tastes so good that even fuzzy eaters won’t even notice that they are consuming an healthy diet comprising of enough carbohydrates and proteins.

Ingredients

1. Noodles – 1 cup
2. Onion(chopped) – 1/2 cup
3. Mushroom – 1/2 cup
4. Cabbage(chopped)  – 1/2 cup
5. Carrot(chopped) –1/4 cup
6. French Beans(chopped) – 1/2 cup
7. Green peas (boiled)– 1/4 cup
8. Capsicum (chopped) 1/2 cup
9. Chilly Sauce – 2 tsp
10. Tomato Sauce – 1 tbsp
11. Soy sauce – 2 tsp
12. Vegetable Stock – 1/2 cup
13. Coriander leaves
14. Salt
15. Oil

Preparation

1. Boil water with salt and once it starts boiling add noodles to it.
2. Once noodles become (usually it  takes 1-2 minutes) soft,drain and rinse with cold water. Toss with 1 tbsp of oil to prevent stickiness.
3. Heat oil in a frying pan (Wok).Add chopped onions to it and saute till light brown.
4. Add chopped vegetables and vegetable stock to it.cover and cook till veggies are done.
5. Toss Noodles once again and add it to the pan.
6. Finally add chilly sauce,soy sauce, tomato sauce and mix well with noodles.
7. Garnish with coriander leaves.
8. Serve hot with Ketch up.