Baked cheezy upma??

Hi,

I just baked some upma and my 10 month old likes it. I'm so happy to finally make something that the whole family likes.

It's so simple and easy,

Ingredients:
1 cup of semolina (raw) or couscous
1 cup of curd/yoghurt,
1 cup of water,
1 inch ginger grated,
1/4 tsp of turmeric,
1 big carrot grated,
1/2 a cup of spring onions chopped,
1/2 a cup of frozen green peas,
1-2 tsp salt,
1/2 tsp of sod. bicarbonate
1/2 tsp of mustard,
1/2 tsp of cumin,
1/2 tsp of sesame seeds,
1/2 cup of mozarella cheese,
1 tsp of oil,
2 tbs of margarine .

Method:
Mix semolina, curd and water. Splutter mustard, cumin seeds in oil and margarine. Add it to the semolina batter along with the veg and cheese, finally add the soda powder, turmeric, salt and mix it in. Bake in a loaf pan, after sprinkling the sesame seeds, at 350 degrees for 30 - 40 mts or till done (a bamboo skewer, inserted in the loaf comes out clean, when done) .

Sneak in all the veggies that you want your kids to eat and enjoy this delicious cake.

Banana and Nut bread

Hi,

It's Nov and we already had our first snow. Soon it'll be X'mas and time for baking .. wonderful fruit cakes. But I don't have the time or the patience to do it mummy's way but I do miss her cakes.

Yesterday I baked a quick bread. It's a v easy, no mess, kid friendly recepie. Here is how I do it....

1 egg beaten
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 tsp of vanilla essence
2 tbs honey
2 tbs yogurt/ any flavoured yogurt will work too
4 ripe bananas mashed
5 tbs melted butter
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 1/2 cups of flour sifted
4 cloves,
4 cardamom,
1/2 inch cinnamon stick,
 a small piece of nutmeg
- ground together in a spice mill
a handful of almonds- roughly chopped or flakes

Method:

Beat an egg, add in the rest of the liquid ingredients. Mash the bananas and add the flour,sugar, ground spice, almonds, soda and the liquid ingredients and mix well using a wodden spoon. pour into a loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees F for 60 mins.