Masala Peanut Chat | Easy and Quick Snacks for Kids | Step by Step Recipe

This is another one of my favorite peanut based chats that we make for parties. We have always enjoyed this at our club and when we finally made it at home, we were surprised at how easily it can be done. This morning when I decided that I should make the best of my Saturday by making this, I told Konda that I wanted her help in making yet another dish.

She didn't show much interest in the beginning, but when she saw that I was willing to let her to most work, she was excited. Then she went ahead with clicking pictures. Most of the pictures for today's post are clicked by her. I see that she gets excited when I ask her to either help in the making of the dish or at least clicking pictures.

Boys agreed to eat it only because their sis was making it. But after one bite, they were asking for more. Infact what we make was not enough. So I promised to make it for them again.

Soak roasted peeled Peanuts/ Grounds in salted water for 5 mins.

Drain them

Take them in a bowl, add finely chopped onions.

Then goes the finely chopped tomatoes, finely chopped green chilies, coriander leaves

Sprinkle salt, chat masala, mix well.

Serve right away.

Of course I removed the green chilies when I served to the kids, but adults can have as such if desired. I was so happy that kids eat this along with onions, tomatoes which they normally never take.

This chat is also served at most places with puffed rice.

Sending this to Kamalika, who is hosting this month's edition of Kid's Delight, themed on No Fire Cooking for Kids.

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Chocolate Marie Biscuit Balls aka Tsunami Ka Cake | Easy and Quick Snacks for Kids | Step by Step Recipe

Just as I said yesterday, today's post is exclusively made by Konda herself. This was a dish that her teacher made and got for them. I am not sure on what basis this is called Tsunami Ka Cake, but that's what she was told and she insisted I keep it same.

I got completely drenched while way back home. So I quickly told her that she can make that dish she was telling me in the morning. She was so excited and went about checking if I have all the things she needed. She was telling me that she was going to tell me only once and not repeat so I better listen to her properly and not make mistakes in the recipe..:)

She was all set to make the dish, while her brothers were hovering around. She said her teacher made with a full pack and almost half of the condensed milk tin. I said we would hardly want that much. So she grudgingly accepted to make do with just six biscuits because her brothers will also love to have them.

And yes, before I could finish with clicking the pictures I was left with just four of these treats. Konda first made as coins. Later decided to roll as balls, with the boys helping her. Some they popped into their mouth, while some found its way back to the plate.

Seeing how well these turned out, I was dreaming of bake less cakes and tarts with marie biscuits. Well for another day.

Chocolate Marie Biscuit Balls aka Tsunami Ka Cake

Ingredients Needed:

Marie Biscuits - 6 -8
Condensed Milk - 3 tsp
Cocoa powder/ Drinking Chocolate - 3 tsp

How to make

Take the biscuits in a blender / mixer and pulse into fine powder.

Transfer to a bowl, add the condensed milk and milk well. Add the cocoa powder/drinking chocolate along with it and combine to a even mix.

Make it into any shape as you desire.

Serve right away.

If you notice one is missing, well Chinnu popped it in

Sending this to Kamalika, who is hosting this month's edition of Kid's Delight, themed on No Fire Cooking for Kids.


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Soft Serve Banana Ice Cream | Step by Step Recipe for Soft Serve Banana Ice Cream

If you want an ice cream with just one ingredient then you should try making this soft serve banana ice cream! As simple to make you should try making this if you want a quick dessert to give the kids. I had planned to make this during Cool Comforts two months back for the Kid's Delights. I came to know about this delicious dessert from Champa when I was looking for ideas to make for Cool Comforts. 

I finally ended up making it for this edition and Kids Delight. Doesn't take much time if your freezer is good. And not much of a recipe.

Cut into pieces

Transfer to a cover and freeze till it is firm.

Pulse it couple of times to get soft mix

Freeze it again

Pulse it get a soft serve Banana Ice Cream.

Sending this to Kamalika, who is hosting this month's edition of Kid's Delight, themed on No Fire Cooking for Kids.

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How To Make Homemade Peanut Butter | Homemade Peanut Butter Sandwich with Step by Step Recipe

For a long time I was wondering about the fantasy that revolved around Peanut Butter sandwich. The books I used to read as a kid always had this mentioned as one of the items the children in the book used to take for their picnic. Imagine always reading about such delightful items and wondering how these might actually taste when we make in our kitchen. Until few years back, I never really looked into how you make a peanut butter.

When I first checked on how this peanut butter was made, I was really surprised. Groundnut/ Peanut is such a common item in our household. Peanut powder is always stocked. And all it takes for this butter is to process for some more time, you get this wonderful spread.

Roasted peanuts are always stocked at home for the eternal Groundnut chutney that gets done for Idli/ dosa. So I just used the roasted peanuts to make this butter. Else you can buy the ready made roasted peanuts.

To make it more healthy I didn't skin the peanuts. You can even add chocolates to make it more interesting for the kids.

You just got to ensure you have a good blender/ mixer

Step by Step Picture Recipe to make Peanut Butter at home

1 cup Roasted Peanuts

Pulse it couple of times, then stir it using the spoon.

Add sugar or salt for taste.

Continue blending it more.

Add 1 tsp oil to get the peanut to run smoothly.

This is after 15 mins of pulsing it in intervals.

See how creamy it ended up!

Final spread after finishing the entire pulsing process.

Homemade Peanut Butter:

Roasted Peanut/ Ground - 1 small cup (50 gms)
Salt - 2 pinches
Sugar - 1/2 tsp
Vegetable Oil - 2 tsps

How to make Homemade Peanut Butter

Take the roasted peanuts in a mixer with steel blades. Pulse it couple of times to make sure the nuts crack down.

Add the salt or sugar. I added both and it was tasting great. If you prefer you can add either or both.

Pulse it again, continue pulsing by adding 1 tsp of oil. this makes sure the peanut runs smoothly.

Make sure you don't run the mixer continuously. Allow it to rest couple of minutes, else the mixer will get heated up.

Blend it till you get that creamy spread, add 1 more tsp to make sure the spread is smoothly moving around.

Scoop everything in a tin and store.

Notes:

If you want a nuttier spread, add a tsp of peanut in the final stage, you will end up with nutty spread.

Make it more delicious by adding chocolate bars in the end. You will get chocolate peanut butter, which as you know will be delicious and sought more by the kids.

To make the Sandwiches:

Trim the ends of the Bread Slices, spread as much as you would want on the top and cover it with another slice. Cut into desired size and serve it right away or pack for lunch.

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Hung Curds Sandwich | Sandwich with Hung Curds Dip

We are starting the Blogging Marathon 8th Edition today. You can check on the participating bloggings in Blogging Marathon Page. As with other editions, I wanted to come up with themes that are challenging. I hope the bloggers take up the challenging themes and entertain us with amazing recipes.

I have chosen to do Cooking without fire for Kids. This is going to be the theme for this month's Kid's Delight hosted by Kamalika. I wanted to make sure I send in my share of entries. So took it up for the BM, which will force me to do the posts naturally.

For the theme, if you are using milk/curds, it is assumed that you already have boiled milk or set curds..:)

I sat really hard trying to make dishes that are kid friendly yet that can be made without cooking. I hope you enjoy these recipes and try out for your kids. As with all kids, all these recipes are not every kid's favorite. I have found that not all my three kids like the same dish. There are couple of dishes that are favorites of all three. Other ones which are liked by Konda and Peddu. Especially the recipes with bread, Chinnu makes sure he stays away.

So you will have to experiment with your kid and arrive at those dishes that they end up eating always.

For the first day, I decided to make sandwich with Hung Curds dip.

Hung Curds Dip

Curds / Yogurt - 1/2 cups

Pepper powder - 2 tsp

Salt to taste

For the sandwich

Bread Sandwich - 4 slices 

How to make Hung Curds Dip

Place the curds on the sieve and let it stand for 15 - 20 mins. The whey water will all be come out. If you want you can keep it for longer time.

Mix in pepper powder and salt, beat well to get a creamy dip. 

Trim the bread slices and spread the dip on the sandwiches and serve.

Lot of variations can be done with the dip, you can use different flavours.

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