Nursery and Playroom Learn Cooking Recipe

Today's recipe is a flavorful mint chutney with coconut.I have shared a version of no coconut version  here . Though I make this chutney often,never had a chance to click it for the blog.Last week I had lots of home grown fresh mint and made this chutney.This chutney is a perfect accompaniment for idly,dosa,rava dosa and paniyaram.This recipe I noted down from my mom when I came to U.S after marriage.Off to the recipe...............                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mint chutney/Pudina Chutney                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 10 minutes    Serves 4(generously)     Ingredients     Ingredient Quantity Mint leaves/pudina 1 cup(tightly

For the final day I made kids favorite almond chocolate clusters.These clusters can be made with any nuts,as my kids love almonds I made with it. Here I used the semi sweetened chocolate and also topped it with kosher salt and sugar granules.Its purely optional.Also I melted the chocolate and toasted the almonds in microwave oven .White chocolate can also be used to make this yummy clusters.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Almond Chocolate Clusters                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 2-3 minutes    Makes 10 -12 clusters   Ingredients

For day 2 recipe in Blogging Marathon 67 th edition themed under Go Nuts is spicy roasted peanuts.Peanuts is a great snack option and we love to munch salted peanuts.I always stocked up,peanuts in my pantry to make some snacks.This spicy roasted peanuts is a quick snack,can be made in no time.All you need is to roast the peanuts and spice it up red chilly powder and black pepper powder.Its a perfect evening snack along with a cup of tea or coffee.Its a great option for party snack.Off to the recipe............                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Spicy Roasted Peanuts                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation

Entering the second week of Blogging Marathon 67th edition with 'Go nuts' as theme.Nuts are everyone's favorite and for the day 1,I decided to make chikki/brittle with mixed nuts.As we love the the famous Lonawala chikkis I tried to make it at home.The brittle/chikki came out super good and had couple of pieces before even clicking.The chikkis are so crunchy and addictive and my kids loved it to the core.Off to the recipe.....                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mixed Nuts Brittle/Mixed Nuts Chikki                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 5 minutes     Cooking time 10 minutes    Makes 12-14 chikkis (depending on the size)         In

Be it with hot and fluffy idlys or  roti,chicken kurma pairs very well.In our households its mostly made for breakfast to accompany with idlys.But I make it for lunch or dinner as my kids like to have it with rice also. This chicken kurma doesn't need much of spices and ground coconut and green chilly paste is used.This is my family recipe which I had noted down in my recipe booklet long time back.Last week I made this for our lunch and the left over kurma we had it with idly for dinner.Off to the recipe.................                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Chicken Kurma-South Indian Style                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 20 minutes    Marination time 30 minutes