Full circle

It has been a long time since I last blogged. It has been busy with work, kids, birthday parties, navarathri. Of course the list of things only seem to grow.

I have come a full circle when it comes to making dinner for my now 4 year old daughter. I started giving her "kichdi" (a mushy meal comprising rice, mung dal pressure-cooked) when she was 10 months old. Now after experimenting with various toddler friendly, pre-schooler friendly dinner menus, I have comfortably settled down once again with "kichdi" - this time making it a little more sophisticated with variety of grated vegetables. Phew - so much for my experiments.

Here is the recipe for the kichdi -

Combine 1/2 cup rice, 3/8th cup mung dal, grated carrots, grated vegetables. Add 3 cups water and 1/2 tsp salt and pressure cook. Once done add ghee and serve.

For the grated vegetables - I have used broccoli, potato, squash, spinach, zucchini, cauliflower, carrots, beetroot with great success.

Here is how it looks. Not an exciting picture but assure you kids will love it reminding us that simplest of meals are just enough to satisfy them