CHILDREN'S DAY RECIPES
In India, children's day is celebrated on November 14th, being the birth day off Jawaharlal Nehru, our erstwhile Prime Minister who carved a special place for children in his heart. Treat your kids with some easy and delicious recipes on this Children's Day. Browse through our cuisine section to get Children's Day recipes. We have suggested some easy to make, healthy and attractive dishes that would make your kids go crazy on this special day of theirs.
CHOCOLATE COOKIES 
Ingredients
Flour
2 cups
Butter
1/2 cup
Castor sugar
1/2 cup
Condensed milk
1/2 cup
Chocolate powder
1/2 cup
Almonds
1/2 cup
Baking Powder
1 tbsp
Method
- Sift flour and baking powder.
- Add chocolate powder and butter to the sifted ingredients and rub with fingertips.
- Add castor sugar and chopped almonds.
- Gently fold in the condensed milk and roll into small balls.
- Space and place on a greased baking tray and bake in a moderate oven at 190oC for 20 mins.
APPLE JELLY
Ingredients
Apples
2 firm
Cherries
8 glaced
Jelly of desired flavour
1 packet
Flutted or champagene glasses
8
Clove cinnamon powder
2-3 pinches
Sugar
1/2 cup
Water
1 1/2 cup
Corn flour
2 tbsp
Vanilla ice cream
8-10 scoops
Yellow color
1 drop
Method
- Set jelly as per instructions on packet. Peel and cut apple in quarters.
- Put sugar and apple quarters in a heavy saucepan. Heat on high. Sprinkle some water.
- When all sugar has dissolved and the apples are slightly soft, take off gas.
- Remove the apples, drain on a colander. To the remaining syrup, add water, cornflour, spices (clove and cinnamon powder) and 1 drop yellow colour.
- Boil, stirring continuously till thick and transparent.
- Cut the jelly into cubes. To serve spoon jelly into glasses.
- Put a scoop of icecream on the jelly.
- Place an apple quarter on top and pour some warm sauce.
- Top with a cherry. Serve Immediately
SABOODANA CUP CAKES
Ingredients
Saboodana
1 1/2 cup
Milk
1 litre
Basmati rice flour
1 tbsp
Sugar powdered
1 cup
Chinagrass
1 packet
Hot water
1 1/2 cup
Kewara essence
1 1/2 cup
Kiwis, peeled, sliced into thin rounds
2
Method
- Wash, sprinkle and soak saboodana for 2 hours.
- Boil sago granules in 300 ml. boiling water, stirring continuously.
- Cook till grains are transparent, and press on touch.
- Remove, keep aside to cool.
- Dissolve rice flour or paste in 1½ cup cold milk, till smooth. Put remaining milk to boil, slowly pour in paste, stirring continuously.
- Cook on low, stirring continuously, till thick enough to coat spoon. Add essence,keep aside, to cool till required. Melt chinagrass in 1½ cup hot water, till transparent.
- Keep aside, till required. Beat sugar and china grass together till fluffly.
- Add rice milk mixture, continue beating.
- Fold in sago mixture, beating gently, to keep granules intact.
- To Pour into Individual Bowls:
- Place a kiwi at bottom, spoon in cooled mixture.
- Put to set in freezer till firm.
- Invert mould carefully.
- To Set in Large Pan:
- Arrange half kiwi slices at bottom of a 7 inch transparent deep dish.
- Pour in cooled mixture, spreading evenly over slices.
- Arrange remaining slices on top to decorate.
- Cover with cling film, freeze to set till firm.
- Slice and serve as desired.
PLAIN DOUGHNUTS
Ingredients
Milk
1/4 litre
Flour
250 gm
Eggs
3
Sugar
125 g
Vanialla sugar
1 small packet
Oil
50 ml
Baking powder
1/2 a packet
Salt
a pinch
Method
- Put flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Make a hollow into the centre of ingredients and put the milk, egg and oil into it.
- Stir all ingredients thoroughly until the batter is smooth.
- Preheat the donut making appliance for 5 mins.
- Fill in one level tbsp. of butter per donut mould and close appliance.
- Baking time: 3-3 1/2 min. or until the desired degree of brownness has been achieved.
- Take finished donuts from the mould and use up remaining batter in the same way.