Crispy Vegetable Pakoda !

Its Raining here in Fremont! A cup of hot chai is always we crave for! What else? Of course Pakodas or Bajji :) Yes! preparing the pakodas for the evening :) Earlier, when I started cooking, making pakodas is a pain for me.Cutting the vegetables, making the right concoction for the pakoda mix shabba!! Now-a- days it's one of easiest and quick one to do! Now, I would nail the pakoda mix just by eyeballing the ingredients!So, here's the recipe:

Summer Snack!

Luckily I do not have to sneak in the fruits as my munckin will devour the fruits at the very sight of it. She likes surprises in her lunch box so I used to make the tiny animals with vegetables or fruits for a snack. Today I just started to cut fruits to make fruit salad,  but ended up with this :)
I am going to send this to a contest in a parenting group.Wish me luck!

Fruito-pillars with Oranges,Watermelon and Mangoes

Ah oh! Fruito-pillar is in trouble

Eggless Chrunchy Chocolate chip cookies With Crushed Corn Flakes!

Yes! With Crushed Cornflakes. It's my daughter's addition to the recipe.Helping me in the kitchen is my daughter's all time favorite thing to do. I hope this continues as a grown up too !! Specially if I'm baking, she wants to do the mixing!

I am not a great fan of cookies or biscuits so its just for my daughter we buy it. Chocolate chip cookies are her favorite and I bought one recently Britannia's choco chip cookies which cost $ 3.49 for some 10 cookies. I know the biscuits and cookies from India are priced way too much here in Indian Grocery Store, but this one made me go crazy and decided to see what's in it to price tag this much.  I was awe struck to find the so easy recipe . So I decided to bake it myself . It's homemade and you know what's in it! From then on we are baking these cookies at home.

Here is Egg less Chocolate chip cookies. My DD wanted to add her mystery ingredient. So she had a quick look at the pantry and found cornflakes.I do not want to disappoint her,so with fingers crossed added it, may be 2tbsp!!  Actually it did not change the taste of the cookie.The house smelled Vanilla while the cookies were baking ! The cookies tasted awesome and now these are my favorite :)