Easy and Tasty Bhel pori

Ingredients


Pori (puffed rice)
Omapodi (sev), any namkeens or crushed pani puris
cooked and mashed potatoes
chopped onions
chopped tomatoes
chopped coriander leaves
2 tsp lemon juice

Tamarind sauce or bhel puri sauce which is readly available in market
Few cut pieces of cherry (if you like bit of sweet)

Method

Mix the pori, sev, namkeens etc with the chopped veggies etc. add the lemon juice and little bit of bhel puri sauce. Finally on top add the chopped coriander leaves and if liked cashew nuts, cherries etc

Makes a quick and tasty snack. Have it when the pori is still crisp.

Cooking For Children

Many times I have seen mothers breaking their heads to cook good dishes for their children. Good in the sense, both for the taste buds as well as for the body.

Most often children enjoy their meal if it is given in the fanciest way possible. So we have to take a little extra time to do that. I make a point to do the last minute garnishing, well and good if it is done before the child.

Also we have to understand the taste of child (or adult also) before preparing. If somebody doesn’t like the lemon flavor, there is no use squeezing the lemon on top. So the taste may vary from child to child, person to person. But the basic ingredients can be same, with plus or minus some of the items.

Keep in mind certain rules when cooking:
Rule 1: Colorful and fanciful
Rule 2: Smells good
Rule 3: Nutritious (for the moms…and dads if they come into kitchen)
Rule 4: Always keep in mind that the “Cook” has to be spontaneously innovative and creative!


In the forth coming posts I will be writing about lot of kitchen tips, home preparations for nature care, snacks, curries etc mainly south Indian based.

Hope all of you who read this, have good fun cooking and good health eating!