Easy and healthy homemade coconut candy-bar for kids

Easy and healthy homemade coconut candy-bar for kids

Easy and healthy homemade coconut candybar for kids
Preparation time- 5 mins
Cooking time-  5 mins 
Total time- 10 mins

Ingredients :

1. Coconut oil- 3Tsp
2. Milk powder- 3 Tsp
3. Sugar powder- 6 Tsp
4. Grated coconut- 4 tsp 
5. Corn flour-1 Tsp

Method:

Step 1: Take water in a pan, add one glass of water and allow it to boil on medium flame. Take another bowl, keep it in boiling water (double boiling method). 

Step 2: Pour oil, add coconut and do stir fry for a few minutes. Then, add sugar and milk powder, stir it well and add corn flour. After a few minutes, you can mold into any shapes and can garnish with raisins. Keep it in the freezer in an airtight container.

To be noted: As you did not add stabilizing agents, it would be melting at room temperature.

Suggestions

Diet for kids

• No suggestions

Antenatal diet

• Suggested limited intake, as it increases blood sugar and cholesterol level

Diet for lactating mothers

• Suggested limited intake, as it increases blood sugar and cholesterol level

Postnatal diet

• Suggested limited intake, as it increases blood sugar and cholesterol level

Diet for diabetic persons 

• Not recommended

Diet for hypertensive persons

• Suggested limited intake, as it increases blood sugar and cholesterol level(It's a precautionary measure)

Diet for cardiac persons

• Suggested limited intake, as it increases blood sugar and cholesterol level(It's a precautionary measure)

Instant cereal biscuits for young children/toddlers

Instant cereal biscuits for young children/toddlers

I used to see that while traveling, the mothers give biscuits to their children when they are hungry. It is to be noted that biscuits are made up of mainly refined flour (Maida) and baking powder. Refined flour causes severe constipation and baking powder alters acidic level in the stomach of babies. Here, I have posted varieties of healthy home made cookies for your babies.

Preparation of articles

Articles needed are:

1. Bowl-1
2. Baking tray-1
3. Airtight container-1 
4. Cooking bowl-1
5. Spoon-1

• Wash all articles with tap water and soap.Then, again wash with boiled water and get it dry.

Preparation of dough for biscuit

1. Ragi flour- 100 gm
2. Wheat flour-100gm
3. Refined flour-50 gm (a small amount to stabilize the dough)
4. Butter-50gm
5. Brown sugar-100gm

Method:

Wash hands with soap and water.
In a bowl, take all powders, mix it well and keep it aside. Take a cooking bowl, add butter and brown sugar and keep it on the very low flame. Stir it continuously until brown sugar dissolves very well.
Pour this solution into mixed flour and make a dough with a cleaned hand. Knead it for five minutes. Then, you can shape the dough into different forms and keep it in an airtight container. Keep it the freezer for overnight.
Next day morning, you can transfer it to a baking tray and bake it in 200-degree Celsius for 20-25 minutes. Make sure that it should not get burned.
After baking, allow it to cool and you can transfer it to airtight container.
You can store it at room temperature for a week and in the fridge for a month.

If you do not have oven, you can do this with a pressure cooker. Take a cleaned pressure cooker, keep a rack and place tray with biscuits on top of it. Cover with lid with out nozzle.  Switch on the stove to medium flame and keep it for 30 minutes.

To be noted: As you are not adding baking powder, the biscuits might be a little hard. For that, you can dip the biscuits in warm water or milk, and you can give to babies.

Do not compromise on cleaning and hygiene of the food, otherwise, you have to see the little one is suffering from the infection.

Reliability of the information

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                                                                                  Mrs.Ponnambily Jobin

Marie Biscuits

Preparation time- 5 mins

Cooking time-  20 mins 

Total time- 25 mins

Marie Biscuits

Ingredients :

1. Wheat flour- 200 gm
2. All purpose flour/ maida- 200 gm
3. Butter-200 gm
4. Salt- 1/2 tsp
5. Sugar - 200 gm
6. Vanilla essence - 2 drops
7. Baking powder- 1 tsp

Method:

Step 1: Take wheat flour, all purpose flour,baking powder and salt in a strainer,sift it two times and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take powdered sugar and butter in a bowl, stir it well and double boil it until the sugar dissolves. Then, add vanilla essence.   

Step 3: Add sifted flour into above mentioned mixture and mix it well.

Step 4: Spread the dough with roller into a medium thick sheet. Press the dough sheet with moulds. Take a pan, apply butter liberally and dust it with maida and spread butter paper (optional) and keep those on top of it.

 

Step 5: Pre heat the oven at 180 Degree Celsius and bake the cookies in conventional mode at 180 Degree Celsius for 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, if it does not have golden brown color, go for another 5-10 minutes.

Step 6: Take the pan from oven and allow it to cool.

Now, crispy marie biscuits is ready

Butter Cookies

Butter Cookies

Preparation time- 10 mins
Cooking time-  10 mins 
Total time- 20 mins

Ingredients :

1. All purpose flour/Maida- 1 cup
2. Baking powder-1 tsp
3. Salt-1/2 tsp
4. Powdered sugar- 1/2 cup
5. Butter- 20 gm

Method:

Step 1: Take maida and salt in a strainer,sift it two times and keep it aside.

Step 2: Take powdered sugar and butter in a bowl, stir it well and double boil it until the sugar dissolves.

Butter and sugar mixture

 Step 3: Add sifted flour into above mentioned mixture and mix it well.

Maida Dough

Step 4: Take a pan, apply butter liberally and dust it with maida and spread butter paper (optional). Take a portion of dough in the hand (lemon size) and press with your hand to get it shaped.

Cookies before baking

Step 5: Pre heat the oven at 180 Degree Celsius and bake the cookies in conventional mode at 180 Degree Celsius for 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, if it does not have golden brown color, go for another 5-10 minutes.

Step 6: Take the pan from oven and allow it to cool.

Now, crispy butter cookies are ready