You have a nice, simple and a dedicated blog. I stumbled upon your blog in a despair to cook new, newer, and newest stuff for my kid, who is hard to please when it comes to food and for my husband who is just the opposite and I used to hate cooking.

My request is can you post some fun foods for kids..if you have any recipes or if you mom does. I know mothers will always have a way to please children. Also I was hoping if you had a recipe for besan laddu or saatu (marwari recipe) if possible. I love it but could never get it right! Thanks! and Keep up the great work!

I make godhi payasa in a slightly different way. Here is the procedure:

I use broken wheat(godhi nuchchu in Kannada). Slightly roast the wheat with a little ghee till the raw smell disappears and then pressure cook it with milk (2 whistles). Transfer to a pan and add jaggery. Add a fine paste made of coconut with 2tsp khuskhus(soak the khuskhus in water for 1/2hr..otherwise it will not grind properly). Cook for a few mins and add raisins and cashews fried in ghee.

While serving, mix with a little milk to get the reqd consistency.

Pleas try this and let me know.

Cheers,
Pavithra

Pelicano, thats a very nice piece of information. I am learning so much from you. Thanks. I haven’t heard of the sweet you have mentioned. Let me search for it.

Inji, SpamKarma was acting weired. I have fixed it now. Thanks for letting me know.

Molin, you need not soak the wheat. I just washed it and ground it. Make sure to grind to a coarse powder.

Manjula, I bought a fresh tender coconut from Chinese store sometime back. It was spoiled. So I have stopped shopping for any such items in Chinese store. But will surely try sometime, thanks.

Rahin, thanks and wish you the same. Welcome to blogging world.

Swapna, thanks and wish you the same.

Nandita, I am trying to become a pro, but I am sure it would take me a very long time. But since Micheals is just across the street, I didn’t want to miss the classes . I am happy to know you liked the template . Thanks dear.

Sia, yes, I didn’t add sugar, the jaggery gives a very different taste to it. I simply loved it. A very happy Ugadi to you too.

Lakshmik, let me know if you try this.

Aruna, let me know how it turns out. I liked it, I hope you will also like. I asked my mom about garayi, will see if I can get jackfruit here. I have never tasted it.

Thanks Prema. Wish you the same.

Thanks for the recipe. I will surely make it as I am eating only cracked wheat as a substitute for rice.