Ever since my daughter has turned one I have got the license to feed her a variety of foods and develop her taste buds to try avoid having a "fussy eater" at home. Elina is very tiny and her Pediatrician has put her on a fat diet so if the recipe below is a bit too fatty then you can Bake them for a more low fat version and remove the potato from the recipe.
Firstly let me explain how I make Khichdi for my little one. I just heat a teaspoon of ghee or oil in a pressure cooker and add cumin, corriander powder and tumeric to taste. Then I add 1 table spoon rice and 1 table spoon daal(any daal or lentils of your choice). Grate some veggies (carrots, zucchini, cabbage,cauliflower) and add some peas, a pinch of salt and one glass water. Then just pop the lid on and pressure cook for 10 minutes or till the rice and daal are cooked. Just stir them after opening the lid and top up with ghee or butter or just serve as is to your hungry toddler.
No matter how little I make but there is always some leftover khichdi which isn't as good to eat by itself the next meal or day. So I came up with this recipe and it was a success so here I am sharing it with everyone.
Here are the simple ingredients:
1/4 cup leftover Khichdi
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 boiled and peeled potato
1/2 teaspoon corriander powder
Salt to taste (or leave the salt out for a more healthier version)
Oil/Ghee for pan frying
Firstly let me explain how I make Khichdi for my little one. I just heat a teaspoon of ghee or oil in a pressure cooker and add cumin, corriander powder and tumeric to taste. Then I add 1 table spoon rice and 1 table spoon daal(any daal or lentils of your choice). Grate some veggies (carrots, zucchini, cabbage,cauliflower) and add some peas, a pinch of salt and one glass water. Then just pop the lid on and pressure cook for 10 minutes or till the rice and daal are cooked. Just stir them after opening the lid and top up with ghee or butter or just serve as is to your hungry toddler.
No matter how little I make but there is always some leftover khichdi which isn't as good to eat by itself the next meal or day. So I came up with this recipe and it was a success so here I am sharing it with everyone.
Here are the simple ingredients:
1/4 cup leftover Khichdi
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1 boiled and peeled potato
1/2 teaspoon corriander powder
Salt to taste (or leave the salt out for a more healthier version)
Oil/Ghee for pan frying
Step 1- Mix all the ingredients together to form a dough. Add more bread crumbs if required.
Step 2- divide the dough into equal parts and make round balls out of the dough. Now flatten these balls a bit to resemble a patty/ tikki/ burger shape.
Step 3- Heat a pan with some oil or ghee for pan fry you can shallow fry it as well.
Step 4- Keep an eye on it and turn it on the other side and cook till golden brown or cripsy skin appears.
Step 5- Take them out of the pan and into your dish you can even drain the excess oil on a paper towel first before serving.
I served my Tikki with yogurt eyes and tomato ketchup nose to intrigue my lil one and it did work and she loves dots these days and is being encouraged self feeding. A glass of watered down juice and this can be served as a snack or a brekky.
Thanks Manjari for awesome recipe. I am gonna try it for my little one!!
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