Tag Archives: kid-friendly

Picnic-friendly Pizza Muffins

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Tadka Pasta

When you love pizza you are wont to find more than one way to savour those salty, savory flavours, that cheese oozing smoothly into puddles, stretched lazily in cream and toasty brown tones over tart tomatoes, the oregano asserting its grassy intensity on your tongue. For us, … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer Alley, Bakes And Cakes, Bread Binder, Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Globe Food-Trottin', Party Planner, Picnic Basket, Snack Attack | Tagged baking, cheddar, cheese, fresh tomato, kid-friendly, lunch box, make ahead, mozzarella, muffins, party, pizza, snack, tomato | Leave a comment

Protein Power: Sprouts Theplas

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Tadka Pasta

There was a time when Thepla, Dhokla, Khakhra were a bunch of strange-sounding foods that belonged to a distant cuisine. Of course there were times when we were drawn close to them, thanks to the friendly Patel’s store in the suburbs where … Continue reading →

Posted in Bread Binder, Breakfast Basket, Snack Attack | Tagged bread, easy, Flatbread, Gujrati, healthy, Horsegram, Indian, kid-friendly, make ahead, mung beans, nutritious, panfried, parantha, quick, snack, sprouted, Sprouts, thepla, vegetarian | 1 Comment

Velvet ‘n Cream, Chocolate Pudding Supreme

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Tadka Pasta

There’s only one thing to turn to as a mood enhancer when us Tadka girls get together after a long gap, having each succumbed to the despair of illnesses alternating with inertia – chocolate. We’d say dessert, but it wouldn’t possibly have the … Continue reading →

Posted in Sweet Treats | Tagged Alice Medrich, American, chocolate pudding, classic, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, dessert, easy, egg free, eggless, gluten free, intense, kid-friendly, no bake, no egg, no oven, quick, recipe, stovetop, vegetarian | 4 Comments

Kneady And Greedy: Doughnut Blowout!

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Tadka Pasta

You’d have to be someone like Lara Ferroni to wheedle us into thinking baked doughnuts are very edible, toothsome and as close to the real thing as it gets. Or Jon Hamm, even Oprah will do. But we digress. As … Continue reading →

Posted in Bakes And Cakes, Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Snack Attack, Sweet Treats | Tagged 4th of July, baked, donut, Doughnut, egg free, eggless, jam doughnuts, jam filled, kid-friendly, lemon doughnut, lemon glaze, Raspberry filling, raspberry jam, snack, vegetarian, without eggs | 3 Comments

A Tricolour Dhokla Dhamaka

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Tadka Pasta

When breakfast hour closes in on a holiday, especially if it’s one that celebrates the nation, and its freedom, it’s no place for the typical Sundayesque lazy bones to idle and lounge around. There’s ample rattling of these bones while … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer Alley, Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Picnic Basket, Snack Attack | Tagged 15th August, breakfast, breakfast for kids, brunch recipe, carrot dhokla, colours of Indian flag, dhokla with vegetables, easy, healthy, Independence Day, Independence day recipe, Indian flag, Indian flag food, Indian flag recipe, instant dhokla, kid-friendly, kids' party, low fat, lunch box, non fried, not deep fried, patriotic, rawa dhokla. semolina dhokla, Republic day, savory cake, savoury cake, semolina dhokla, snack, steamed, steamed cake, suji dhokla, tiranga, tiranga khana, tiranga recipe, tirangi, tricolour food, tricolour ideas, tricolour recipe, vegetarian | 36 Comments

Methiculous ‘n Chickpealing – Burger Patties

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Tadka Pasta

Its near-absinthian flavours notwithstanding, the lush green, petite-leaved methi bunch is rather dear and nearly ubiquitous to the keen Indian palate. It not only transcends borders and cuisines – be it the crispy akki rotti in Karnataka or the ghee-packed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Picnic Basket, Snack Attack, Snazzy Sandwiches | Tagged after-school snack, burger patties, chana, chickpeas, easy, fenugreek, healthy snack, high protein, homemade burger, kid-friendly, low calorie, low fat, methi, methi greens, methi leaves, quick, tikkis, vegan, vegetarian burger, vegetarian patty | 2 Comments

A-wow-cado Affair – Avocado Grilled Cheese S’wiches

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Tadka Pasta

It’s not often that a relatively bland-tasting, wrinkly-skinned, odd-ball shaped fruit makes us go “Wow!” It took more than the blessed glop that passes off as guacamole in bedimmed Mexican markets in these shores for us to take a liking … Continue reading →

Posted in Breakfast Basket, Funnibles, Snack Attack, Snazzy Sandwiches | Tagged avocado grilled cheese, avocado panini, breakfast for kids, easy breakfast, grill cheese, grilled sandwich, guacamole grilled cheese, healthy breakfast, hot sandwich, kid-friendly, masala cheese sandwich, mexican grilled cheese, toasted cheese, toasted sandwich, vegetable cheese sandwich, vegetarian | 10 Comments

Rustle up a Burfi, this Rakhi – Festive Peanut Butter Squares

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Leafing through a mosaic of childhood memories, you might chance upon instances that are fit for calling forth a smirk, a chuckle, or a tear. Sticky fingers that balled up for a fist fight, jellied laugh lines that morphed into … Continue reading →

Posted in Funnibles, Sweet Treats | Tagged burfi, chocolate, condensed milk, easy, fast, fudge, instant, kid-friendly, layered, make ahead, microwave, no bake, peanut butter, picnic, quick, Rakhi, simple, special, sweet | 21 Comments

Cute as a Button – Mushroom Toasties

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Did A Mishmash of Mushroom Musings leave you craving the “blessed edible fungi“? Make a double batch when you roast ’em for the Masala Mushroom Medley and save one batch for these cheesy Toasties. The cute crusty cups require no fussing and … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer Alley, Funnibles, Snack Attack | Tagged appetizer, bread cups, cheesy, easy, elegant, healthy, how to make cups from bread, kid-friendly, no egg, no pastry, roasted mushrooms, sliced bread, snack, tartlets, tarts, toast cups, vegetarian | 36 Comments

Chatpati Taco Chaat

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Tadka Pasta

Row after vertiginous row of turmeric and masala-vermillion toned, ready-to-eat chaat boxes in all varieties and orders can only have so much bearing on the fresh-off-the-AirIndia-league of desis. After a while, the yearning kicks in and they hanker after the … Continue reading →