Jelly recipes

Fruit Jelly Recipe

Ingredients for Fruit Jelly Recipe

* 2 cups fruit juice(straw berry)

* 1 cup sugar                                              

* 1/4 cup lemon juice

* 1/3 box (1/4 ounce) vegetable gelatine

* 1 cup boiling water

Instructions

1. Soak the vegetable gelatine for twenty minutes or more in warm water.

2. Drain and place in the boiling water.

3. Boil 5-10 minutes or until perfectly clear. Strain gelatine into the fruit juice and add the sugar.

4. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.

5. Turn into molds wet with cold water and let stand until ready to serve.

------------------------------Orange Jelly
1 cup orange juice

6 tablespoons lemon juice

1/2 cup water

2/3 cup sugar

2/3 cup vegetable jelly

Dissolve the sugar in the fruit juice and water, and add the hot jelly. Mix well, pour into wetted molds, and let set.

-----------------Lemon Jelly

1/2 cup lemon juice

3/4 cup sugar

1-1/4 cups water

2/3 cup vegetable jelly


Mix and mold the same as the foregoing.

------------Berry Mold

1-1/2 cups juice from stewed and sweetened berries

1/2 cup sugar

4 tablespoons lemon juice

2/3 cup vegetable jelly

Mix and mold the same as orange jelly.


...................Pineapple jelly(instant jelly powder)


Ingredients :
Jelly instant mix (flavoured)
water

Mix for Pineapple flavor instant jelly. Just to mix with boiling water and chill. Rapid coagulation: about 1 hour refrigeration. 100% vegetarian, without gelatin.

Method :
 Put 50 gr of the jelly mix into a bowl. Add 225 ml boiling water and stir thoroughly. Pour into cups. Chill well and serve.

Banana pops(Kids fun time )

You can try this recipe with your kids,let kids learn to cook small things..kids  like pops and bananas so start with banana pops with their favorite flovour for topping on banana

Banana Pops

• 2 Bananas
• 4 popsicle sticks

• Peanut butter or melted chocolate or as your wish flavour

 

Toppings of choice: Sprinkles, crushed cereal, grape nuts cereal, chopped nuts, coconut

 

Cut banana in half and insert popsicle sticks. Have child roll in peanut butter or melted chocolate. Roll again in topping of their choice.

 

Eat or freeze until firm

Different Fruit popsicles

Tropical Fruit Popsicles

1 Cup mandarin oranges with juice

1 Cup crushed pineapple

1 mango, chopped

2 Cups orange, pineapple or grape juice

Add ingredients to a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into Popsicle molds and freeze.

Applesauce Popsicle

1 cup applesauce

Add a little water if you would like it thinner. Pour into molds and freeze.



Juice Pops

Try mixing two juices together for a different flavor.

1 cup orange juice

1 Cup white grape juice

Stir together and pour into molds. Freeze.

OR

1 Cup pineapple juice

1 Cup mixed fruit juice

Stir together and pour into molds. Freeze.



Watermelon Popsicles

2 cups watermelon cubed remove seeds

1 cup apple juice

Blend in blender until smooth. Pour into Popsicle molds and freeze.



Pineapple Popsicle Recipe

1 quart milk

20 oz can of crushed pineapple, drained

1 ½ Cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Blend in blender until smooth. Pour into molds and freeze.



Fruit Slushies

½ Cup sugar

½ Cup water

2 tablespoons lemon juice

4 cups watermelon diced or 5 cups strawberries

In saucepan, heat sugar and water. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool and stir in lemon juice. Puree fruit in blender, substitute a different fruit if desired or experiment with different flavors. Add sugar mixture with fruit. Blend together. Pour into small paper cups and freeze.



Multi Layer Fruit Pops

2 Cups sliced fresh strawberries           

¾ Cup sugar, divided

1 1/3 Cups fresh peaches, sliced

2 cups diced watermelon

Puree in blender strawberries and ¼ cup sugar. Pour small amount in molds or paper cups about 1/3 full. Put in Popsicle sticks. Freeze. Puree peaches and ¼ cup sugar in blender. Pour over frozen strawberry layer. Freeze. Cube watermelon and remove seeds. Puree watermelon and ¼ cup sugar in blender. Pour over frozen peach layer and freeze.


Jell-O Pops

1 small package flavor gelatin

1 cup boiling water

1 cup vanilla or flavored yogurt

½ cup milk

Dissolve gelatin in boiling water. Allow to cool. Then stir in yogurt and milk Pour into Popsicle molds or cups insert sticks and freeze

Gatorade pops

1 bottle of any flavor of Gatorade

Pour Gatorade into Popsicle molds and freeze for a frozen, somewhat healthy treat

Mixed daal punugulu

Ingredients:

• Channa dal – ¼ cup
• Toor dal – ¼ cup
• Moong dal – 2 tbsp
• Urid dal – 2 tbsp
• Red dry chillies – 6-7
• Asafoetida – 1 pinch
• Salt – to taste
• Oil – to fry

Method : 

 Soak all dal & red chillies in a bowl in hot water for 1 hour.

After an hour, grind it in a way that some dal pieces are left half grounded. Add very little water for grinding. Grind it like a thick paste. Add salt and mix well.

Heat oil in a frying pan in medium flame and wait till it is heated well enough for frying.

 Now take a small amount of the vada mixture of ping pong ball size. Press it with hand to make it flat. Now drop it in the oil.

 Cook for a min and turn over the vada to other side. Cook till it turns to a golden brown colour.

 Remove from flame and put it in a bowl covered with tissues so that the excess oil is out. Follow the same procedure for all.

Enjoy it with Chutneys………

 Tips/Note: 

You can also grind the dal well and make the vada with a soft mixture. But for this vada, the crisp in the dal is the real taste. If you leave some dal half grounded, you will get crisper vada.

General information for new mom's How to Introducing Solids?

When should I introduce Solids to my baby?

•You can introduce solids, any time between 4 – 6 months.

When is your baby ready for solids?

1.Head control

2.A supported sitter

3.Can swallow food with chewing motions

4.Significant weight gain & growing apetite.

5.Curiosity on what you are eating.

How to introduce Solid foods?

Introduce solid foods only one at a time. Wait for at least 3 days after introducing. Check for any allergies then, Increase the quantity gradually.

After each new food, watch for any allergic reactions such as diarrhea, rash, or vomiting. If any of these occur, stop using the new food and consult with your child’s doctor.

Within a few months of starting solid foods, your baby’s daily diet should include a variety of foods each day that may include the following:

Breast milk and/or formula
Meats
Cereal
Vegetables
Fruits
Eggs and fish (according american academy of pediatrics)

Growth Spurts Do Not Mean Baby Needs Solid Food

Growth spurts often account for the increased hunger in your baby and should not be taken as a sign that your baby needs solid foods added to her diet. Offer your baby more frequent nursing sessions and/or bottle feedings instead of solids; you will find that within a week or two, your baby is oftentimes over the growth spurt and back to feeding "as usual

Introducing Solids for Babies – Starters

Ingredients :

• 1.1 cup Rice
• 2.1/2 cup Roasted & Split Chick Peas
• 3.1 cup Milk

 Method – To make Rice  and Split Chick Peas powder :

 1.In a dry pan, roast Rice and Split Chick Peas in Medium flame until it turns golden brown.

 2.Grind it until fine and store it in an airtight container.

 To make Rice Porridge :

  1.Mix 2 – 3 table spoon of Rice powder in equal quantity of water / milk. Make sure that there are no lumps.

 2.While heating the milk, slowly add the Rice paste.

 3.Stir continuously until a fine porridge is formed.

 Nutritional Information:

 This is an excellent source of Carbohydrates and Proteins.

  Note :

 1.Always follow the Four day rule while introducing a new food to the baby.

 2.Milk / Rice powder proportions can be altered to suit the baby’s age.

 3.Rice is the least allergic food that you can offer your baby, however if your baby constipates, you can try Oats Porride. ( I will be posting it shortly!)

Mixed Vegetable Soup

Getting babies exposed to vegetables increase the probability of them preferring vegetables in the future! Its rather important to introduce vegetables before fruits This mixed vegetable can be given with a lot of variations given below.

 Ingredients:

• Potato (half)
• Tomato (Quarter)
• Beans (2-3)
• Grated Carrots (1)
• Curry leaves.
• Cilantro

Method:

 Clean the vegetables.

In a Sauce pan, cook the vegetables in water.
Add salt to taste.
Add Cinnamon for flavour.
Puree the vegetables and serve warm

 Serving idea..

You can also add mashed peas, cabbage and Pepper.

add few Croutons to the soup before serving..

Spicy corn chat with egg

Ingredients

• 1 cup of corn
• 1 egg
• 1 medium onion
• 1 green chilli
• 1/4 cup cashew nuts
• 1 tsp jeera
• 1 tsp mustard seeds
• curry leaves
• coriander leaves
• salt
• oil

Method :

 Heat a pan,add oil to it.Now add mustard seeds,jeera and let it fry until mustard seeds splutter.

Add cashew nuts and let it turn light brown in color.Now add curry leaves,chopped green chilli and fry for a minute.

Add egg yolk to it and let it completly cook in low heat.Add chopped onion and fry until onion becomes transluent.

 Add corn to it and let it fry on medium heat after adding salt.If required sprinkle few drops of water meanwhile.

Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve.

Note : You can try by avoiding the egg for vegetarians..

Garlic biscuits

Ingredients :

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 5 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1 clove garlic, minced

Method :

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

In a large bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking powder. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of flour mixture.

 Add the milk and cheddar cheese; stir to combine. Drop batter by spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.

Bake in preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until lightly browned. While biscuits are baking mix melted butter and minced garlic. Brush garlic butter over hot baked biscuits.

Serve hot biscuits with ketchup or salsa

Note : I added minced garlic with the mix(dough) it self to make perfect garlic biscuits.

Puffed rice balls/maramarala sweet balls

Ingredients:

 

• 3 cups puffed rice/maramaralu
• 1/4 cup roasted daal
• 1 cup powdered jaggery
• 1/2 of a coconut cut in thin pieces
• 2 teaspoons dry ginger powder
• Ghee/coconut oil to grease your palms.

 

 

 

Method :

 

Clean the puffed rice by tossing around in a plate. Add the roasted dhal and coconut pieces to it.

 

Dissolve jaggery in some water, strain and remove the impurities. Add the dry ginger powder to it.

 

Boil the jaggery in a pan until the syrup is of a hard ball texture. (Place some of the boiling jaggery in a bowl of small amout of water, try to gather that in a ball.

You will be able to form a ball with the boiled syrup.) This texture works well for any unda made using jaggery syrup like the kadalai urundai, pottukadalai urundai, manoharam etc.

 

Mix well with the puffed rice, roasted gram and coconut pieces.

 

Allow to cool a bit and greasing your palms, gather the mix in balls of desired size.

Puffes balls/maramarala undalu are ready.