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Nevertheless, there are countless articles and postings about healthy snacks for kids, now that summer is upon us. The added attention to this topic makes sense, now that you're probably being asked for food throughout the day (perhaps on the hour) during the summer months.

Jalebi: Jalebi is a popular festival sweet in which the main ingredient is flour (maida). It is a coil shaped sweet which is dipped in sugar syrup. We can find the reference of Jalebi in the old 13th century cookbooks. But originally the sweet comes from Iran where it was known as Zlebia. Through trade and culture diffusion, in India it become popular by the name of Jalebi as Z is replaced by J in most Indian languages. In Iran during the Ramadan, Zlebia was distributed among the poors. Jalebi is served both warm and cold and in some parts of India it is served along with a glass of milk.



In a dry frying pan, add all the seeds, peppercorns and cinnamon stick and fry over more info medium heat until the spices begin to smoke. Be sure to toss them Ghee at home around a bit so that they toast evenly. Remove to a spice grinder or pestle and mortar and grind to a fine powders.

Use the pressure cooker as much as you can. It reduces the cooking time of meat, vegetables and lentils. In fact, some lentils will take hours to cook on the stove and so using the pressure cooker is just smarter. Take notice of the cooking times though.

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As I said, I have shared most of my lessons learned here and hopefully this will be a good starting point for you. It is a long journey, not always a fun ride, but eventually you will get there. Remember, your goal is to give a good healthy start for your child. His quality of life, health and longevity is quite heavily dependent on how well you set his eating habits. Childhood obesity is on the rise everywhere and there is also said to be increasing rates of juvenile diabetes. You can help your child, so let's do it.