Your Kid's Favourite Dishes

1.Submarines
Ingredients:
4 plain hot dog rolls, 1 carrot, 1 beet root, 2 tbsp lemon juice, butter, 4 lettuce leaves, 4 cheese slices, salt and pepper to taste.

Method:
Peel and grate the carrot and beetroot.Put it into a mixing bowl.Add the salt, pepper and lemon juice.Mix well.Cut each hot dog roll into half horizontally and place the lower half onto serving plates.Spread some butter on each hot dog half.Top with a lettuce leaf and slice of cheese.Spread the carrot and beetroot mixture on top.Cover with the other hot dog halves.Cut the submarines,hold them together with toothpicks and then cut them.You can also do fun decorations with slices of cucumbers and cherries..etc.

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2.Custard Coconut Halwa:
Ingredients:
8 1/2 tbsp custard powder, strawberry flavour, 2 cups fresh grated coconut, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp raisins, 2 tbsp almonds(sliced), a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp ghee, 3 cups hot water.

Method:
Place coconut in the mixer and extract coconut milk with hot water.Strain through a muslin cloth.To this, add the sugar, salt, custard powder and place pan on high heat.When the mixture boils, keep stirring on a medium flame for about 5 minutes.Add the ghee and about half the nuts and raisins and pour halwa in an ungreased tray.Sprinkle remaining nuts and raisins.Cool and cut into pieces and serve.

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3.Walnut Raisin Trufles:
Ingredients:
1 can(400g)condensed milk, 3 tbsp cocoa powder, 2 tbsp butter,1 cup biscuit crumbs, 1 cup walnuts, chopped raisins.

Method:
Open the can of condensed milk.Pour the condensed milk into a saucepan.Add the cocoa powder and butter.Heat the mixture till it boils and keep stirring for about 3 minutes.Remove from the heat and allow it to cool.Add the biscuit crumbs, walnuts and raisins and mix well.Roll the mixture into 20 walnut-sized balls and arrange on a serving dish.Refrigerate for an hour.Serve cold.To make the biscuit crumbs, put the biscuits in a plastic bag,Seal the top and crush the biscuits with a rolling pin.

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4.Fun Trifle
Ingredients:
1 sponge cake, 3 bananas,1 apple, strawberry jam, fruit juice for the custard, 2 1/2 cups milk,4 tbsp custard powder, 4 tbsp sugar.

Method:
Mix custard powder in 1/2 cup of milk.Boil the rest of the milk with the sugar in a saucepan and add the custard powder mixture.Stir with a whisk till it becomes thick, remove from fire and allow to cool.Cut the sponge cake horizontally into 2 slices.Apply strawberry jam and sandwich both sides.Cut into 25mm(1")pieces.Peel and cut the bananas and apple on a chopping board and keep aside.Arrange 1 layer of sponge cake pieces on the bottom of a glass bowl.Spread all the fruit on the cake and then pour half the custard on top.Put another layer of sponge cake and top with the remaining custard.Serve chilled.Make sure the custard is completely cold before you start making the trifle.

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5.Rose Falooda:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp sabza, 3 glasses cold milk, 6 tsp rose syrup, 4 ice cubes, 4 scoops vanilla ice-cream.

Method:
Soak the sabza in 1 glass of water for 10 minutes.Drain all the excess water out of the sabza.Divide the soaked sabza equally into 4 glasses.In a bowl, mix the cold milk, ice cubes and rose syrup.Pour into the glasses over the sabza.Top each with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.Serve immediately.

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6.Coupe Surprise:
Ingredients:
2 tbsp mixed fruit jam, 2 scoops of vanilla ice cream, 2 scoops of strawberry ice-cream, 2 scoops of butterscotch ice-cream, 6 cookies, 2 chocolate bars, 1 cup mixed fruit.
For Garnishing:
Broken cashew nuts.

Method:
In a large glass bowl smeared inside with mixed fruit jam, add vanilla, strawberry and butter scotch ice cream.Sprinkle cut mixed fruits of your choice on the ice-cream.Insert jam cookies and chocolate on sides.Garnish with broken cashew nuts.