Easy Pan Cake Recipe for Toddlers

Suitable for Age: 1 year onward.

Ingredients:

• Flour-1 Cup
• Powder Milk-1 Cup
• Egg -2
• Butter- 2 Table Spoon
• Sugar- 2 tea Spoon (amount can be increased as per taste)
• Olive Oil- 1 tea Spoon
• Water- 1.5 Cup
• Banana- 1 (Optional)

Process:

• Mix powder milk and flour together well. Add water and mix well with a mixer.
• Gradually add egg, butter and sugar and mix for 2 minutes. You may add a banana if your child likes the flavour.
• Heat a small (5 or 6 inch) non-stick fry-pan and put olive oil in it. 
• Pour the mixture and the fry-pan and fry for a minute. Now flip the cake and fry the other side for another minute.
• You may cut the cakes in different shapes with cutters to give an interesting look. Feed with honey/butter. 

Wiki Conference India 2016

I am back in Dhaka after attending Wiki Conference India 2016 happened in Chandigarh City of India. It was a three days conference and I received a scholarship from Wikimedia Foundation to attend it. The venue was Chandigarh Group of Colleges. It has a large, nice campus and I really loved the hospitality of the organizers. It was a significant experience for me for acquiring knowledge and meeting fellow wikimedians from many parts of the world. I got the opportunity to meet Katherine Maher, Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation along with many other important people from Wikimedia Foundation.

Bangla Wikipedians with Katherine Maher(Me first from left).

Female Wikipedians from Bangladesh with Katherine Maher ( Me second from Right)

Some significant sessions that I attended are the Wiki Data session with Asaf Bartov, Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities, Wikimedia Foundation. I was a big learning session for me. Also, I liked the photography session conducted by Zack.

Wikidata Session with Asaf Bartov

During cultural Show presented by students of Chandigarh Group of Colleges

Bali- The Land of Love

I am just back from an amazing trip in Bali. We had a nine days long holidays on Eid-Ul-Fitr this year and planned the Bali trip as soon as the holidays were declared. It was easier for us to arrange the trip in a short time as Bangladeshi citizens do not need visa to get access to Indonesia. 

We stayed in the island for three days and spent two more days on journey. As there is no direct flight from Dhaka to Bali, we had to choose a transit in Kuala Lampur. The one way journey was of twelve hours including transit stays. 

We had a booking at Legian Paradiso Hotel located in Legian. I would like to write a review on this hotel in a different post.

Balinese Dance Show

Bali in abundant in natural beauty and rich in culture. If you enjoy walking, you can roam around the city on your feet and I am quite sure you will find many interesting things to enjoy. Most of the roads have souvenir shops, many types of restaurants and spas on both sides of them. So you can window shop and take smooties while walking. Take a Balinese Spa when you tired out. For food, try the local sea fishes specially Red Snapper as it tastes real good when grilled.

Window Shopping

Roadside Restaurant

Fried Sea Fish

The island has many beach options. A few to name are Kuta beach, Dreamland beach, Pandawa beach. My personal favourite is the Pandawa beach with white sands. It takes almost an hour by car to reach the beach from Denpasar central areas. 

Kuta Beach

Easy Strawberry Jam Recipe

Ingredients

• Ripe Strawberry – 1 kg
• Green Apple – 2
• Lemon Juice- 2 teaspoon
• Sugar – 2 cups (Can be added or reduced as per your taste)

Making Process:

• Cut the strawberries into pieces and blend with sugar until it creates a semi solid paste.
• Cut the apple into pieces and blend them until all the pieces are mashed.
• Cook the apple in a non-stick sauce pan for 5 minutes. Add lemon juice and cook for another 2 minutes.
• Now add the strawberry paste with the apple paste and cook for 10 minutes.
• Let the jam cool.
• Pour in jars and refrigerate. The jam can be stored in refrigerator for 7 days and in fridge for 1 month.

Oreo-Chocolate Cake

Indredients:

• Flour- ½ cup
• Milk Powder-1/2 cup
• Melted Butter-1 cup
• Egg-4
• Sugar- 3/4 cup
• Baking Powder- 1 tea spoon
• Cocoa Powder- 3 tea spoon
• Oreo- 10 pieces
• Melted Chocolate (I used Cadbury Fruits and nuts)- As required
• Cherries- for decoration
 

Making Process:

• Grease a baking pan with butter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F for 10 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, stir the eggs for 2 minutes with an electric mixer. Add butter and sugar and stir for another 5 minutes. Slowly add flour and milk powder and keep stirring. Add all other ingredients and stir for another 2 minutes. Pour the mix in the pan.
• Bake for 15 minutes in 100 F. Insert a toothpick into the cake and check if it comes out clean. If not, then bake for another 5-10 minutes.
• Take out the cake and let it cool. Cut the cake with a bread cutter horizontally from middle.
• Pour water in a pan and let it boil in stove. Put the chocolates in a small glass bowl and place in the hot water. Let it melt.
• Break Oreos into small pieces and mix with melted chocolate. Put the mixture inside two pieces of the cake and fix them.
• Decorate with Oreo pieces and cherries.

Chicken Soup for Toddlers

Kids are very prone to flu, cold and sore throat in winter. It is very difficult to feed them solid foods when they have sickness. The chicken soup is very suitable to feed at this time.

Suitable for Age: 8 months onward.

Ingredients:

• Chicken Breast- 1 piece
• Flour- 1 table Spoon
• Garlic Paste- ½ Tea Spoon
• Zinger Paste- ½ Tea spoon
• Onion Paste- ½ Tea Spoon
• Salt – As Required
• Olive Oil- 2 Tea Spoon
• Water- 1 Liter

Process:

• Cook the chicken in water with garlic paste, ginger paste, onion paste, olive oil and salt for an hour for making stew. The water will be 1/2 Liter after cooking for an hour.
• Take out the chicken breast, cut into small pieces and mix the pieces in the stew.
• Add flour and cook for another 10 minutes.
• Feed lukewarm.

Lemon Cake with Cheese Frosing

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The Cake

Indredients:

• Flour- ½ cup
• Milk Powder-1/2 cup
• Melted Butter-1 cup
• Egg-4
• Sugar- 3/4 cup
• Baking Powder- 1 tea spoon
• Lemon Essence- ½ tea spoon

Making Process:

•  Grease a 6 inch (radius) baking pan with butter. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, stir the eggs for 2 minutes with an electric mixer. Add butter and sugar and stir for another 5 minutes. Slowly add flour and milk powder and keep stirring. Add all other ingredients and stir for another 2 minutes. Pour the mix in the pan.
• Bake for 20 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the cake and check if it comes out clean. If not, then bake for another 10 minutes.

Frosting

Indredients:

• Philadelphia Cream Cheese-1/2 of a bar
• Whipped Cream- ½ of a can
• Sugar -1/2 cup

Making Process:

• Stir the ingredients with an electric mixer for 10 minutes.

Finishing

Cool cake completely. Add the frosting and smooth the top, sides and edges with a knife. Decorate with dry fruits.