LoR 05 - From Honey Creeps to my fav. childhood snack

Left over Remake - 05

One single mix and 3 different snacks! Isn't that great ??

From this..(honey crepes)

to this....(banana fritters)

and finally..my favourite right from childhood...well...no specific name for it. It something that my mom used to make with leftover crepe batter.
 

 

 

I think as kids..we are very much happy when our parents does things which we really like..as if they were just reading our minds. And it feels even better when the parents interchange their roles.

 

While we were small...and as occasional treats during vacations…our mother used to take us to the “Ernakulam Children’s Park” and we appreciated it even more…coz, it was mummy who wake taking us..unlike our dad, who always takes the “driver” role. The visits were definitely widely spaces on the timescale..so that very much added to the excitement factor. The mini jeeps, scooters and the signal lights to stop your vehicles on the mini roads that you drive them….we thoroughly used to enjoy each visit and badly look forward for the next. 

 

 From the park…the next destination would be the nearby “Indian Coffee House” and the same order each time – vegetable cutlets…which, better would be said as “beetroot” cutlets. They were really pink inside.

Fast forward…..location shifts to the middle-east….and its the next generation park goers.

Might be coz of how deeply I cherish those good times..( remember I said..parents interchanging roles) that I do love to do the same with my boys…and wishing within..that they too would (might) cherish these times when they are grown up too. Do take them to the play area just across the road and its got all the restaurants and coffee shops just side by side. An occasional visit to the Little Ceasers Pizza shop…its mom’s n kids day out. Of couse, we would have a take away ordered for the Dad too…or some doughnuts for the boys (a coffee free for the mom ! from Dunkins). ;)

 

A lazy weekend morning..Saturday..atleast I don’t have to work 6 days a week, unlike the Dad.

back to our childhood favourite evening snacks and this was how my mom used to get it done. From this...to that..and again that !!!

 
For the honey butter crepes -
All Purpose Flour - 2 cups
Egg - 1
Honey - just enough to make it sweet as per your taste
Milk - as much to make the batter loose and of pouring consistency

Mix all these together well and make crepes.

Can add a dash of butter to it and fold or roll.

Simply quick breakfast/snack.

Version 2 : Payampori - banana fritters.
 

Add a tsp of turmeric powder to the batter.

Cut bananas into half length wise and then half across.

Dip each banana cut in the batter and deep fry in oil.

Strain excess oil on paper towel

Batter still remaining and no more bananas? worry not..

 

Version 3: Just scoop a spoon full of the batter straight into the oil and fry on either sides till slightly golden brown.

 make a lovely tasty snack by itself..

Honey Butter Crepes

Payam pori

..and....

Batter fried pancakes (well..so i shall call it)

 

Click LoR - 04 to go to the previous post in this Leftover remake series.

Railway Engineeing ..edible style !

well..this is a pretty old one..done almost 2 years back for our eldest son's 6th birthday. But..being his all time favourite..thought would just make a post on it.

  

of all that i have prepared for the boys, this was the one that really got the kids off. It was instant "like" (to be read as..instant "attack" !)

There's absolutely no baking..its all store brought stuff, but..you do need a quite a bit of it.

You need

For the rails   : Potato sticks

The rubble     : Rice crispies

The sleepers : Kit-kat or any similar wafer chocolate

The base grass effect :  Dessicated coconut

                                   Green food colour

 

For the base :
Take a clean flat tray or any surface which you need to use.
Melt some jam in the microwave to just flowing consistency and apply onto the base.
Mix the coconut with green food colour.

     

 

Step 1 : Line the potato sticks in two lines parallel to each other. Thats the rails.

Step 2 : Fill the gap between the rails and a little on the outer sides of it as well, with rice crispies to resemble rubble.

Step 3 : Now fill the entire base platform / tray with the green coloured dessicated coconut.

(yeah, the train is passing though lush green fields obviously...)

 

 

 

Step 4 : Break a kit-kat finger into half and align it as the sleepers onto the potato rails.

Repeat till the entire winding railway track is done.

 some serious edible Railway Engineering works going on !

  

aah..green fields...train...and whats that comes first thing to mind ??

Thujae dekha...tho yeah...jaana...

Shahrukh, Kajol....!!!! <3

 

alright..alright..!
(I'll get back to you, Shahrukh !..let me just finish off the train first )

 

 just had few bits and pieces of the Ben 10 toy train set so used the same for the cake. You see the engine ? Atleast, got something of reasonably the same scale.

 

For the bogies....you need cake rolls (i have used the store brought ones with vanilla filling inside) and any kids eatables (mini sized) - jellybeans, chocosticks, mini biscuts, M&M's....etc...

 

Step 5: To load the bogies - slice a small portion of the top of the cake roll as shown in the picture above.

 

Step 6 : Apply some whipped cream/frosting to the top of the sliced roll (ref. picture above again). This is to make the "loads" hold on to the "bogies".

 

my little porter at work

 

 Step 7 : Get ready with all the luggage that you want the train to carry and get going...start loading one item per each bogie - the roll.

 

...jelly threads, stick prestels (to resemble wodden logs), mini biscuts, chocoloate coins (thats treasure!)...anything thats sure to attract the kids.

 

 Step 8 : Using some whipped cream, glue some ring shaped wafer chips to the cake sides  - the wheels...and ..you are almost there!

 

"..mamma..what's those white round balls in there??"

well...they are boulders ..part of the landscape design, my dear ;)

 

 

 and that's your Happy Birthday candles on top of the hill

 

something similar

 

that's my Big baby with his all time favourite Birthday Cake !

 

 and for Mr. No.2..it was obviously the candles that attracted him...which he terribly misunderstood to be burning lolly-pops! He was definitely not pleased.

 

 

Indian railways....kuwait edition ;)

 

and thats when the hi-jackers left...

Can even the worst terrorist group plan something as disastrous as this !

 I doubt.

 

alright..now that i have made the post...so..back to Mr. King Khan....

 

 

 

oh welll !!!! ;)

 

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