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This is an interesting and a very healthy twist to conventional milk-based desserts. Children like the combination of fruits, crunch from chikki, chocolate and yoghurt. It reminded my daughter of smoothies and 'Naturals' icecream :-) Ingredients Watermelon-1/2 Sweet curd and aamkhand/shrikhand- 2 bowls each( you may use rabdi if you like it sweet,) Muesli-1 bowl Pomegranate: half a bowl Chikki-crushed-1 tsp Crushed munch-3 Layer 1 Take 1 tbsp sweet curd and spread at base of bowl.  Layer 2 Place a little muesli and chikki and sprinkle with  few pieces of watermelon on top. . Layer 3   Spread rabdi/aamkhand (mango flavoured sweet curd).  Layer 4 Repeat watermelon and  Crunch: muesli/ chikki Layer 5  S pread sweet curd.  Layer 6 Top with pomegranate and crushed munch. Serve immediately. Best within 15-20 minutes. Can be served after refrigeration too. It is quite tasty!!

Ingredients (Serves 3-4) Pancake Batter 200 gms maida (refined flour) Healthy option: 100 gms refined flour + 100 grams wheat flour 1 1/2 to 2 cups luke warm milk 1/2 cup room temperature water Baking soda/ baking powder- 1/2 tsp Cocoa powder- 2 tbsp (Optional) Powdered Sugar- 2 tbsp (can be increased to suit your taste) Butter or oil to cook Stuffing Apples: 2 (Peeled,Cored and pithed) Sugar- 1 and 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder- 1 pinch Nuts-Almonds and Cashews- chopped and crushed (optional) Honey to serve Batter Sieve the flour(s) and baking soda (with cocoa powder) together in a large bowl. Add the milk, sugar powder and water gradually. You may need more water to make it into a semi- fluid batter, similar to cake batter. Let it rest for 5 minutes at max. Stuffing Heat a non-stick pan. Add a little butter (half a teaspoon). Fry sliced apples slightly and add sugar when the apples are slightly brown. Keep aside for stuffing. Alternatively, You can caramelize...