Bird in A nest

Hi everyone!!
This is one of my most interesting creations. It is great for a get together or brunch with friends or kid's parties! 
It's especially for those mothers who want to make their kids party interesting. Kids are generally difficult to satisfy when it comes to food, But when you present simple food in a cute and attractive way kids love it and eat without any hassle.

This bird's Nest is nothing but:

• 1 Packet of hakka egg noodles
• 3 big potatoes (boiled)
• 100 grams boiled peas
• Butter: 2 tbsp
• Salt and pepper according to your taste
• Oil for frying
• Some carrot for decoration

Procedure:

1) First boil the noodles properly adding salt and little oil.

Note: Don't over oil it otherwise it will become soggy.

2) Drain the water properly.

 

3) Mix salt and add 3 tsp of oil thoroughly and keep it the noodles aside ready for preparing the basket.

   

4) Follow this very carefully, as this is the trickiest part. Take a medium sized strainer like the above one, put some boilers noodles in it, then in the middle put a small bowl and press it hard to set it right.

5) Now fry the noodles in this position in hot oil making sure the position of the bowl stays intact, otherwise the shape of the basket won't come right. Fry it for minimum 10 min in medium flame or till the whole basket is fried crispy.

I am giving a video demo for your convenience       

                            

                                      

6)The crispy basket is ready!!

7) Now let's prepare the mashed potatoes!
Ready to give it a shape of a bird or a duck or may be a swan too (if you have patience), you can give it whatever shape you desire. 
Mix butter, salt, pepper and oregano in the potatoes while mashing it properly. If you want you can add a bit of cornflour for binding. 
Take a tablespoon of butter in a pan and fry the mashed potatoes for 5-6 minutes.
Now keep this aside and let it cool down.

 

8) Now give the potato mash the shape you want it to be (in my case a bird).

9) Place these birdies in the crispy noodle baskets and decorate the birds with vegetables or candies to make it colorful.

10) Serve it with some boiled and tossed veggies as healthy topping.

I wanted to keep it simple, and healthy so I used carrots for making the bird's wings and beak.

You can get more creative and use different kinds of spices or even chocolate gems for making the bird's eyes! :)

Kids who don't like vegetables will gladly eat these cute birdies in crispy noodle nests! (you can stuff and put in more vegetables for kids)