For the final day of week long Blogging Marathon#10, I decided to convert a deep fried recipe to a baked one using very little oil to make it a guilt free snack. I have already posted the recipe for Nei kadalai. This recipe is the baked version of the original…
BAKES
Sprouts Stuffed Braided Bread
I had a cup of cow pea sprouts and I wanted to use it up. When I thought of preparing a braided bread, using sprouts for the filling came to my mind. I just wanted to pair it up with another ingredient and it happened to be frozen green peas.…
Potato Sticks
Today is the second day of BM#10. I am posting under guilt free snacks. I saw the original recipe in a book which accompanied my oven. It had loads and loads of butter and maida. I adapted the recipe to prepare these tasty and crunchy sticks. I used olive oil…
Eggless Orange Snail Rolls
I prepared these cute rolls last week. But couldn’t find time in posting the recipe. I made it with brown sugar and olive oil to make it guilt free. Unexpectedly, I had visitors at home and I served them these rolls along with jam and butter for the evening to…
Palak Oat Bran Cutlets
For an evening I wanted to prepare a cutlet which was nutritious and tasty. I had a bunch of palak in my fridge. The idea for this combination suddenly crossed my mind. This was very easy to prepare and delicious. We enjoyed it with tomato ketchup. I am sending this…
Eggless Banana Tart
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
Pumpkin Pretzels
I like the shape of pretzels. They attract me a lot. So I decided to try it out. I had some pumpkin puree in my freezer. So I chose this recipe. The preparation is quite easy and very interesting. The pretzels needed a little bit of salt. Otherwise it was…
Jam Tarts
For this month’s Sweet Punch, the team selected Ria’s Jam Tarts. This is the first time I am preparing tarts, though I bought the moulds before one year. The first mistake I did was, I didn’t line the tart mould properly and there was too much jam in it. So…
Egyptian Basboussa Recipe
Egyptian Basboussa Recipe is a cake made very different , semolina mix is first baked and then soaked in sugar syrup for an exceptional treat
Croissant2
For this month, Sarah, a non blogger, challenged the bakers to prepare French Croissants. She shared her recipe for a perfect croissant. I also watched Julia Child’s video on croissants. Though I have prepared it and posted it before, I was not satisfied with the laminated dough. So this tme…