I have been so much addicted to making cheese at home. After Haloumi, Feta, Ricotta, Mascarpone and Cream cheese, the next thing on my to do list was Mozzarella. I have lost count of the videos I have watched and blog posts I have read before attempting. During my first attempt, I used the regular […]
After a long gap, I am here with another Cooking Basics post. I love to make variety of puttu and instead of buying puttu flour, I make it at home. It is the only way you can get perfectly delicious puttu. My mum used to make all types of flour at home and I was […]
Whenever some one reads my Red Velvet cake recipes (Eggless red velvet cake, Red velvet cake), I get a query about substituting the food colour with something healthier. I have tried with beetroot juice, ground beetroot but the colour of the cake was not as effective as the ones I made with food colours. Then […]
Any appetizer needs a dipping sauce to give a punch. When I made the Congyou Bing/ Chinese Scallion Pancakes, I also made this soy dipping sauce to go with it. This sauce is absolutely delicious and tastes tangy, sweet and slightly salty with the ginger, garlic and green onion punch. When I first read […]
If you remember my Ethiopian meal, you would remember the niter kibbeh I used in two recipes. For this month long marathon, while I first read the word niter kibbeh, I thought it was some fancy dish. But further reading it, I understood that it is flavoured clarified butter. It adds a nice flavour to […]
For the third day of condiments from countries theme, I selected Peanut Butter for US. Usually peanut butter is spiced with honey and salt but there are also versions using only peanut to bring out the flavour. As peanuts contain oil naturally, it can be ground to a smooth paste with out adding any other […]
Coming to the second day of the third week in the month long Blogging Marathon, Buffet on Table, under the theme – condiments, I chose to do a very popular recipe – Tahini Sauce. Made with sesame seeds, this sauce is popular in Greek, Middle Eastern, Iranian, Turkish and North African cuisines. The store bought […]
I am taking part in a month long blogging marathon Buffet on Table for this month. For the first week it was international combo dishes and for second week, it was recipes from Indian states. For the third week, the theme is condiments. So, what are condiments. According to wiki, a condiment is a spice, […]
Pasta is a staple Italian dish made using unleavened dough. There are two types of pastas – Fresh and Dry. There are so many varieties available in the market but making pasta from scratch can be an interesting task. Usually home made pasta dough uses eggs but as I always make egg free dishes, I […]
Ever since I started blogging, I have been obsessed with home made ingredients. When preparing an international recipe, the main ingredient will not be available here in Madurai and I search for how to make that particular ingredient at home. It is true for the cheese also. I don’t get most of the cheeses used […]