While I was on a recipe hunt for the festivals across the globe theme, I wanted to include Ramadaan as now it is the month of Ramadaan and my neighbours fast for the whole month. I love Arabian sweets. With cheese and flaky pastries they are so delicious and whenever…
For the second day of the festivals across globe in Blogging Marathon, I chose to do a traditional Mexican bread made during the Day of the dead. The tradition of celebrating day of the dead dates back to Pre Columbian times. Day of the dead is celebrated for three days…
Nowadays I have become so lazy that I don’t cook properly in my home. Breakfast is usually sola dosai accompanied by some gravy or chutney. For lunch no one stays at home and as it for myself, I make it so simple. By the time night arrives, I will be…
When you are doing stacked cakes or carved cakes, the cake needs to be firm enough to withstand thje pressure and should not crumble while you carve it with a knife. For making this type of cakes you always need to go for a butter based recipe. Oil based cakes…
I am super excited. In the past five years of serious baking, I have substituted eggs in so many recipes and have got good results but I never ever dared to try one recipe. That is meringue. There was no suitable substitute whipped egg whites and I really felt very…
Clafoutis is a French dessert or breakfast dish made with cherries and flan like batter baked together. This is a dish which is based on eggs. The eggy batter when baked becomes a nice firm clafoutis and it is really tough to replicate it with out eggs. So I chose…
Weather is so gloomy for the past two weeks and it is really tiring even thinking about cooking. Still I do regular cooking which is very simple and mostly oil free. I have been told by my doctor to stay away from oil, sugar, tomatoes, tamarind and salt. So mostly…
Who doesn’t love puff pastry. Those who get the ready made puff pastry sheets can whip up easy snacks in minutes but those who don’t get it surely need to make it at home. Home made sheets are so much better (or the best) when compared to commercially available ones.…
This post is long overdue. I made this during February and submitted it to a contest on Street food photos at Vaishali’s Ribbon’s to Pasta’s blog and to my great surprise I won the prize!!! Vaishali called me and asked me to choose my prize but I just left it…
It has been long since I posted here. As Sruti is enjoying her holidays. it was my hubby’s strict order that I stay away from blogging for a while. His complaint is that I don’t even listen to Sruti when I am blogging. Even I was feeling the same way…