As I mentioned yesterday, X is another alphabet which doesn’t have any country. When I was searching for a country whose former name atleast starts with X, I landed upon Jamaica. Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean sea. When we look at the history of Jamaica, the…
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Eggless Vietnamese Fried Sesame Cake / Bánh Mè Chiên
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the eastern most country on the Indochins Peninsula in Southeast Asia. The country is bordered by China in the north, Laos in the northwest, Cambodia in the southwest and the South China Sea in the east. While going through recipes to try…
Luqaimat / Lugaymat – Qatari Sweet Dumplings
Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is an Arabian country is western Asia. It shares its border with Saudi Arabia in the south and the rest is surrounded by Persian Gulf.Qatari snacks are relished along with a cup of coffee. When I was searching for a cookie recipe, I couldn’t…
Usbu Al Zainab / Zainab’s Fingers
Oman officially the Sultanate of Oman,is an Arab country in southwest Asia, on the southeast coast of Arabian Peninsula. The nation shares its bounderies with United Arab Emirates in the northwest, Saudi Arabia in the west and Gulf of Aoman in the northeast. When I was searching for Omani cookies,…
MaeJakGwa – Korean Cookies
Korea is a peninsula situated in east Asia and is surrounded by Sea of Japan to east, Yellw sea to west and the Korean strait connecting the two water bodies. It is called as Hanguk in South Korea and Choson in North Korea. Korean cuisine is based on rice, vegetables…
Eggless Pogacsa – Hungarian Savoury Cheese Buscuits
Today we travel to Hungary to taste an yeasted savoury cheese biscuit – Pogacsa (po-gah-tcha). Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe and it shares its boundaries with Slovakia in north, Ukraine and Romania in east, Serbia and Croatia in the south Slovania in the south west and Austria…
Aghi Gesgoudz – Armenian Savoury Cookies
Today I am starting another Mega Blogging Marathon. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would be familiar with the Blogging Marathon group which I am part of. Every year there would be two Mega BM during the months of September and April. Last year during September…
Spicy Bread Rolls
For this week’s Bake Along from Fondbites, Subhashini selected some bread rolls with surprises. There were 5 types of rolls she shared with us and two of those had cheese in them. One was left plain and the other stuffed with minced meat. And the final one which I chose…
Manapparai Murukku Recipe
Manapparai is a small town in Tamil Nadu and whoever you ask about Manapparai in TN they will remember the murukku. Manapparai murukku is so famous and when the bus crosses manapparai, we are sure to buy packs and packs of these famous murukku from the vendors. I do…
Mango Shortcake
For this month’s Baking Partner’s Challenge, Reeni of Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice selected a dessert with berries. The shorcake unlike the butter loaded ones is made with heavy cream. It was quite easy to make. The secret of getting a flaky short cake is the dough needs to be crumbly…