Bruschetta pronounced as bru-sket-ta is an Italian dish made with crusted Italian bread and toppings. Before two weeks I made the French Baguette following the Bread Baker’s Apprentice. I ended up with three cute baguettes but had no idea how to use them in various recipes. I googled for recipes.…
For today’s Blogging Marathon post under the Tea Kadai Menu, I selected kamarkat. Kamarkat is a toffee made with jaggery and grated coconut. The important step in making kamarkat is preparing the syrup to the right consistency. I think I removed it from stove a little earlier. I ended up…
If you go to any tea stall/ tea kadai in Tamil Nadu, you can get hot bajjis, samosas and vadas. Samosas are quite different from the north Indian version. They are crispy with an onion filling and is usually called as somas. This somas is our family favourite. Whenever we…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli on Priya’s suggestion selected this crispy Kerala specialty from Julie’s blog. As this is a savoury and crispy snack, I had no doubt that both hubby and Sruti would like it. Yesterday I made this for Sruti’s evening snack. For the past month…
For the last two days I have been posting dumplings and today is the third one under Dallying with Dumplings for the Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2. As per instructions given by Srivalli, we need to use three different types of cooking for the three days. So for the first…
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2. I have selected dallying with dumplings as the theme. As per Wiki, dumplings are cooked balls of dough. They are based on flour, potatoes and bread. They may be either boiled, steamed, fried or baked. They may be stuffed…
After a very long time, I am taking part in Blogging Marathon this month. For the first week, I have chosen dishes with curd. Srivalli asked us not to go with raithas as they are very simple. On seeing the theme cooking with curd, the recipe which came to my…
For this month’s Baking Partner’s challenge Swathi has given two recipes using choux pastry- one is the chocolate eclairs and the other is French Laundry’s Gourgeres. Chocolate eclairs is the sweet version whereas the gourgeres are the savory version. You can see a lot of recipes converted into eggless ones…
What do you do when you have leftover chapathis from yesterday’s dinner? We used to reheat them for breakfast. But my SIL who is a Sindhi introduced us to this delicious Sindhi breakfast. Using leftover chapathis this dish can be made in minutes. It was tough adjusting to the taste…
This month, I have been staying inactive as my blogging is concerned. Sruti is on her vacation and I have been travelling on and off. When at home, it is really very tough to concentrate on the blog. So this month I am only posting the recipes for the challenges…