Mascarpone cheese is hard to get in Indian stores and even if you get the cost is sky high. When I prepared Italian dessert Tiramisu for one of the challenges, I made the cheese at home after seeing an online post at baking Obsession. Mascarpone cheese is made by curdling fresh…
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Polvorones – Spanish Almond Cookies
All my last month’s pending challenges will be posted this month. Last month’s International Food Challenge started by Saraswathi and Shobana, was hosted by Sharanya. Every month a region’s cuisine is explored and for the month of February it was Andalusia, the southern part of Spain. She gave us four…
Thoothukudi Macroons
Recently I have been experimenting a lot with eggs in my baking. Though I don’t eat eggs, I have started using eggs in baking since I started Sai Bakes – My baking venture in Madurai. It is quite interesting and customers are loving the bakes a lot. And I have been…
Maa Vatral Kulambu – Announcing March WTML and February Winner
For this month’s Walk Through Memory Lane, the host, due to some unexpected reasons couldn’t guest host it. So I had to jump in. And so this month, WTML will be hosted here at Gayathri’s Cook Spot and I request all my friends and readers to support the event by…
Eggless Cinnamon Swirl Brioche
Brioche is a French Bread which is made of enriched dough. The dough is high in butter and egg content and results in a very soft crumb. Every time I see a brioche recipe, I take a step backward seeing the amount of eggs used. But when I saw this…
Remembering Dad With his favorite Sweet – Rasgolla with a South Indian Twist
It has been more than 10 days, I posted in my blog. These 10 days were the toughest days in this new year. After mom left us to heavenly abode 6 months back, my dad has also followed her. I just couldn’t believe it. Now I am left without my…
Gujarathi Gathiya
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli got the recipe for Gujarathi snack Gathiya from Vaishali who got it from her friend. Gathiya is a savoury snack which is almost like the south Indian kara sev. The only difference is it is mildly spiced whereas kara sev is extremely spicy.…
Chocolate Truffle
Happy Valentine’s Day!! When I think of Valentine’s, I think of chocolates and cakes and candies and the colour red..But hubby dear is quite opposite to me. He is not a great fan of chocolates. He loves regional sweets and even when I do chocolate based desserts, he tastes them…
Eggless Blondies / Blonde Brownies
Who knows about blondies? I heard of blondies only two months back but never bothered to check the recipe. This month Sharanya of Just Not The Cakes hosted the challenge at Home Bakers and one of the recipes she chose was a Blondie. So I googled to know about it.…
Malai Kofta Curry
For this month’s South Vs North Challenge, started by Divya, Nupur of Northern team challenged the Southern team with a delicious and rich gravy. Malayi Kofta curry is a rich creamy gravy served along with soft paneer koftas. This is a restaurant style gravy which goes very well with tandoori…