When I went to Chennai, I purchased a block of Feta cheese in brine. It was quite expensive and it was way before I tried my hand at making feta cheese at home. Feta in brine is extremely salty. The salt in the brine preserves the cheese but it also…
I love to knead and I am not very good at making no knead breads. Every time I try a recipe I end up with so rustic looking bread. Till now I haven’t figured out the secret of getting a smooth loaf. Even it happened this time also. I made…
I have been obsessed with a lots of things during various periods of my life. Once I was so much interested in painting that you can see me any time of the day painting. Then it was fashion designing and embroidery. Then came butter cream decorations on cake, and then…
Dahi Vada Cake to celebrate our Anniversary – 2015. It has been 11 years since I became Mrs PPK. And this has been a fun filled journey with lots of laughter and tears. When I look back, I see how much my life has changed in all these years. One…
And here comes my final dish of the theme. When I was searching for stuffed pasta recipes, there were so many ravioli and tortellini recipes with various sauces and soups and seeing any other variety was so hard. And then I came across Lasagna Roll Ups. They looked so lovely…
The Bread Baker’s Monthly challenge is here again. I have started taking part in this group challenge from last month. Every month, a host decides on a theme and all the members bake a bread according to that theme. This month’s host is Pavani of Cook’s Hide Out, and she…
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon and I am posting under stuffed pastas. When I was searching for recipes, I was awed by the variety of stuffed pastas in Italian cuisine. Even the shape matters. Tortellini is smaller and can be either served with a sauce or broth…
When Valli announced the Blogging Marathon themes for this month, I chose stuffed pastas as a theme, as I haven’t tried many pasta dishes. My hubby and daughter are not great fans of pasta and so I usually try to avoid it. But after watching Master chef Australia, I was…
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…
When I posted rose milk popsicle recipe, one of my friends asked me to try out jigarthanda popsicle. If you are new to this word, then you need to take a look at my Jigarthanda post. Jigarthanda is a famous drink in Madurai, my home town. For the scorching heat…