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…
What is more challenging? Taking part in a Daring Baker’s Challenge or twisting the given recipe to get a replica of the original bake? I think the latter is the most challenging as far as I am concerned. I joined the Daring Bakers as soon as I started the blog…
Amond paste is an important ingredient in many pastries. This can be used to make cakes, cookies, and used as fillings in tarts, pies and many pastries. It can be readily available in markets but in Madurai, we don’t get it. I needed almond paste to make the German Tree…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a multi layered sweet from Kerala. Chatti Pathiri – sweet version is from Anita of Slice Of My Life. Usually chatti pathiri is made as a savory dish with layers of pathiri sandwiched between meat fillings. It is like the Indian version…
For today’s Blogging Marathon with the theme Cooking with Fruits – I made this simple yet satisfying sald pairing the pears with carrot and nuts. When you crave for some snacks in the evening but do not want to stack up calories, this salad would be a wonderful choice. It…
When October arrives, Haloween craze sets among the bloggers around the world. There will be pumpkin recipes, spooky finger recipes, mummy cup cake recipes and so on going around the blogosphere. We are not different. In the Home Baker’s Group started by Priya, this month’s host Nalini suggested four Halloween…
Last month I skipped the challenge due to my mom’s sudden demise. This month I didn’t want to miss the challenge. Priya Srinivasan of Enveetu Kitchen suggested this tart recipe from Trissalious. This tart is inspired by the famous Ferrero Rocher. My daughter loves Ferrero Rocher and I was sure…
Happy Valentine’s Day Advance Valentine”s day wishes to all my readers. Valentine’s day is not complete with out a box of chocolate and it will be very special if we make it at home. I had some chocolate moulds which I bought long back but never had a chance to…
The next month of Daring Bakers reveal date has arrived and I am feeling so lazy to draft a post. But as I finished the challenge two weeks before and the snaps are all ready, I had to do it. This month’s challenge is a traditional dutch pastry hosted by…
Last month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge was hosted by Peta of Peta Eats. The challenge was all about celebration cookies. She gave us 12 different types of cookies to make and we were free to choose any cookie we wanted. I selected three recipes from the 12 but ended up doing…