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 make egg free dishes, I […]
When you are doing stacked cakes or carved cakes, the cake needs to be firm enough to withstand thje pressure and should not crumble while you carve it with a knife. For making this type of cakes you always need to go for a butter based recipe. Oil based cakes are so soft, moist and […]
I love baking and what I love the most is the experimenting part. I prepare a recipe any number of times but once I get it right I never try it again. Because experimenting is what excites me. As I love eggless baking a lot, there are so may experiments going on in my kitchen […]
Cakes – The mere word itself will bring a lot of brightness in kids and adults. Once I used to be like that. I used to be super excited if some one talked about making cakes and if I pass a bakery, I used to love that heavenly smell and for that I would stand […]
Who doesn’t love puff pastry. Those who get the ready made puff pastry sheets can whip up easy snacks in minutes but those who don’t get it surely need to make it at home. Home made sheets are so much better (or the best) when compared to commercially available ones. Making home made puff pastry […]
We come to the second part of the series. This is a post which could be useful for beginners. Pros can stay away from this. After looking into the OTG, we are now here to know about some of the tools you may need to bake basic cakes and cookies. All the tools I have […]
Whenever I see someone using a vanilla bean, I imagine myself doing so but it just remained in my imagination until I saw a pack of vanilla beans at Nilgiris in Coimbatore. I had only three and was priced at 135 INR. It was so costly but I bought it just to know how flavourful […]
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 Cake. When I serached the […]
Ricotta is an Italian cheese used in a lot of Italian pastries and desserts. Recently I made a Italian Pastry – Sfogliatelle Ricci and Sfogliatelle Frolle for which I needed ricotta for filling. To make ricotta at home you need milk and curd. IT is a very simple process, and the cheese resembles crumbled paneer […]
Puttarisi is a brown rice used for making puttu which is nutritious than the usual white rice. Here is a post on preparing the puttu flour at home. You can make this ahead and store it in air tight jar for future use. Make sure that the flour doesn’t have even a small drop of […]