• DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Mathri

    Mathri is a savory snack form Rajasthan. Today is the fourth day of Blogging Marathon#9. When going through the recipes of Jayasree who was a nice fellow blogger, I found this. First I thought of baking it, but as I wanted to follow her recipe exactly, I deep fried it.…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Chiroti

    Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#9. I am doing festival foods of India with step by step illustrations. For this day I planned on preparing chiroti. Chiroti is a special sweet from Karnataka. Actually, chiroti is prepared with chiroti rava. It is a very fine quality of rava. As…

  • BAKES

    Pumpkin Pretzels

    I like the shape of pretzels. They attract me a lot. So I decided to try it out. I had some pumpkin puree in my freezer. So I chose this recipe. The preparation is quite easy and very interesting. The pretzels needed a little bit of salt. Otherwise it was…

  • BAKES - EGGLESS

    Jam Tarts

    For this month’s Sweet Punch, the team selected Ria’s Jam Tarts. This is the first time I am preparing tarts, though I bought the moulds before one year. The first mistake I did was, I didn’t line the tart mould properly and there was too much jam in it. So…

  • PANEER

    Crumbled Nutella Paneer Cups

    After preparing croissant, I had half of the laminated dough in my fridge. I just wanted to do something sweet using nutella. This idea crossed my mind while rolling the dough. I just tried it and it came out delicious. It is a tongue tickling dessert perfect for the sweet…

  • BAKES

    Croissant2

    For this month, Sarah, a non blogger, challenged the bakers to prepare French Croissants. She shared her recipe for a perfect croissant. I also watched Julia Child’s video on croissants. Though I have prepared it and posted it before, I was not satisfied with the laminated dough. So this tme…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Jalebi

    For this month’s ICC Srivalli chose Jalebi. It is an interesting recipe. The preparation is quite complicated and it tastes great. I saw many videos and recipes before trying it out. The consistency of the batter is very important in getting crispy Jalebis. For Jalebi the batter should be little…