For this month’s Baking Partner’s Challenge, Reeni of Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice selected a dessert with berries. The shorcake unlike the butter loaded ones is made with heavy cream. It was quite easy to make. The secret of getting a flaky short cake is the dough needs to be crumbly…
One of my aunts, Shanthi, reads my blog whenever she gets a chance and she encourages me so much. When she speaks to me over phone, she always tells me that I only show her pictures of what I do and I never give her anything to taste. So I…
I have been a part of the group South Vs North Challenges for more than a year and feel that I have been learning a lot about North Indian recipes. Every month, a member of the Northern team challenges the south team with an authentic recipe. They explain the recipe…
The best part of being a food blogger is to be in active food groups. The group which has influenced me the most is the Blogging Marathon group started by Srivalli. When I first started taking part in Blogging Marathon, it was just like in any group. We had to…
Schiacciata pronounced as skietch-atta is a flat bread from Tuscany region of Italy. Schiacciata which means squashed, is usually 1″ thick. There are so many variation of this bread. Tuscans brush it with olive oil and sprinkle salt and herbs. For this month’s Bake Along Subhashini selected a stuffed version of…
For June International Challenge, Sangeetha , the host chose to try out Northern Thai cuisine. Among so many recipes she shared this one was quite easier to make with very lesser ingredients. Bananas are called as kluai in Thai. This is a quite flavourful dessert. The combination of bananas, palm…
If you have travelled by bus through Tamilnadu, you surely would have come across crispy crunchy chips made with tapiaco roots also known as kappa kilangu or maravalli kilangu. Bus stands have petty shops and they surely stock packs and packs of these delicious chips. We buy potato chips for…
For this month’s Baking Eggless challenge, I selected a Hungarian yeasted pastry kipfel which is an authentic pastry usually served at family gatherings, weddings and festivals. Kipfels are stacked as pyramids for serving. Each family has a recipe of their own and it is said that there would be competition among…
For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, host of the month Shelley of C Mom Cook, selected Cinnamon rolls and provided us four variations of the recipe. One of the recipes was from The BreadBaker’s Apprentice by Peter Reinhart. I have purchased the book online before a year and I just love…
I love to make chettinad dishes. I even bought a small tamil recipe book with only chettinad recipes. And I have tried some of them. There are so many paniyaram varieties and they are deep fried in oil. I wish I could try all the recipes from that book. Once…