Bruschetta pronounced as bru-sket-ta is an Italian dish made with crusted Italian bread and toppings. Before two weeks I made the French Baguette following the Bread Baker’s Apprentice. I ended up with three cute baguettes but had no idea how to use them in various recipes. I googled for recipes.…
When Kalyani of Sizzling Tastebuds, who is a dear friend of mine asked to do a guest post for her blog, I was super excited. Even though we have not met in person being part of her group Magic Mingle, we keep contact through mails. I took a long time…
For the third day of Blogging Marathon #30, under the theme tea kadai menu, I selected ragi cookies / kelvaragu biscuits. I have seen and tasted ragi cookies but had no idea what ingredients go into it. So I used my wheat cookies recipe and substituted half the wheat flour…
For today’s Blogging Marathon post under the Tea Kadai Menu, I selected kamarkat. Kamarkat is a toffee made with jaggery and grated coconut. The important step in making kamarkat is preparing the syrup to the right consistency. I think I removed it from stove a little earlier. I ended up…
If you go to any tea stall/ tea kadai in Tamil Nadu, you can get hot bajjis, samosas and vadas. Samosas are quite different from the north Indian version. They are crispy with an onion filling and is usually called as somas. This somas is our family favourite. Whenever we…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli on Priya’s suggestion selected this crispy Kerala specialty from Julie’s blog. As this is a savoury and crispy snack, I had no doubt that both hubby and Sruti would like it. Yesterday I made this for Sruti’s evening snack. For the past month…
When Swathi announced the challenge for this month’s Baking Partners, I was thinking of skipping it. The two cakes she gave are based completely on eggs. The chiffon cake and The Russian Honey Cake are the cakes suggested by members. Saraswathi of Sara’s Kitchen has suggested this chiffon cake which…
For the last two days I have been posting dumplings and today is the third one under Dallying with Dumplings for the Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2. As per instructions given by Srivalli, we need to use three different types of cooking for the three days. So for the first…
Gnocchi pronounced as nyoh-kee are Italian dumplings made of potatoes, flour, bread or cheese. For the second week of Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2, I am posting under Dallying With Dumplings. Yesterday I prepared Turkish fried dumplings and today Italian boiled potato dumplings. Usually gnocchi is made with flour, eggs…
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon #30 Week 2. I have selected dallying with dumplings as the theme. As per Wiki, dumplings are cooked balls of dough. They are based on flour, potatoes and bread. They may be either boiled, steamed, fried or baked. They may be stuffed…