Today is the third day of Blogging Marathon and I wanted to try my hand on a vegan recipe. I had book marked this from Treat And Trick Blog last month and today I got a chance to try it. THe squares were very soft, moist and crumbly with the…
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Sourdough Carrot and Nutella Rolls
Do you remember my French Country Bread? It was done with sourdough starter. There was 2 cups of starter remaining after the bake. I used it to make these rolls which my daughter liked very much. This has been lying in drafts for a long time. At last I am…
Eggless Burger Bun
As promised earlier, I am giving the recipe for the burger bun now. The original recipe had eggs. But as always, I replaced the egg with its substitute and result was extremely soft and fabulous buns. The secret lies in the egg substitute. I used 1/4cup fresh curds along with…
Vennai Puttu
For this month’s ICC-Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Vennai Puttu, an authentic recipe shared by Priya Suresh. Apart from the link Srivalli gave, there were no posts on this sweet. Srivalli suggested Nirmala’s post for reference. Once I saw that, I got a general idea about the puttu. I have…
Valentine’s Day Celebration and Varqui Paratha
We celebrated Valentine’s day today. Hubby gifted me a cute watch and I made a wonderful dinner for him. I selected two recipes from mughalai cuisine. The dishes I chose were Varqui paratha and Lazzatdar Paneer. The preparation of paratha is similar to making chirotti. The layers were crispy and…
Sweet Corn Cutlet
This month’s challenge at Daring Cooks is Flipping Fried Patties. The hosts of this challenge is Audax of Audax Artifex and Lisa of La Mia Cucina. Both challenged the daring cooks to try out patties otherwise known as cutlets or burgers. They left the choice of the ingredients to us.…
Ponnanganni Keerai/ Water Amarnath Leaves
Ponnanganni Keerai also known as water amarnath leaves is a nutritious greens. This helps to increase eyesight. The name itself suggests the benifits of this keerai. Pon means gold. My grand mom used to say that pon agum kan ( you get golden eyes meaning the eyesight improves) is the…
Sweet Corn
Sweet corn can be boiled and relished with salt and pepper. This can also be used in soups, cutlets, pulaos and bakes. While boiling, the corn has to be boiled with the cob and then the kernels can be removed. This post deals on the method of preparing the corn…
Manathakkali Puli Kulambu
While in Pondicherry, There was a kitchen garden in the back of our home. There were so many manathakkali plants. These are also called as milagu thakkali (as the berries resemble pepper) or night shade berries. As a kid, I was very much interested in plants. My granny used to…
Barbie Cake
Sruti celebrated her birthday on Feb 5th. For the past 2-3months, she is giving me ideas of cakes I have to prepare for her birthday. The cake which always stays in the list is the barbie cake. I have done this cake for her 3rd birthday. So I set on…