As I have a box full of pureed pumpkin, I am trying out various recipes with it. I prepared these cookies for my hubby. As Valentine’s Day is nearing, I shaped them into little hearts decorated with pumpkin seeds. I actually over baked the cookies. So the colour of the…
Pumpkin and Honey Bread For Blogging Marathon
Srivalli of Spice your Life announced another blogging marathon. This is for 7 days and it is theme based. Participants were given a list of themes to choose from. I chose From Other Blogs theme. I will be blogging under this category for the next 7 days. For the past…
Eggless Vanilla Cake (Tofu as Egg Replacer)
Today I am giving a recipe which I experimented. The recipe is for a cake with egg. I just replaced those eggs with tofu. I prepared this cake for my daughter’s birthday. It was a soft cake. As I have given the frosting techniques in another post, I am just…
Eggless Grapes Sponge With Spiced Apple Sauce – February Sweet Punch
Hi Friends. So sorry for such a long break. I was very busy with my daughter’s birthday preparations. At last the party is over and I am back to blogging. Actually I received the recipe for this month’s Sweet punch very late. I had only 6 days to prepare and…
Home made Fresh Pumpkin Puree
Today is the last day of our blogging marathon. I would like to thank Srivalli for organising this wonderful event. I missed the first half. When I asked Srivalli, she allowed me to take part in this event for 15 days. In this marathon, we are to blog daily without…
Baked Baby Potatoes
I prepared this as a side dish for rice. It had a crispy crust with soft interiors. We loved it a lot. Sending this to Veggie/Fruit of the Month-Potato at Dil Se started by Priya Mitharwal. Ingredients: Baby Potatoes-250gm Curd-2tbs Tandoori Masala-1/2tsp Red Chilly Powder-1/2tsp Chat Masala-1/4tsp Salt-to taste Nigella…
Nan-E Nokhodchi – Iranian Cookie
This is an yummy cookie which melts in the mouth. It tastes just like the south Indian porikadalai maavu laddu. The procedure and ingredients are completely different and it is a baked cookie. As this is the first time I am preparing these cookies, I was a bit tensed. But…
Baked Green Peas Palak Cutlet
I just wanted to prepare a nutritious cutlet for yesterday’s evening snack. I usually bake my cutlets. Very afraid of deep frying them. Had some palak puree left from an earlier project, and had lots of green peas. So I decided on this cutlet. It was very yummy. We had…
Eggless Biscuit Jaconde Imprime/Entremet- The Daring Baker’s Challenge for January
This month Astheroshe of accro challenged us with the French cake Biscuit Jaconde Imprime/Entremet. This was really a great challenge. A sponge sheet with a pattern baked on it is arranged inside the wall of the mold and is filled with interesting fillings. As I had to do an eggless version, I did a lot…
Potato and Ivy Gourd (Kovaikkai) Stir Fry
This is a very simple poriyal which goes well with rice. Sending this as an entry to Food Pallette Green at Torview. Ingredients:Potato-2Ivy gourd / Kovaikkai-200gmRed Chilly Powder-1tspCoriander Powder-1/2tspTurmeric Powder-1/4tspSalt-to tasteWhite till seeds-1tspCumin seeds-1tspOil-2tbsProcedure:1. Peel and cut potatoes to small cubes.2. Cut Ivy gourd into lengthwise pieces.3. Heat oil and…