Whenever I see someone using a vanilla bean, I imagine myself doing so but it just remained in my imagination until I saw a pack of vanilla beans at Nilgiris in Coimbatore. I had only three and was priced at 135 INR. It was so costly but I bought it…
The Baking Eggless group has completed two years and is entering the third successful year. For the last 24 months, in the group we have done so many experimenting and have prepared 24 dishes without eggs. We have done so many cakes and desserts. And for this year, we just…
You know that I am part of South Vs North Challenges started by Divya. For this month, Sanoli of Sanoli’s Kitchen is the host for the Southern team. She challenged the southern team with a Bengali sweet Labongo Latika. It is a sweet pastry filled with mawa and nuts and…
What is more challenging? Taking part in a Daring Baker’s Challenge or twisting the given recipe to get a replica of the original bake? I think the latter is the most challenging as far as I am concerned. I joined the Daring Bakers as soon as I started the blog…
Amond paste is an important ingredient in many pastries. This can be used to make cakes, cookies, and used as fillings in tarts, pies and many pastries. It can be readily available in markets but in Madurai, we don’t get it. I needed almond paste to make the German Tree…
Whenever I see Cherry tomatoes in cookery shows, I would be tempted to taste it but unfortunately we don’t get them in Madurai. So it has been in my to do list for long. Last month, when I went to Nilgiris, I saw a basket full of cherry tomatoes in…
I love medhu vadas aka ulundha vadai, but I make it only twice or thrice a year fearing the oil in the vadas. Even hubby dear loves them so much and never forgets to eat one while visiting a tea stall. But even it is so tempting, I stay away…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a Bengali delicacy from Sandeepa’s Bong Mom Blog. I have made dhokar dalna previously for another monthly challenge. So I was in two minds to prepare it again. But still I went through Sandeepas’s recipe. She has also listed some of the…
Koffiebroodjes are sweet pastry rolls with a pudding filling and a jam glaze. These are famous dutch pastries which the Dutch love having with their coffee. So they are also called as coffee buns. There are so many variations of koffiebroodjes. One has a pecan filling and sugar glaze, one…
Faluche is the traditional bread from Nord – Northern region of France. It is usually flat in shape and soft and slightly dense and mostly had as breakfast with bread and jam. It is also used to make sandwiches. The procedure is quite easy and the recipe is vegan too.…