I have been obsessed with a lots of things during various periods of my life. Once I was so much interested in painting that you can see me any time of the day painting. Then it was fashion designing and embroidery. Then came butter cream decorations on cake, and then…
Mascarpone cheese is hard to get in Indian stores and even if you get the cost is sky high. When I prepared Italian dessert Tiramisu for one of the challenges, I made the cheese at home after seeing an online post at baking Obsession. Mascarpone cheese is made by curdling fresh…
Ricotta is an Italian cheese used in a lot of Italian pastries and desserts. Recently I made a Italian Pastry – Sfogliatelle Ricci and Sfogliatelle Frolle for which I needed ricotta for filling. To make ricotta at home you need milk and curd. IT is a very simple process, and…
Sattu flour is an important ingredient in Bihari cuisine. There are so many dishes which use sattu and it is made out of sand roasted channa dhal. Sattu paratha, litti, sattu kachori, are some of the dishes made using sattu. I made it at home according to Nupur’s directions and…
Idlis are very famous breakfast dish from South India. Every state has a different set of ingredients to get fluffy idlis. This is the way we get idlis in Tamil Nadu. Nowadays idli batter is readily available in the market. So it has become very rare to prepare batter at…
Sambar powder is the most important spice powder in a tamil kitchen. It is usually ground in flour mill and stored in large jars to use for the whole year. When summer arrives, every woman starts the process of preparing spice powders and vadagam for the year. My mom used…