I never realised the Dry Fruit Palkova was such a big hit till the day before yesterday. We all really did enjoy the twist to the palkova loaded with dry fruit and nuts on Janmashtami day. The next day hubby took some to his workplace to share with his colleages and said everyone loved it. …
More than any other festival, it is Diwali (for me and lots of other people too I guess!) that really lights up the whole place. There’s something in the air, lots of preparation, dressing up the home, dressing ourselves up, hitting the kitchen like never before, preparing lots and lots of goodies to eat! Most …
It was a dream come true! I’d been trying and trying and getting it all wrong for a really long time. It was high time I got it right. And it happened last week. I added yeast to warm water, mixed it up and covered it. Fifteen minutes later, I as rewarded with the sight …
Consider yourself lucky. You are one of the few chosen to travel back in time to enjoy the grandeur of a wedding feast in the Mauryan era, several centuries ago! In fact, by the end of this post, you too will be able to recreate at least one of the dishes that was cooked during …
Each time I set out to make pasta, there’s this same internal debate that starts off. While one part of me, the most teeny weeny bit of it, wants to prepare one with a white base, the other wants to prepare a tomato-based one for the hubby. Even when we eat out, the Arabiatta has …
For the next few days, I’m going to be blogging about dishes that are served with spreads and toppings. This is because I’m pariticipating in the Blogging Marathon event started by the energetic Srivalli of Spicingyourlife My love affair with this romantically named dish started some years ago at a restaurant close to our place. …
A few years ago when we lived in Bangalore, I was a member of the British Council Library. There was a reasonably-sized shelf for cookery books there and I once borrowed a big fat book on chocolate. It was roughly 12 inches by 10 inches, dark brown in colour with a gilt edged chocolate cake …
The 100th POST!!! Pat a cake, pat a cake, Foodi-nan, Bake a banana cake, fast as you can, Pat it and prick it with walnuts many, And put it on your post celebratory. This is a celebratory post. A lot of great things in my life went unannounced in the last few months. I’ve …
Last week my brother and I cooked up a Chinese feast for dinner. That the meal had just three dishes did not seem to matter to us. With this being one of his first attempts at cooking ‘fancy’ food, my brother was over the moon with the way things turned out. To show off his …
Hurray! The start of yet another week of marathon blogging! For me, it is going to be choc-a-block with Thalis (Combo food platters) this week. During the last edition of the marathon started by Srivalli, a lot of people prepared wonderful and elaborately planned thalis – some traditional, some region-wise and some festive ones. I …
What do you do when you’ve got truckloads of strawberries and mulberries stashed away in your freezer? Well, I know what you’re thinking. What’s the hurry in trying to make something or the other out of it? Why don’t I just let them be and do something fun when i come across a fun recipe, … Continue reading »
It does happen every now and then that we add too much water while grinding the lentils for paruppu usli and it turns out kind of sticky instead of soft and crisp (yes paruppu usli is both soft as well as crisp!). You could, of course, add oil by the truckloads and set it absolutely … Continue reading »
Hubby: “Cookies? But you said you baked a cake yesterday!” Me: “Ummm…I did, but it did not turn into a cake!” Hubby: “Yet again??!!” Me: Actually it should have been great. But I realised I’d forgotten to add the baking powder 10 minutes after the cake batter was in the oven. So I took it … Continue reading »
I made this cute little bouquet of chocolate lollipops for Ikshu’s first birthday party. The idea, again, came from my cousin who inspired me to make the decorated tray. She’d learnt about this chocolate bouquet at a chocolate making workshop she’d attended. She’d used a proper woven basket, liked it with what is called ‘ brick’ … Continue reading »
I made these simple invites for my li’l one’s. 1st birthday party last month. I bought ice cream sticks, stuck 4 to make a window- like structure, stuck a sheet of paper and wrote out all the details on it. For that cute Baby Mickey stamp, I downloaded the image off the net ( … Continue reading »
My cousin is bigtime into crafting and makes a whole lot of things, from Tanjore paintings and satin quilted cushions to paper quilling craft and stuffed toys. For my father’s sashtiabdapoorthi (60th birthday celebrations) earlier this year she had made a whole lot of handmade decorated trays for various purposes. She had also made a big banner … Continue reading »
I’ve wanted to do stuff of this sort for a really long time. The idea first stuck me when I saw a cute little simple strand of pink beads strung in a baby pink coloured ribbon at a big brand retail chain priced at Rs 350. I know these places are overpriced but this … Continue reading »
