Baby is completing 7 months and the last month has seen him sampling a variety of foods. Well like most first time parents we were lost on how to begin weaning….then after a dozen calls home…..internet browsing and having watched my lil niece being weaned….we decided on 2 simple rules……1. baby must be allowed to […]
Now anyone living in Bangalore im sure has seen or relished this cake……..the famous Iyengar Bakery’s Honey cake….One of my fondest memories of Bangalore bakeries produce other than Thoms Cafe’s Meat puffs, Sweet Chariots Rum tarts and Fresh Pineapple Cake, and Iyengar bakery’s Egg puff and Dilpasand is their famous orange coloured jam topped honey […]
The first time i tasted this traditional Mangalorean sweet was on my recent trip to the US. My sister-in law Heera is an awesome cook and makes a lot of traditional Mangalorean food. One evening for tea Heera fried up these tiny brown crisp sweet dumplings made up of rice, ripe bananas, jaggery and coconut. […]
Carrot cake is an all time favourite at home. Not only does the carrots make this cake healthy and super moist, the wheat flour makes it light. The juicy plump raisins adds to the texture. The orange rind adds a wonderful aromatic flavour which makes this version special. Carrots are a good source of of […]
An apple may have caused problems in The Garden of Eden, but its nutritional properties can save many a heart. Pectin in apples can help to lower LDL cholesterol, is good for diabetes and management, good source of vitamin C, soluble and insoluble fiber, flavanoids and antioxidants. This is a very simple and tasty apple cake recipe . A […]
Kanafeh is also known as Kadayif, Kunefe, Kataifi, Kadaifi originated in the Palestinian city of Nablus and is a feature of Lebanese, Turkish, Greek, and Levantine cuisine. It is a sweet cheesy dish that is truly irresistible. I first tasted this lovely rich sweet at Mr Darwish’s house in Muscat at the age of 9. I […]
My best memories of these delicate, crispy, saffron flavoured sweet is during my shopping sprees on Commercial street in Bangalore. For those of us who cannot get our hands on the Bhagatrams jelebis, the recipe below produces crispy and tasty sweet jelebis, when the craving strikes. For the Batter: Refined flour: 200gms Cornflour: 60gms Curds: […]
Food Fact: Tapioca is a starch extracted from the root of the cassava plant. It is known by many names most commonly cassava, sagudana meaning sagu drops, with local variation of sabudana and kappa. Tapioca is gluten free, and nearly protein free. The commercial form of tapioca most familiar to many people is pearl tapioca. Pearls are […]
It was my friend N’s son’s fifteenth birthday last week. She invited us over for a special punjabi meal at her place to celebrate his birthday. She is a great cook and made us a tasty feast of nans, veg pulao, chicken curry, aloo gobhi, paneer masala and mixed salad. I took over a […]
The inspiration behind this recipe is mum who I spoke to a few days back. Dad had told me that mum had baked some awesome pumpkin cake which was creating waves amongst friends and family who tasted it. So I quickly asked mum on how she got the idea of putting the gory pumpkin into […]