Semolina Cake aka Basboosa has been a favorite dessert in many Middle Eastern and North African countries. Its very simple and easy to remember. A perfect evening snack for fussy kids. Semolina cake recipes are deliciously easy to make, yet uniquely impressive. Semolina cakes have a lovely texture that is distinctly different than cakes make with plain flour. It can be made in different flavors by adding lemon or orange zest etc. Since a long time i were wanting to make a semolina cake with coconut that i ate once long back at my friends house. She briefed me with…
Ingredient: egg
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‘Chefs Across Boundaries’ is a group of Chefs who set up challenges every month to encourage the participants to innovate, think out of the box and explore the culinary world. It is an initiative started by a handful of food bloggers and food enthusiasts who have taken up the challenge to explore unique and traditional recipes with a motive to expand culinary knowledge as well as to promote the hidden gems which are yet to make an impact in the culinary world. The monthly challenge at ‘Chefs Across Boundaries’ this month is the cuisine of beautiful Kashmir. The challenge was…
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“Never Fear… When Cup Cakes Are Near!” Exams are over and this calls for a party… Kids party are incomplete without Cup cakes. My son Abeer, known to be a huge chocolate fan wanted me to make cup cakes for his friends on the last day of exams. That gave me an idea to organize a Kid’s Pajama Party! As the cup cakes were being made for the bachcha party, i wanted the frosting to be simple yet colorful and delicious. Chocolate, Raspberry and simple Vanilla were my choice. Had already tried ganache a couple of times before, so this…
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If chocolate is a sin, i am happy to be a sinner! It was Khan sahab’s birthday yesterday and this time i wanted to bake a cake that is my family’s favorite. I have often seen my son Abeer and Khan sahab fighting over a piece of chocolate cake. That was when i decided to go for a dark chocolate cake lined with Nutella layer in between and an absolute mouth melting ganache frosting to go with it. Didn’t wanted to go with that regular chocolate sponge cake, so after a long search i finally ended up picking just the…
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‘Chefs Across Boundaries’ is a group of Chefs who set up challenges every month to encourage the participants to innovate, think out of the box and explore the culinary world. This month, one of the Members Hetal Kamdar (http://hetalkamdar.blog.co.uk/) hosted the challenge and her theme was Pondicherry cuisine. The Union Territory of Pondicherry boasts of a sumptuous cuisine that shows strong French and Tamil influences. Puducherry formerly known as Pondicherry is a small charming Union Territory on the east coast of India consisting of four small regions namely Pondicherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam. Whereas Pondicherry and Karaikal is in Tamilnadu,…
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With Valentine’s Day coming, love is the topic of the moment. When we think about love, we generally think in terms of who loves us and whom we love, both of which refer to others. But what if Valentine’s Day were really about falling in love with ourselves, cherishing ourselves, and knowing ourselves as manifestations of the Divine. Self-love is not an act of effort but rather a way of being. It means living in a way, moment to moment, that makes room for our own heart’s experience, being with ourselves with kindness and without judgment. Love is not a…
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9 months of blogging and my 100th post…feels great. The journey so far has been a learning experience that allowed me to explore and nurture my culinary skills. Initially baking was one of my weakest point, but gradually it became my strength. What can be a better way to express my happiness on my 100th post than baking a cake. Zebra-striped cake made with patterns of vanilla batter and cocoa batter is one of the impressive looking cakes. It looks complicated to make but in fact its very easy to get the patterns.
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A Scotch Egg consist of a shelled hard boiled egg wrapped in a sausage meat mixture. coated in bread crumbs and deep fried. Scotch eggs are commonly eaten cold, particularly with pickles or salads. . Ever since i came across this recipe in one of my blogger friend Nidhi S Raj, i have been wanting to make this. I studied the recipe from http://soulandspicebox.com/scotch-eggs/ and was waiting for the winters to try my hands on these Egg headed beauties. It can be made by using either goat/lamb mince or chicken mince. I used chicken as it is anytime available in…
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Life is unpredictable, eat dessert first! specially if it’s a classic chocolate cake. Let’s face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for lot of people…it does for me as well.Part of life and part of life’s enjoyment is a soft and creamy classic chocolate cake… what, do i sound like a kid? O yes, i am one and shall always be for a cake. My new year resolution started with making a diet plan for myself to reduce a few kilos, but today i wouldn’t want to sacrifice my chocolate cake…it’s such an amazing feeling when u…
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It’s the 3rd day of Jan’2015, the climate is super cold and raining too…Never ever imagined that winters can be this chilling here in Raipur. Now as God is being so kind to me, i just thought to enjoy the freezing climate with some crunchy munchy snack that can go perfect with evening Tea. Something hot and cheesy…. just the way i like. Evening snacks are a quite challenging in my home. It should neither be too light nor too heavy. Should be tasty, something new always….phewww! Still i love to take up the challenge and try to create something…
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This is a simple and traditional egg white pudding (kheer) which tastes almost like the famous Indian dessert ‘Rabri’. I had this first time when i was a kid and it was really hard for me to believe that it contains egg. The recipe got transferred from my Grandmom to my Mom and then from her to Me. The egg kheer is indeed a royal dessert and is made on special occasions at my home.
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