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Plum Cream Cheese Swirl Cake
This post reminds me of my favourite time of the year..Summer! I adore everything about Summer. But what sets it apart from the other seasons for me, is the abundant choices it brings along when it comes to fruits and vegetables. I'm far from Summer at the moment...quite the opposite to be precise … Read More
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cookie+Brownie Semifreddo
Cookies anyone? Brownies? How about ice cream? Don't even bother to answer that. Because I am going to give you all of these in one mammoth-ly delicious recipe. And you don't even need an ice cream machine! Make it, freeze it and eat it the way you like. In scoops or cut it up into slices. There … Read More
Pasta with Kale-Almond Pesto and Salmon
A delicious pasta dish made with kale pesto sauce and served with salmon to make a great weeknight dinner. t's been a while since I shared a quick weeknight dinner recipe in this space. Weeknights haven't changed, neither has there been a dearth of exploring new recipes or ingredients. But … Read More
Spicy Kale, Sweet Potato And Broad Bean Quinoa Pilaf
Quinoa. Everyone apparently wants to include it in their diet, it is increasingly visible in supermarkets and health stores. there are recipes doing the rounds all over the Internet, even in restaurant menus and it is categorised as a Superfood. Right? These are facts that I came to learn … Read More
No-Bake Lemon And Lime Cheesecake. A Mother’s Day Post.
You know I've never told my Mom 'I love you Mom'. Not in so many words. I've always marvelled at her strength, the way she's able to embrace situations...for being the Mommy who has a solution for everything. I wanted to tell her 'Hey Mom..you are a Super woman'. But I didn't. Ever. Perhaps I've just taken her for granted all along or maybe like many of us, I've assumed that she would know. But motherhood, since it happened to me 4 years ago, it changed my perception about every big or little relationship in my life. Unlike me, my little boys are quite vocal about their affection towards their mother. And I am ever so ready to hear them, to read the little love notes scribbled in crayons or get hugged over and over again. A million times over. I will be meeting my Mommy at end of this month, after a year. Something that I am really looking forward to. I'd love to bake for her and also get her into the kitchen to cook all my favourite dishes. Ironically, my mother is diabetic...to the highest degree. So was my grandmother. It runs in the family so I need to keep a tab on my blood sugar levels. Funny, considering that sugar is the core of my creations, the basis of this … Read More
Spiced Chocolate Streusel Cake
On a cold day, nothing warms up my soul than the smell and taste of spice. Spices are a part of my heritage..they are built into my palate, they spell the word comfort to me...even more than chocolate. They can take me back in time when I woke up to the sound of the mortar and the pestle every day as a little girl. My mother would fill up jars of freshly ground cumin, cinnamon, cardamom, coriander or nutmeg after dry roasting them and the house would smell wonderful for hours. Spices are a constant in my kitchen too and consciously or otherwise I play around with them in my cooking and my recipes. If you are reading this blog for a while, you know that I love to pair them up in my desserts too. I was a bit unsure of whether I should call this a chocolate cake in the first place. The obvious reason for that is that there is no chocolate in it. The cake and the streusel use cocoa powder. In the era of the 'chocolate chunk' baked goods this would be rather old-fashioned or out of place....is what I thought. But one bite into the cake and I immediately loved it. It has all the qualities of a good chocolate cake minus the richness. It's moist and light and the crumble or streusel … Read More
Caramelised White Chocolate Doughnuts
I share a little shopping ritual with my twin boys. If they are joining me on a grocery trip to the supermarket, they would get to pick and choose and eat their favourite doughnuts. The supermarket is located inside a busy shopping centre and though many of the popular doughnut outlets also happen to be on the same floor, they always want to pick the doughnuts from the bakery section in the same supermarket. The obvious reason for that is the colourful inviting displays are very suitably placed within the eye level and even reach of a small child. Marketing strategy at its best. So each time not one but two of the combo packs tinted in bright shades and strewn with colourful sprinkles land up on my shopping trolley.With a constant supply of outsourced doughnuts, my blog has completely missed the opportunity to make some at home. But since the time I've discovered caramelised white chocolate I've developed an uncontrollable urge of dunking everything into it...muffins, cupcakes, eclairs, cookies and even store bought doughnuts. That is if I am able to convince the boys to buy the non-glazed ones, especially cinnamon doughnuts. Caramelised chocolate with a little spice is the next … Read More
Orange+Almond+Oats+Coconut (Anzac) Biscuits
A few days ago, I was reading an article in Good Housekeeping (via the Kitchn) about '10 foods that make you sleepy and 10 that keep you up'. Since I frequently deal with sleep problems, I thought it was quite appropriate for me. Incidentally, a batch of these were baking in the oven as I was reading through. Topping the list of things that help one sleep better were oats and almonds, both of which were present in these biscuits. I almost found myself wishing that all that was written in the article were true and I could eat biscuits and go to bed. How does that sound? To be honest, these have nothing to do with sleep. Partly true. That is if you are not dreaming of them. They are deliciously addictive biscuits with a gorgeous caramel like flavour, accompanied by a slight chew from the coconut, a nutty bite from the almonds and a mild flavour and fragrance from the orange. Too many good things happening there. We enjoyed two long weekends this month..first Easter and then Anzac Day. And that is precisely why I made these in the first place. These are perhaps biscuits that are held in the highest regard in Australia. I made 3 different versions of the traditional … Read More
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