Recipe: Ginger Cookies Ginger Cookies, ginger snaps or simply ginger nuts are made with ginger powder along with some golden syrup. These cookies tend to be slightly hard, making them ‘dunkable’ in milk, tea or coffee. They are quite different from the classic gingerbread cookies that are usually baked during Christmas time. Gingerbread cookies have a mixture of spices and tend to be soft and chewy. These ginger cookies are not chewy as they not contain eggs. The recipe below is a small batch recipe. To bake more, simply double triple the recipe as per your need. Memories My mum was not into baking a variety of cookies but then who did bake so much back then. She would only make Kenyan Biscuits and that…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Kahk -Egyptian Cookies Kahk are traditional Egyptian Cookies that are generally baked during Eid. These cookies are amazingly tasty with a fabulous fine crumb, melt in the mouth texture, and aromatic. They are baked plain or with a filling. And believe me both taste so good. You’ll not be able to stop at one. Best part is that they are not overly sweet. Whenever I come across a recipe that I like, I tend to pin to my Pinterest Board called Must Try. Most pins just sit there some for several years. Egyptian Eid Cookies as they are also known as is one of them. Sharing This Recipe With Sunday Funday Group Wendy who blogs at A Day in the Life on the Farm…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Marble | Swirl Cookies Marble | Swirl Cookies are soft buttery, chocolatey and easy to make. Perfect cookies to bake for festivals, parties, or as every day tea time treat. What I like about these cookie recipe is the versatility. Make them into swirl cookies, which is a bit time consuming but very pretty. Or make them into marble cookies where you gently roll the vanilla and chocolate dough together to create random patterns. Play with colours and instead of chocolate make them more festive by adding edible colour to one part of the dough. Leave the dough in the freezer and bake as and when you want them. Memories I seriously cannot remember the number of times I’ve baked these cookies when my…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Fruit Tartlets Fruit tartlets are finger food pastries as the baked tarts are small. They are filled with cream cheese, fresh cream, lemon curd or custard and lots of fresh fruit. These tartlets are ideal as dessert for parties or even as a tea time treat. Fruit tartlets never fail to wow my guests. And what I love about them is that you can fill them with any seasonal fruit. For kids I’ve filled them with jelly and fruits. If you are a bit apprehensive about making the sweet shortcrust pastry at home, by all means use ready made one. I try and avoid using ready made ones as I am not sure what kind of fat might be used to make the dough.…
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Continue ReadingLadi Pav | Indian Bread Rolls Ladi Pav | Indian Bread Rolls are homemade, soft, pillowy, buttery eggless rolls that are commonly served with certain types of street food. Easy to make, these slightly sweetish and golden pav are perfect for pav bhaji, vada pav, egg bun, maska buns and dabeli. Pav is the Hindi word for bread. It probably comes from the Portuguese word pão which means bread. And bread was introduced in India by the Portuguese. Ladi means in a line, row or group. As these bread rolls are baked in a tray by placing the rolled dough close to each other. Thus the name Ladi Pav, also known as pao buns, ladi pao. Memories – Ladi Pav vs Kenyan Scones Growing up,…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Rose & Cardamom Cookies Rose & Cardamom Cookies are so easy to bake, flavourful and perfect for any festival season. I bake these for Diwali, Weddings, Tea Parties, Eid,etc. I simply love the combined flavour of rose and cardamom. Trust me, it is so exotic. Adding a different kind of flavour to the basic nankhatai recipe. Cookie, A Must With Tea Or Coffee Isn’t it intriguing that many feel like having a cookie with their cup or tea or coffee? I am one of them. My afternoon tea is always served with cookies. I mostly stick to one cookie though I get tempted to reach out for another 🙂 But the good thing is that since hubby has retired, he has taken on…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Egg-Free Date Cake This Egg-Free Date Cake is moist, flavourful, full of nuts and dried fruits, wheat cake. Makes an excellent teatime, breakfast or picnic cake. No icing or frosting required as it tastes so good on its own. Best part is that once you’ve got all the ingredients, the cake is so easy to make and bake. Memories Being away from family is not very nice. Most of my family live either in India, UK, US, Europe, Dubai, Canada or Nairobi. That means I hardly ever get the opportunity to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, festivals with them. Though a disheartening reality, I tend to make the occasions special by making something sweet to celebrate with my hubby. It sometimes results in something sweet within…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: SHHH COOKING SECRETLY THEME: FESTIVE THEME RECIPE: THANDAI RAVA CAKE Thandai Rava Cake is so soft, egg free and with amazing flavours of thandai spices,rose and saffron. A perfect bake for the Holi Festival. Who doesn’t love cakes, whatever the festival maybe. What Is Thandai Rava Cake? Thandai is a spice mixture that is quite popular during the Holi festival. Besides making thandai drink, it can be used for several other festive dishes like kulfi, mousse, cookies, muffins, chia pudding, malpua, etc. Rava is the hindi word for semolina. Semolina cakes turn out so soft and are easily to bake. Add a sugar syrup on top to keep it moist or don’t. The choice is yours. A Bit About The Group This group brings…
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Continue ReadingEvent: Sunday Funday Theme: Yogurt Recipe: Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless is so easy to make, moist with a soft crumb and refreshingly delicious. Slightly tangy, the addition of black poppy seeds adds a delightful texture to the overall flavour. A Bit About Lemon Yogurt Cake – Eggless The first time I baked a lemon yogurt cake, with eggs I simply fell in love with the flavour and soft texture. My friend tasted the cake and asked if I could bake one without eggs. I just increased the amount of yogurt and voilà it worked. Subsequently, baked it several times without eggs. I just cannot resist the lemons we get here in the grocery stores. So different from the…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: SUNDAY FUNDAY THEME: SHORTCAKE RECIPE: STRAWBERRY LEMON SHORTCAKE Strawberry Lemon Shortcake is a perfect spring summer time dessert with homemade shortcake or biscuit, whipped fresh cream and juicy strawberries. A decadent and filling dessert, the shortcake comes together within an hour. WHAT IS SHORTCAKE? Well, when Sue suggested the theme, I had to give this new bake a try. But what is shortcake I had to ask myself. It is such an American term, something that I had not paid much attention till this theme came up. As my research began, got more and more interesting. Shortcake has nothing to do with the height of the cake. It apparently is derived from an old English cooking definition of short which referred to something…
