Say Cheeeese! Monday means its time to blog a #FoodieMonday #Bloghop theme based recipe. Our 90th theme is #Cheese. Now who doesn’t like cheese? Before you say ‘I don’t’ hold your horses. There is a huge variety of cheeses out there in the world. Most countries have their own type of popular cheese like Paneer…
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Continue ReadingMy favourite Country When Anshie, blogger at Spice Roots asked members of Bread Bakers group to bake breads from Italy as the April theme, I was really excited. I love the country and Italian breads with all that olive oil, roasted tomatoes, cheese, bell peppers. I’ve been wanting to try out panettone for such a long…
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Continue ReadingGUEST NO.6 ON THE BLOG This week my guest on the blog is my sister in law (hubby’s sister) Varaharupa. When I got married, she was a vision of a modern ISKCON devotee with short hair cut, loved dressing up and never saw her without any jewellery. Things changed when she got married, it was…
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Continue ReadingHealthy Seeds Our 85th theme for #FoodieMonday#Bloghop group is #Nigellaseeds. Nigella seeds, kalonji, black cumin, balck caraway,fennel flower,charnushka, onion seeds, Roman Coriander as they are called taste like a cross between onion, oregano and black pepper. It however has no relation to onion, cumin, fennel or caraway. They are seeds from the plant Nigella Sativa.Its…
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Continue ReadingIRISH FRECKLE BREAD#BREADBAKERS HAPPY ST.PATRICK’S DAY Isn’t it wonderful to be part of cooking groups where one can learn not only about cooking about also about different cultures and festivals. So,though I’ve heard about St. Patrick’s Day and know that the Irish celebrate it, I’ve till today never really bothered to find out what the…
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Continue ReadingHappy Women’s Day International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March all over the world.It focuses on gender equality, respect, love and appreciation of all women be it in the economic, political or social field. Every year the themes vary. This year the theme is “Be Bold for Change”.While many women have been recognized for…
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Continue ReadingGuest No.4 on the Blog My guest this week is my charming niece Pooja. Young, energetic, caring and always smiling. Pooja loves helping people, it just comes very naturally to her. Born in Kenya, partially brought up in Kenya and then in US, she is pretty much a very down to earth sort of…
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Continue ReadingGuest No. 2 on the blog My second guest on the blog is my dear kaki (chachi) Charulata. Always there for me, my helper, my adviser and my sympathizer. She probably has heard a million woes from me and never has she once said “oh no Mayuri not again.” She started a fashion designing course…
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Continue ReadingIts good to be back For the past few months I’d been so busy that baking challenges from the We Knead to Bake group took a back seat.I was busy preparing for my daughter’s wedding. The wedding went well and now I’m back to my routine. I’ve got quite a bit of catching up to…
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Continue ReadingGuest No.1 on the blog Let me introduce you to my first guest on Mayuri’s Jikoni. Its none other than my lovely, warmhearted and ever friendly daughter Namrata. A textile designer by profession but now a Content Writer, don’t ask me to name the number and names of firms that she has…
