Family time I have been away from the blogging scene for nearly a month. I had gone to London for my nephew’s wedding. Weddings are fun but hard work also. It gave me the opportunity to meet up with my huge huge family. Since I stay far away, meeting up with them is a special…
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Continue Readingmagic fruit Who would have ever thought that banana can be used along with yeast to make a delicious bread? I didn’t…. till Aparna of ‘We Knead to Bake’ challenged us to bake one for September. I thought “that’s going to be a sweet bread, so how come its a sandwich bread?” However, the…
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Continue ReadingGoing all the way to Mexico Well not really, am at the moment sitting in London writing about a Mexican bread. Cemita originates from city and region of Puebla in Mexico. It refers to the bread as well as the sandwich itself. The bread bun or roll is made with flour, fat and egg and…
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Continue ReadingTaking tropical fruit to Europe Let me introduce you to the group: #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page. How is the theme decided?…
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Continue ReadingBellissimo I swear I missed these delicious soft sweet brioche like buns when I went to Rome. I didn’t see them or perhaps my tunnel of vision at that time was just on gelato, all different flavours. But then we were too busy taking in all the sights and hardly had any…
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Continue ReadingSWEET SQUARES Almost all the yummy treats or snacks that are available on the Indian Sub continent are fried. Every Indian home you will find jars or tins of these snacks ready anytime. I too love these snacks or farsan as they are called. However they are very high in calories and as a…
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Continue ReadingLearning The few cooking groups that I belong to are really educative. I have learnt new techniques, more about world cuisine, a bit more about other countries and its fun to see the photos of fellow bloggers. The same recipe turns out quite different in different hands. If it weren’t for these groups I…
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Continue ReadingVERY SIMPLE LIFE Last Sunday our club, Lions Club of Mombasa Bahari went to to a remote village for the opening ceremony of a bore well. This was the 3rd bore well that the Club had constructed with the help of generous donors. As soon as we reached the village, what struck…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Banana Chocolate Cake This Banana Chocolate Cake is moist, fudge like, decadent dessert. The tropical flavour of ripe sweet bananas blends well with the deep, comforting cocoa flavour. The best part is that this is completely egg free. Yes no eggs used. I like to add orange zest to give this cake a citrusy…
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Continue ReadingWhere is Peace? Why is it so difficult to understand other people? Little mistakes, circumstances, difference of opinion, different race, different religion, different cultures all make us misunderstand each other. Our daily lives are filled with these misunderstandings. Whether a minor action or major, people tend to misunderstand it and don’t even bother to…
