Poor Man’s Crumpets Theme : Oceanic Cuisine BM#78 Week 2 Day 3 Pikelets (pronounced piek-lets) are known as the poor man’s crumpets. Its believed that they didn’t have crumpet rings to make perfect round crumpets. Instead, they dropped small amounts of batter on the griddle to resemble crumpets. Pikelets are mini pancakes, famous in Australia…
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Continue ReadingUpdated on 22/05/2020 While the recipe for Lemon and Lavender Scones remains the same, I’ve updated the information and write up in a more organized fashion. Spread the Fragrance Did you that flowers have been used world wide as a part of cooking? Usage of edible flowers can be traced all the way back to…
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Continue ReadingPeaches and Cream Day Did you know that 21st June is celebrated as the National Peaches and Cream Day in USA? Well, I didn’t know till Sarah Ellis initiator of Fantastical Food Fight suggested that for the June theme we should prepare something with Peaches and Cream theme. It also marks the beginning of the…
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Continue ReadingRice for Breakfast! Theme: Explore Latin American Cuisine BM #77 Week 2 Day 2 My exploration on the internet (what would we do with google?) took me to Costa Rica. As I mentioned in my previous post I had to restrict myself to ingredients that are available in Mombasa. What caught my eyes was an…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Cherry Cobbler Parfait Cherry Cobbler Parfait is a much easier version of a cherry cobbler. This parfait is perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert. The cherries are cooked a bit to create a sauce. Greek Yogurt and granola are added to this parfait. Memories I first made this parfait on 17/05/2017 in Mombasa. Cherries…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Poğaça Poğaça are cheese and herb filled Turkish savoury bread or pastries. Bread, if you’re using yeast to make the dough and pastry if baking powder or baking soda are used as the leavening agent. Generally enjoyed as part of a breakfast platter or as a tea time treat. Poğaça (pronounced as poh-ah-cha), can…
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Continue ReadingWhere Are The Yolks???? Mondays come too fast. Imagine we’re already into the 5th month of the year. Time flies. The 91st theme for #FoodieMonday #Bloghop group was decided by fellow member and blogger Nisa. She asked us to prepare something that will not take more than 20 minutes. With #20minrecipes as the theme, I…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Pineapple Overnight Oats Pineapple Overnight Oats is a healthy, creamy, easy to make breakfast with tropical flavours. This is a no cook way of enjoying oats. FoodieMonday/Bloghop Group The #FoodieMonday #Bloghop group decided on #Coconutmilk as the #86th theme. I was happy as I could just think of pina colada muffins (which has been…
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Continue ReadingRecipe: Kuzhi Paniyaram | Paddu Kuzhi Paniyaram are round vegan rice lentil balls that are pan fried and enjoyed as breakfast with some chutney. Generally, leftover idli or dosa batter is used up to make these delicious healthy round balls. To make them round a special pan called a paniyaram, appe pan or chatti is…
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Kabalagala (Ugandan Pancakes)#BreadBakers So many different types its unbelievable I didn’t have any theme in mind when I volunteered to host the month of February for the Bread Bakers group.As Christmas got over and the year was ending I knew I had to think of a theme pretty soon. I went back to the rules…
