EVENT: FOODIES_ REDOING OLD POSTS #20 RECIPE: THANDAI MOUSSE Looking for an easy dessert to make for the upcoming Holi festival? Try out Thandai Mousse – light, smooth and melt in the mouth kind of dessert. Did I mention it is so easy to make it? Yes, it is. Make it a day ahead…
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Continue Readingamazingly soft A couple of weeks ago I came across the recipe for petit pains au lait on Priya’s blog (Priya’s Versatile Recipe). Anything French these days catches my attention. I browsed through the recipe and found it very interesting. She made the little milk bread rolls for the We knead to bake…
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Continue Readingtherapeutic Over and over again I have read that fellow bloggers find baking very therapeutic. It’s no different for me and since I have gained the confidence to use a starter sponge, baking has taken a whole new meaning. Though I used the short period for fermenting the starter, I was very pleased with…
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Continue Readingcan’t believe an eggplant can taste so delicious Come Saturday and its time to go to our studio apartment on the beach. I don’t want to spend time cooking in the studio so I prepare beforehand dinner for Saturday and Sunday. Hubby and I love to spend the evening chatting, watching telly or…
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Continue Readinga cool treat I made this ice cream last year at my son’s place using his ice cream maker. It was a welcome treat at that time as it was pretty hot in Montreal. Montreal summers can get hot and humid. I am waiting to buy some fresh cream to make it again…
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Continue ReadingWhy is it so difficult to get certain basic ingredients? Now that the wedding is over, its time to invite friends and relatives home to have a look at the photos and dinner. The first family was entertained on Friday. I made mashed avocado and tomato bruschetta, sesame honey chilli potatoes, for starters, salad…
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Continue Readingsweet bread from Mexico Conchas (pronounce the ch as in chair) are traditional sweet buns from Mexico. Also known as pan dulce, these sweet rolls have a slightly hard crust and a soft,slightly chewy,sweet inner part. Once you take a bite into the crust, it melts like magic in your mouth. Usually…
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Continue ReadingMy first experience with an ice cream maker My first visit to Canada last year was full of excitement and my son tried to make it special in every respect. He froze loads of blueberries for us as it would have been out of season by the time we reached there. I was obviously…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: CHILLI GARLIC MOGO Chilli Garlic Mogo is a lip smacking, spicy, starter dish made using cassava or yucca. Made in the style of the famous Indo-Chinese Chilli Paneer, it goes really well with chilled beer. It is a dish that you will not miss on most of the Indian Restaurant Menus. You will…
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Continue ReadingUpdated on 05/12/2018 Its been a long time since I baked a bread. A cool rainy weather called out for some soup. Making soup for dinner meant a home baked bread. I dug out my ‘to try list’ and made masala bread. The first time I had made masala bread was when I was…
