Tropical Pasta Salad Tropical Pasta Salad is a colourful, refreshing, filling and different. The stars of this delicious salad besides the pasta are ripe mango, avocado and fresh pineapple. Easy to put together, this tropical pasta salad is perfect as a summer time light meal, for potluck parties and for picnics. Tastes really good with …
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Continue ReadingEvent: Sunday Funday Theme: National Raspberry Cake Day Recipe: Raspberry Lemon Pound Cake Raspberry Lemon Pound Cake is a light but moist cake with a soft crumb. The lemon flavour, fresh raspberries and sour cream makes this cake a perfect summer time dessert. Enjoy it on its own, with some whipped cream or Greek Yogurt.…
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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…
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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…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: A- Z RECIPE CHALLENGE THEME : AN INGREDIENT BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER R RECIPE: SPICY RICE, MANGO AND COCONUT SALAD Spicy Rice, Mango and Coconut Salad So how did I decide to make a salad with a long name like Spicy Rice, Mango and Coconut Salad? Well, whenever I have a bit of…
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Continue ReadingRECIPE: LAVENDER LEMON PANNA COTTA WITH LEMON CURD Lavender Lemon Panna Cotta with Lemon Curd is an easy to make, refreshingly, delicious, light dessert, perfect for the summer. Making the lemon curd with fragrant lemons is such a delight and surprisingly very easy. FoodieMonday/Bloghop Theme This week’s theme, Lemons was suggested by Waagmi who…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIEMONDAY/BLOGHOP THEME: #232 GO FOR GOBI What is Gobi? Today’s recipe is Keto Cauliflower Paneer Poha. However, before we get to the recipe, lets find out what gobi is. No I’m not talking about the Gobi Desert. Gobhi, phoolkobi is cauliflower. Cauliflower is a cruciferous(brassicaceae) vegetable that looks like a white version of its…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: FOODIEMONDAY/BLOGHOP THEME: #196 IT’S PICKLE TIME My mum use to make huge quantities of lemon pickle and other pickles and store it in those old fashioned ceramic brown and cream jars. The pickle would be served every Sunday along with khichdi and kadhi. As for the lemon pickle which I love so much,she would…
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Continue ReadingEVENT: A- Z CHALLENGE THEME : A DISH BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER G What is the A- Z Challenge? Well, we’re a Facebook group and every alternate month the participants make a dish with the relevant letter. The group was started in May 2018 by Jolly Makkar and Vidya Narayan. For the month of May (it’s…
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Continue ReadingEVENT:FOODIEMONDAY/BLOGHOPTHEME:#176 FRUITSANDFLOWERS Wishing all my followers and friends a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As Edna Ferber, a famous novelist and playwright quoted ” Christmas isn’t a season. It’s a feeling.” She was so right. Whether you celebrate Christmas as a religious festival or just as a festive holiday, the whole world…