Food & Memories of Mangalore
Hello people! How are the festive preps coming along? Are you done with preparations? Are you in the midst of baking your gorgeous Christmas cakes? Well, I haven’t even got started with the Kuswar (Mangalorean Christmas goodies) but since I was determined to post all my Christmassy posts by the 20th for the benefit of…
Looking for an easy Christmas fruitcake without alcohol! Your search ends right here! Yes my friends, here’s the perfect recipe for a simple cake that is non-alcoholic and perfect for those who wish to eat one for whatever reasons! I came across this recipe in my favourite cookbook called ‘The Perfect Christmas’. The book is…
Hello people!! We have finally and collectively made it to the last month of this year!! What an eventful year it has been. A crazy one with plenty of reminders. We have slowed down and most of us have had the opportunity to smell the flowers (or the coffee) and rethink our choices in life…
Treacle, also known as molasses or dark caramel is technically a byproduct of refining sugar by boiling the raw juice. This uncrystallized syrup is thick and dark and has many uses in flavouring food. From being added to cakes and bakes, it finds its uses in sauces and marinades and other sweets too. Treacle is a bit pricey where I live. A bottle of which costs around AED 18 or maybe even more. I usually buy a bottle around Christmas time and like to add it to my bakes if a recipe called for some treacle. However, this time around I wanted to make it at home for a fraction of the cost. Making treacle at home is easy if you follow the correct steps. It keeps well too so you need not worry about it going bad as sugar…
Candied orange peel, albeit a bit laborious, is perhaps one of the easiest things to make at home. This is especially if you like to bake a lot of fruitcakes/Christmas cakes. While buying most of the dried fruit from the store is inevitable, you can always make other things at home. Candied citrus peel and candied ginger are quite easy to make and worth the effort. There are many other things you can make at home for a fraction of the cost and in the upcoming weeks I will share those recipes with you. I am very tempted to tell you what they are but I will refrain 🙂 Just to keep the suspense! So, I have been making candied peel since the past few years and I really love the whole process. There is something so Christmassy about oranges…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year!! Not yet! Well, it is in my house at least! I know that Diwali just got over and Thanksgiving is around the corner, but the spirit of Christmas has kept me trying out new recipes since a few weeks now. Before I delay it any further, I decided to post this recipe for the fruit mix for a lovely Christmas cake. Oh! I can’t wait to bake! You see, I think I am a tad bit late in posting this. I had shot this video a few weeks ago but didn’t get around to posting it. I hope it isn’t too late! If you get into action this weekend, you still have a good month to let your fruits soak before you bake your cake. If you want to bake your cake…
Hello folks! We are at the fag end of this year. Christmas is just around the corner and yes, there will be a lot of festive baking happening starting with Diwali which is two weeks away. If you love baking then this is one baking essential that you must have handy around the pantry. So what compelled me to make my own vanilla extract? Well, you see, I heavily relied on the store bought vanilla which I knew was synthetic but didn’t know any better. After coming to Dubai I used to buy pure extract which again was not true vanilla extract owing to the fact that it contained no alcohol. To add to my woes, a tiny bottle was super expensive and most times I’d buy the synthetic one. Eventually I began to search for recipes that would help…
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