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Pomegranate & Rose Syrup Milkshake
Pomegranate & Rose Syrup Milkshake – a recipe born out of the need to finish up soon to expire ingredients. Like the many recipes I end up creating, this one is also the labour of love (for the ingredients that I don’t want to toss out). While I generally don’t buy fancy ingredients that take up space in my pantry after being used just once, occasionally I love indulging myself during my weekly grocery trip. One of the stress busters for me is to walk down the aisles of the supermarket hunting for new ingredients. Or new flavours or aromas launched in products that I generally buy. I am a marketing/sales guy’s favourite customer. You can almost talk me into buying ingredients I don’t need. Perhaps it is the thrill I get while trying out a new recipe. Talk about…
Jamaican Banana Fritters
I can never tire myself of hunting for recipes that make use of overripe bananas. If you ask me why we buy so much that eventually ends up wasted, well, it doesn’t. Like most households, bananas are a staple fruit for us but most often than not, they end up turning a bit too ripe or perhaps I buy them when they are just right and within a couple of days they start showing signs of ageing! Sometimes (many times) I make Mangalore buns out of the overripe bananas and a few other times are reserved for baking with them. This time I decided to skip both and just make something quick and easy for our tea time snack. Some flour, sugar & nutmeg powder were all that accompanied the mashed bananas to turn them into a delicious batter for…
Indian Style Butter Garlic Mushrooms
It is said that necessity is the mother of all inventions. On some days I have my act together, I have a menu plan that I follow to the tee and feel pretty proud of how I have executed it at the end of the meal. However, on some other days my plans go for a toss and I end up sourcing ingredients just before I begin prepping up my meal. Today was one such day. I had to rush out for an early morning errand and prepped up the mince meat pie that I was making for lunch that day. The mushrooms were supposed to go into the pie but of course I totally forgot to add them. When I got back home I realised that they were sitting inside the fridge waiting to be summoned. Time was ticking…
Broccoli & Chicken Rice
Over the years I have experimented with various kinds of rice preparations. I love trying out simple recipes that make good use of pre-cooked rice as they make for an excellent way to repurpose leftover rice within minutes. Most of such one pot meal recipes that you see on my blog are my own experiments and I feel very satisfied when they are well received by my family and readers alike. Sometimes such recipes are quick fix ‘biryanis’ when you are in the mood to tuck into one but don’t have the time to slave over the elaboration. Sometimes, when made using low calorie fats, it can serve to be a light meal that suits most diet plans that are in fashion today. I ate a lot of this rice when I tried a low carb diet. I relished every…
Egg, Fish & Seafood Recipes for Lent
Dear Readers, Here’s another compilation of egg, fish & seafood recipes to help you plan your meals this Lent. If you are going pure veg this Lent, do check my compilation of Veg recipes for Lent EGGS CURRIES (WITH GRAVY) CURRIES (WITHOUT GRAVY) OTHER EGG PREPARATIONS FISH CURRIES OTHER FISH PREPARATIONS PRAWN, SHRIMP & SQUID SHELL FISH (COCKLES & CRAB) RICE
Veg Recipes for Lent
Lent is a solemn religious observance for Christians, a period that lasts approximately 6 weeks between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. During this period one is urged to give up vices or temptations of any kind. Most Christians go on a pure vegetarian diet (one that includes no meat, fish or eggs) or a semi vegetarian diet (one that includes fish, seafood & eggs) I have tried to compile a list of almost all vegetarian recipes on my blog that cover a wide range of categories like breakfast, snacks, soups, salads, starters, mains & sides that will help you plan your menu this Lent. This compilation pretty much sums up the veg recipes on my blog excluding sweets, desserts and festive foods as Lent is a time of penance and self denial. If I find that I have missed some…
Mutton Korma
Mutton Korma is a rich and delicious dish that is essentially, lamb cooked in an onion, yogurt, nut and spice paste over a slow fire till it achieves a ‘fall off the bone’ kind of tenderness. Now this dish is fit for royalty because it is truly rich. Also, made the traditional way, it can take almost an hour or more to slow cook it like they did in the past. However, since we are poor and mere mortals who live in modern times, we use the pressure cooker to do the same job in half the time. The end result is just as brilliant. So technically, you don’t need to be a royal or have a load of time on your hands. The hubs made this on a busy Thursday evening when we had some guests over and it…
Coffee & Orange Swirl Cake
Coffee and Orange Swirl Cake is a must make! Yeah, I love words that rhyme 🙂 Well, this cake was made to curb my daughter’s cake cravings. I don’t bake cakes as much as I used to because I simply cannot resist them. I end up stuffing my face so much that I ditch whatever diet I am on. Well, I don’t ‘diet’ the traditional way anymore but since I try to avoid sweets and especially white flour life becomes a challenge when I am offered cake. The older I get the more I realise that I am a cake lover. I don’t fancy chocolates or ice cream that much but I do go weak in my knees when I see cake. So I have decided to treat myself this year and do what makes me happy. I am looking…
Cakes, Cupcakes & Brownies
Spiced Pumpkin Bundt Cake
Rich Cake (Christmas Cake)
One Minute Chocolate Mug Cake ~ It’s Eggless!
Have You Tried This?
Tendli Miriyapito (Ivy Gourd Pepper)Ever heard this PJ (pathetic joke) – “Qsn: What is Bruce Lee’s favourite vegetable. Ans: Tendli”, well this vegetable is actually (and thankfully) pronounced in a nasal fashion in Konkani as ‘Tendlein’. In Mangalore, many people grow this vegetable (which grows on vines) in their backyard. It’s botanical name is Coccinia (pronounced …