I love Donna Hay and her recipes. They never go wrong… They are so simple, well explained recipes. This is one of her recipes followed to the T. Ingredients 210gms – Unsalted butter, room temperature 90ml – Maple syrup 82gms – Powdered sugar 130 gms – Brown sugar 1 tsp…
HAYagreeva – Bengalgram sweet
HAYAGREEVA, is a sweet dish, a speciality from Karnataka. Hayagreeva is a sweet dish made with Bengal gram cooked with jaggery and flavoured with cardamom. Hayagreeva is specially made during Gowri festival and offered to goddess Gowri, mother of Ganesha. Hayagreeva is a super simple sweet dish that can be prepared in no time. Hayagreeva is one…
BLAckberry Icecream
A huge thank to my friend Jeyadra for the basic Icecream recipe..? Ingredients 200ml – Heavy cream 1/4 cup – Powdered sugar 2 tbsps – Condensed milk 10 nos – Blackberries Method Purée the blackberries and set aside. I have used the seeds also, but you can seive it if you do not want…
TOMato Rice
When i received this beautiful casserole by Fujihoro, i was so happy. It is an amazing piece, perfect for everyday cooking. It is perfect for pulavs, sabzis, dal etc. it is heavy and heavy bottomed and hence uses less oil and water in cooking sabzis. I dont use tefflon coated cookware and this one being…
CREamy Carrots
This dish is a nice change from the regular roasted carrots. Simple, quick and a healthy finger food. Ingredients A hanful – Baby carrots 1/4 cup – hung curd or cream cheese 2 nos – Garlic cloves 1 tsp – olive oil 1 tsp – Red chilly flakes Salt to taste Garlic chives and…
KAShāya / Kada – Herbal Immunity booster
Kashāya or Kada , is a decoction of spices that helps build immunity and the drink that gives you relief from cold and cough when had regularly. Kashaya is also known as Kada. Kashaya for us always meant some torturous horrible drink. It is used as a metaphor to describe a bad tasting, medicine. “Oh…
SHRikhand
Shrikhand is a basic indian dessert. Creamy, rich, flavourful, and the easiest. Make it rich by adding silver wark or make it in whole lot of flavours. For now it is the basic version. Ingredients 1ltr – Yogurt 1/4 cup – Powdered Sugar 1 tsp – Kesar / Saffron 2 no – Elaichi/ Cardamom…
Tomato Salad with Pesto Dressing
A couple of weeks back, I received a basket full of beautiful, fresh, black, produce from FirstAgro. Black Bell Peppers, Black Tomatoes, Purple Basil and Black Radish. I was sure that was going to use the tomatoes raw and basil for Pesto. I had a Black Salad in mind. With bell peppers, tomatoes,…
JAMun Icecream
Summer is not just about the heat, the sweat, the sun….. Its also about the new leaves in the tree, it is about the peacocks singing (yes i can hear peacocks sing in the forest near my house ?), it is about the fruits filling the markets, it is about the holidays, it is…
BANana Chocolate Cake
Ingredients 170gms – Unsalted butter, at room temperature 170gms – Powdered sugar 135gms – Dark chocolate 280gms – All purpose flour 3 1/2 tsp – Baking powder Pinch of salt 1/2 tsp – Bicarbonate of soda 3 nos – Eggs 2 nos – Bananas, small overripened 2 tbsp – Choco Chips Preparation Grease…