Mandelbrot

Sundays with Marlena Spieler
Mandelbrot means Mandel (almond) brot (bread). It tasted just like biscotti and the recipe is also very similar. They are both baked twice and use eggs, but no butter and is considered “parve“, which means it does not have any dairy or meat product.
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Thalipeeth

I have vague memories of having thalipeeth at home. My sis would come home after visiting her friends and try new recipes that she learnt from them..ah the joy of being the youngest. Thalipeeth was one of them. While I remembered the name distinctly, I had forgetten how it tasted.
The wonderful world of blogging refreshed [...]

Puran Poli

The only kind of poli I have had as a child, is the the stuffing with coconut and jaggery and was not a big fan of it, just coz it was kind of gooey. I liked the filling by itself, but not rolled as a poli.
When we moved to Belgaum, an ajji next door used [...]

Nupur’s Pav Bhaji & Pav from scratch!

Nupur’s blog is one of the first blogs I visited when I just started. This is one of the 1st recipes I have tried and many more. Nupur, you are truly an inspiration.Zlamushka has started a wonderful event called Tried and tested and dish goes to her and to Sia for Street Food MBP
Nothing else [...]

Pooris Galore!

I know I know, Independence day party is long gone. But this is what we cooked in our cooking class yesterday. Yesterday’s class was an intimate group of 12 and everyone had loads of fun rolling the pooris. We made our regular pooris and spinach pooris. I am not posting the recipe here, since [...]

Kneads No Introduction

Yeah I have been infected by the baking fairy. Needs no recipe since this is all over the blog world . R & I enjoyed the bread. This is one bread that does not need a “baker”. It is fun and tastes great.
The only thing I would do different next time, is add a [...]

Savory buns

I walked down memory lane when I saw pu siva’s coconut bun. As a child, my mom got them from Iyengar bakery..I liked spicy food even then. Buns that were made with green chillies,curry leaves and cilantro. I used pusiva’s recipe, but made a few changes not because of my imagination mind you, just [...]

Breakfast from Leftovers

R had made spinach curry the previous day ( sauted some onions, red chilli, one pod garlic and spinach together with salt) , it tasted delicious and we had some leftovers.The next day for breakfast this is what I did.
egg whites of 3 eggs well beaten with a dash of milk.A Pinch of italian seasoningSalt [...]