Hamantashen
Sunday With Marlena Spieler This is my last post for our series of cooking through the cook book, Jewish Cooking by Marlena Spieler. What a blast! I got to know two of my blogger friends more closely, had the opportunity to meet Marlena a couple of times and even learned to make Matzo ball soup [...]
Paal Payasam
Happy Tamil New Year to all of you! Here is a visual treat of what we made this morning to celebrate this joyous day. Thai Red Jasmine rice simmered in milk with sugar, cardamom and saffron. Cashew nuts and raisins sauteed in ghee and garnished. We will post the recipe tonight after we are back [...]
Basundhi
I am not sure from which part of India this dessert is from, but all I can say is, I used to love asking my mom to buy this for me every time we would go to a restaurant, which was extremely rare. Going out to eat was a treat, a privilege and sometimes a [...]
Charoset
Ashkenazi Charoset for Passover Seder is simple dish that can be eaten as a snack or as a part of the meal over matzos.This is made apples, nuts, wine, sugar and cinnamon. And why cant I stop reaching for things not mentioned in the recipe? I am not sure, but I did love the addition [...]
Lekach- Honey Cake
Sunday with Marlena Spieler Honey cake, just the name wants you to want to trying baking it at home. The house smells great, folks at home are happy and when you take the first bite, you are in blissful honey land. With every bite, you get the flavors all coming together~Ginger, honey , orange juice [...]
Meyer Lemon Panna Cotta
We were having some really special guests coming home, but it was not confirmed until the very end as it was all dependent on the train reaching Sacramento on time. We wanted to make something that is light and simple. Just a few days ago, when we read this recipe, we wanted to make it [...]
Shrikand
What happens when you crave Shrikand and you know it is a dish you cant have right away? I love shrikand and grew up walking down to Prashant hotel in Belgaum when I was about 12 and sitting there savoring my puris and Shrikand. At that time, it was new dish introduced to us. My [...]
Candied Lemon Peel
Sunday With Marlena Spieler Citrus and sugar, what can go wrong. Our friends Dennis & Mary shared with us their bounty of Meyer lemons from their garden. There is nothing quite like using produce so fresh and well cared for. We made ginger lemon concentrate with the juice and the peel was used to make [...]
New York Egg Cream
Sunday with Marlena Spieler When the three of us were divvying up recipes and we got this recipe, we wondered if we would enjoy the recipe as we assumed that there would be eggs in the recipe. We are not big fans of eggs in a beverage. The title is deceiving. Marlena says in her [...]
Citrus Sponge Cake
Sundays With Marlena Spieler Here’s to Wonderful New Year ahead, with good health and happiness ! We welcomed the year amongst good friends and family with loads of food, fun and laughter. Our contribution was this cake.This Pesach cake dates back the 13th century, it is Kosher, rich and festive. We baked this to take [...]
