Layer cakes for a crowd are a logistical nightmare! Today’s cake is dedicated to everyone who has tried to cut a towering 4 layer cake into 30 slices to share with co-workers. It’s impossible!! I also wanted to tell you why I kept it a secret for the last year I’ve been working on it. A stark contrast to my first cookbook Dinner where I shared my journey with you all the way....
The Traditional Veg Dum Biryani is made by cooking the rice first and making the gravy with sauce and layering it later and slow cook in a heavy-bottomed pan. As everyone prefers easy and yummy recipe, I am sharing the recipe of Chole biryani recipe, Chana biryani in pressure cooker. I have already posted vegetable biryani in pressure cooker, Paneer Biryani in pressure cooker. I have posted chana pulao recipe very long back in Jeyashri’s kitchen....
Perfect portable food, this is certainly not your average sandwich. Crispy and buttery on the outside, mine is stuffed with Christmas leftover ham, turkey, spinach, antipasto type things and cheese. But anything goes! Anything goes in this bread bowl sandwich! Christmas Leftovers are precious around these parts. It only rolls around once a year, and everyone in our family really makes an effort with their allocated dishes. So quite often, you’ll find various family members sidling up to the leftover ham or whatever dish took their fancy in particular that year to pack themselves a generous quantity of it before all the remaining leftovers are shared out equally and fairly to everyone....
Cinnamon French Toast Sticks I’m loving coming up with fresh takes on french toast! Growing up I always adored french toast but it was always the classic version drowning in syrup. When I was in uni, I discovered how good it was to pile bacon onto it, and yes, still drown it in maple syrup. I used to call this a “Heart Attack On A Plate”. This was before the day when “sweet and salty” became all the rage and everyone I made this for were dubious until they took their first mouthful – then they were converted for life....
I made the batter for paniyaram the previous day and made the sago kheer |javarisi payasam also the previous day night. Morning after getting up, kept rice for curd rice and biled potatoes in the pressure cooker. Meanwhile made the kara chutney ready and fried the vadams too. Once the pressure cooker is done, i allowed the rice to cool for curd rice and tempered it with seasoning. I cut the potatoes and kept it ready for making curry....
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Rolled Oats 1 Cup Olive oil 1 tblsp Honey 1tblsp Almonds 1/4cup Dried Cranberry 1/2 cup Cinnamon powder 1/2 tsp Chop the almonds into thin slices. In a baking tray, place a butter paper. Add the rolled Oats, sliced almonds, olive oil, honey and cinnamon powder . Mix well. Preheat the Oven for 5 minutes at 160 degrees. Bake the granola mix for 15 minutes till it becomes crunchy. Stir in between for even toasting....
Luxuriously rich Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta I’ve been crowned the Queen of Creamy-Without-Cream*, but today I’m dethroning myself temporarily just so I can share this Creamy Chicken and Bacon Pasta with you without an inkling of guilt. We’ve made it to the end of the year, and the month of December is about indulgences. I’ve been very sensible in the past and shared real Alfredo recipes, made the real proper Italian way....
Creamy Garlic Prawns Plump juicy prawns marinated in garlic then seared in butter, finished with a splash of dry white wine and a squeeze of lemon juice is my go-to way to make prawns. That’s this recipe here – Garlic Prawns. A classic that will never go out of style. Then there’s this version – Garlic Prawns PLUS a creamy garlicky sauce. It’s the jacked up version, a more indulgent one for those nights when you want/need something to impress, and extra sauce to smother your starchy side of choice so you can lavish every single drop of that sauce!...
Wondering how to stop fish sticking to the pan? It’s easy: use a heavy based skillet (doesn’t need to be non stick), heat the pan before adding oil, and most importantly – do not move move the fish until it naturally releases from the pan! Crispy Pan Fried Fish I think that cooking fish on the stove is the BEST way to cook fish, especially when you invest in really good fish fillets – or you’ve caught your own!...
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For the outer cover : All purpose flour | Maida 1 cup Sooji | rava 1 tblsp Hot Ghee 2 tblsp Salt a pinch For the filling Badam | almonds 8 Pistachios 20 Cashew nuts 10 Dates 6 Fennel seeds 1/2 tsp (optional) Cardamom 2 Sugar 2 tblsp Desiccated coconut or 2 tblsp In a wide bowl add the flour, sooji and hot ghee. Mix this well. The flour should be like a bread crumbs....
INGREDIENTS: METHOD: Cream sugar and yogurt ( use yogurt in room temperature) till the sugar gets dissolved. Add baking powder and baking soda to this mixture and mix well. Keep it aside for 5 minutes. Add vanilla essence. Add oil to this. In a wide bowl add the flour and slowly add the wet mixture to the flour. Mix well to get a creamy texture. Add tutti fruity to this and mix well....
This salad is satisfying enough to be a complete meal because I like to pile on alot of flatbread ribbons – it’s my favourite part! So I used 2 whole flatbreads which makes this quite a satisfying meal for 2, or a side salad or appetizer for 4. The flatbread I use is called Lebanese Bread here in Australia and it is like pita bread in that it is a “pocket” (i....
Fried modakam | fried modhagam we generally do for Chaturthis which comes every month called “Sankatahara Chaturthi or Sankashti”. We also make this during Ganapathi homam at the house and also during house warming ceremony,seemanthan(baby shower) and other auspicious homams we make at home. This fried modakam is made along with nei appam on the previous day night. This will stay perfect for 1-2 days even if we keep at room temperature....
Ever year after we eat our holiday ham, we make ham soup. In the past, I’d always make a “ham and 15 bean” soup, but now, every year I try to come up with a new ham soup that’s just as filling. Last year, I shared a recipe for Cantonese Ham and Lotus Root Soup – it’s delicious! This year, I’m sharing a recipe for a French soup: Garbure. It’s pronounced: GAHR-boohr....
METHOD: In a saucepan bring the water to boil and add the tea powder ( i used the “TATA” BRAND) . Let it boil for a minute and switch off the flame. If using tea bags, when the water comes to a rolling boil switch off the flame and put the tea bags inside it. If adding ginger, using a mortar and pestle mash it slightly and add to the water....
The Easiest Mango Cheesecake Instant Pot Recipe This mango cheesecake is the easiest recipe EVER. Not only does it call for just 3-ingredients, but you make it in an instant pot! Just pour and cook. Thousands of blog readers have made this mango cheesecake (just do a search in my FB group!) and everyone raves about how simple and delicious this cake is. 3 Ingredient Cheesecake I’d tell you that you’d never guess the ingredients in this dessert, but hopefully, you’ve seen my 2-ingredient cheesecake recipe by now and already know what this magical cheesecake is made out of....
While most recipes are made using fresh jalapeños, I make mine with canned because I find that the slight tang of pickled jalapeños is perfect to cut through the richness of the creamy dip. Serving it in a bread bowl is optional. Skip it if you want to avoid a brawl when everyone fights over who gets the dip soaked crust – arguably the BEST part!! Jalapeno Popper Dip My very favourite recipes are those with Food Memories, and this one is my latest and greatest one, concocted after my last trip to the States last month....
Handcrafted Japanese Knife Giveaway! {Update: Giveaway has closed, the winner is Monica O’Sullivan!} The last time we asked my mother to bring a kitchenware item back from Japan, it was “just” a Yakitori charcoal grilling station. “It’s only 10 kg (20 lb)!” my sister cajoled. “C’mon mum!” We were only joking. Though perhaps not excessively heavy, it’s about 1 m / 3 feet long and given she was also manhandling her ski gear, we didn’t actually think she would lug one back for us....
