Bombay Kaaja/Chiroti

Come Diwali,I start fantasizing about all different kinds of sweets which I can experiment. Khaja or Kaja or Kaaja also popularly known as 'Bombay Kaaja'. Kaaja is not a very famous sweet which not many sweet shops sell nowadays.When I was attempting to make it,I felt that this sweet is so simple to make and has an old world charm to it,as its does not look very fancy.But when you dig into it,it just melts in your mouth. Bombay Kaaja Ingredients: Maida...

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Chocolate Oats Smoothie

Smoothie is the 'in-thing' nowadays.The perfect pick-me-up drink in the morning.You can either make it the healthy way or go indulgent.  Smoothie has a milkshake consistency and has many many variations.Basic smoothie has milk as its base.Some have crushed ice,frozen fruit,fresh fruit,yogurt,ice cream,soy milk and the list goes on.The health conscious people sweeten it with honey,for kids its with different flavors of ice creams. Here...

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Zebra Cake

We had been to the Zoo few days back. I would not know why,the Zebra really caught my fancy . I thought I should bake a cookie with stripes, but then I came across a Zebra cake recipe. So, why not bake a 'Zebra Cake'. This cake looks similar to a marble cake, but with perfect stripes. For a marble cake, we would pour the plain cake batter and the chocolate cake batter in the cake tin and then use a fork or a skewer...

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Vegetable Cutlet ( India Coffee House Style )

You might be wondering why another 'cutlet' recipe ,where there are so many recipes and variations of the same on the Internet.But this one is comes from our very own South India's famous chain of restaurants 'India Coffee House' which use to make good and brisk business in the 1980s era.My husband would fondly remember the cutlet he would have with his family when he was a kid during their family outings. For me, India Coffee House was about...

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Chocolate Truffles

You would have heard of 'Chocolate Truffle' a lot many times. Before making these, I thought, I need to have a special talent for making these. That's how glamorous it sounded and still sounds. BTW, what are these truffles? Truffles are fungi that grow in the wild around the roots of the trees. An interesting fact, female pigs and dogs are specially trained for sniffing out truffles as they have a keen sense of smell.They are one of...

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Home Made Chocolates(Basic)

Homemade Chocolates is something I wanted to make for quite a long time. I would often see the moulded chocolates in the speciality stores sold especially around New Year's ,Diwali or Valentine's. For home made chocolates ,chocolate which is being used has to be first 'TEMPERED'. I learnt the technique of 'Chocolate tempering' during the process of making these homemade chocolates. 'Tempering' means a heat treatment which is given to the...

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Achari Mushroom/Achari Kumbh(Quick version)

Achari Mushroom has always been on my to-do list for dinner. This dish can be found on any restaurant menu in Northern part of India.'Achar' means pickle in Hindi. Ask any Indian, he would tell you how important 'pickle' is. No meal in India is complete without pickle in one corner of a plate. This recipe is quite unique as it calls for actual pickle paste(out of the jar!) to be used as an ingredient. You can find various kinds of pickles in...

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