I'm scrappy, weird and goofy. I'm a snob when it comes to coffee and wine and chocolates. I laugh loud and yell louder. I love walking long walks with a hot coffee cup held tight between my hands. I have lonely eyes and a kind heart. I forgive but rarely forget. I remember the silliest of things but prone to forget important matters. I love holding books. I love to cook and drink wine. I'm still searching me.
I admit. I am getting a little tired of this Staying Home business. I miss going out and doing my thing. I have a Sunday ritual. Every Sunday, I go out and spend hours strolling with coffee. I buy fresh flowers and some fresh veggies and come home after a few hours totally rejuvenated. A … More Orange Loaf Cake (Butter Free, Egg Free)
This Best Chocolate Cake is moist, spongy and extremely delectable. Made with few simple ingredients and glazed with the best chocolate glaze ever. This Chocolate Cake is every chocolate lover’s dream. Hands down. My son celebrated his 8th Birthday last week with this Best Chocolate Cake. His birthday was quiet (with this social isolation regulations) … More The Best Chocolate Cake Recipe
These Chewy Almond Flour Cookies |Amaretti Cookies will blow your mind away. These naturally gluten-free and protein-packed. Not to mention, very low in sugar too. As the name Amaretti Cookies goes, its no rocket science to know that, these Chewy Almond Cookies come from Italy. If you have been to Italy and haven’t tried these then you definitely missed … More Chewy Almond Flour Cookies |Amaretti Cookies
One snack that’s everyone’s favorite in all over India is Roasted Spicy Chuda Bhaja|Spicy Poha|Spicy Chivda. Especially, if you are from Eastern India. This Roasted Spicy Chuda Bhaja|Spicy Poha|Spicy Chivda is dry roasted and then flavored with dry roasted peanuts, dry roasted red chilies and then generously seasoned with sea salt. This dry roasted spicy … More Roasted Spicy Chuda Bhaja|Spicy Poha|Spicy Chivda
I must admit that I’m falling more and more in love with Almond Flour…., Especially baking with Almond Flour. I realize that almond flour makes cakes, muffins, and cookies spongy and delicious. If you haven’t tried the ALMOND Flour Cakes, then you must try them – Ricotta Almond Gluten-free Cake This time I’m bringing you … More Gluten-free Flax-Oatmeal-Almond Flour Cookies
I must have something for Roses. I like the Dried Rose Petals way better than the fresh flowers. Weird, I know. I bought a bunch of Dried Rose Petals from my last trip to Istanbul and I decided I will make some Rose Peda by using them. The Rose essence paired with crushed rose petals.., bring out such … More Gulab Peda| How to Make Rose Peda
Had some leftover ricotta cheese from the Instant Kalakand|Kalakand Sweet Recipe I made last week. And there was no way, I could have wasted the delicious ricotta. As such I wanted to bake something for my parents. Especially a moist tea cake that’s not overly sweet. So thought up whipping up this beautiful ricotta Almond … More Ricotta Almond Gluten-free Cake
Kalakand is that papular Indian sweet made with 2 ingredients. Paneer or Chhena and Sugar. Feel free to name Kalakand as Indian Milk Cake. I’m going to share a very very easy recipe of Kalakand that will take you just less than 15 minutes to prepare compared to the traditional long and lengthy Kalakand recipe. … More Instant Kalakand|Kalakand Sweet Recipe
This Watermelon Jalapeno Margarita is like summer in a glass. Chop up some fresh jalapeno, mix and shake it in with the tequila, lime juice, agave syrup and watermelon juice. This is guaranteed to fire up any cocktail party with its fresh sweet and spicy taste. It’s been insanely hot in Northern California. Triple digit … More Watermelon Jalapeno Margarita Recipe
Go for an imaginary culinary journey to India with this awesome 3 Ingredients Pista Kulfi recipe. There is no cream in this Indian ice cream. This kulfi is made by simmering and reducing the milk and then adding crushed pista into the creamy milk. Kulfi is Indian Ice Cream. If you haven’t tried Kulfi yet, I’m sorry to … More 3 Ingredients Pista (Pistachio) Kulfi Recipe
The dishes from Odisha – Sweet or Savory are easy on your palette and mainly because they use less oil and spices. Be it the world famous Chenna Poda, Manda Pitha , Kheer or even the Khira Gaintha. Simple ingredients yet amazing taste. The food is usually made fresh and daily with locally grown produce. The cuisine of … More Odisha Kanika |Mitha Pulao |Sweet Rice
Wish you all a very Happy New Year, my friends. How about we kick off the New Year with this gorgeous Pound Cake with Dried Fruits? Very similar to the Tutti-Fruitti cake that most of you are familiar with. This is such a wonderful, light, fragrant cake to enjoy with your tea or coffee. And, … More Pound Cake with Dried Fruits
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These are my dad’s hands. The hands that raised me.., taught me how to write and I haven’t stopped writing since then. My dad! My hero. I have yet to meet another sharp, suave and intellectually inclined man. There is a not a single moment of boredom with him. We can…
Malpua is a traditional dessert from Odisha, an eastern state of India. Even though the preparation method of Malpua varies from Odisha to Rajasthan.., my favorite is always the one that I grew up eating in Odisha. My mom would make a batter of mashed banana, whole wheat flour, sugar and paan mahuri and then … More Chhena Malpua Recipe|Paneer Malpua Recipe
Hello fall. We meet again. 🙂 Fall means… – coffee, long walks, slightly cold breeze, falling leaves, apples, maple syrup, pies and various pastries. I just mentioned the things I love about fall. Tell me about your favorite fall fascinations? BTW, this is an impromptu post. There is a Fall Festival at my son’s school … More Whole Wheat Apple Muffins Recipe
