Sinamon Tales

by Monika

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Apple, Apricot Muesli Breakfast Bars – The Perfect Power Breakfast

These delectable Apple, Apricot & Muesli Breakfast Bars draw their inspiration from Apple pie’s flavours - but in a lesser indulgent way - perfect for breakfast or mid-day hunger pangs, this is a recipe you definitely don't want to miss! Who doesn’t like a good apple pie? The warm cinnamony flavor, the buttery shortcrust, the bite of the soft apples against the crust, it truly can make everything in this world seem all right. Apple Pie was actually my introduction to baked goodies beyond … [Read more...]

Chia Seeds & Muesli Breakfast Parfait

Chia seeds & Muesli Parfait is perfect solution to a filling and nutritious well balanced breakfast. If the chia seeds are soaked the previous evening, it takes exactly 10 minutes to put the breakfast on table from start to finish! Chia seeds & Muesli Parfait is perhaps, one of the fastest healthy and wholesome breakfast that I have discovered recently. Breakfast is my comfort meal of the day, I like to experiment with it and continuously eat new, healthy and delicious breakfast. I … [Read more...]

White Chocolate & Tender Coconut Mousse with Wine Poached Plums

This no bake gelatin-less White Chocolate & Tender Coconut Mousse with Wine Poached Plums is the perfect dessert to put when you want something fancy yet simple. Takes 30 minutes to put it together and is my go-to recipe for impressing people. It seems like I am fast turning into the queen of mile long post titles! While I was typing this, the man passed by and told me "White Chocolate & Tender Coconut Mousse with Wine Poached Plums" seems like a never ending name of the dish. I did a … [Read more...]

Weekly Menu WW2616

Weekly Menu this week after a long time! A perfect idea to get fresh food on the table :) Time to admit that I have been super lax about posting the weekly menu here. The menus are still happening and the house running on them but I have been lax and laid back on posting them here. But so many of you wrote to me saying that the weekly menus were great help and can I please bring them back that here they are. I know this week is slightly delayed but will try and get them back on track soon … [Read more...]

Bharwan Tinda (Spice Stuffed Apple Gourd)

Bharwan Tinda or the spice stuffed apple gourd is a delicious way to eat tinda! Filled with yummy spices and made along side with onions, this curry is perfect with rotis or rice! I know gourds are usually ignored by people, but I love most of them, specially tinda, also known as apple gourd. The little rounds balls with tender seeds take on flavours so well that sometimes I prefer these over aloo. Though I adore them in almost every form, my most favorite way to eat them is to make masala … [Read more...]

Dragon Boat Festival, Yauatcha Bangalore

Dragon Boat Festival at Yauatcha Bangalore celebrates the food and happiness from China! The Dragon Boat festival is a traditional holiday that has its origins in China 2000 years ago, it is celebrated with lots of food (surprise), wine and being merry in China, Hong Kong and to an extent, in Taiwan. Yauatcha is celebrating the festival by serving traditional food since they can't be organizing dragon boat races in Bangalore.     Zongzi, a parcel made of sticky rice & … [Read more...]

Chilled Melon Soup ( Melon Gazpacho)

Chilled Melon Soup is inspired by the Spanish gazpacho and is my take on the classic tomato version. Perfect for summer, stellar in its flavour and ready in 15 minutes. I have said it before that summer is bearable only because of summer fruits - mangoes and litchis and melons and cherry and so many other delightful little things. I can survive only on the basis of fruits in summer. And also because I end up making these dishes like this chilled melon soup :)     Though I … [Read more...]

Culinary Isan at Rim Nam, The Oberoi

Rim Nam, The Oberoi is one of my favorite restaurants to eat Thai food in Bangalore! I feel The Oberoi, Bangalore, located on one of the busiest junctions of Bangalore - Trinity Circle, MG Road, transforms itself into a serene place the minute you walk through that almost maze like rocks and trees to reach Rim Nam, The Oberoi's by the waterfront signature Thai restaurant. You feel yourself instantly relaxing comforted by the serene surroundings as well as the excellent service The Oberoi is … [Read more...]

Sin-A-Mon Express Edition 2

The second edition of Sin-A-Mon Express! It is two months since I last wrote the once in two months feature Sin-A-Mon express, though honestly feels like yesterday.   March and April went by in a jiffy. Work wise they were the busiest months, couple of recipe projects along with my most favorite work of the year - the summer kiddie cooking workshops. I love working with kids and the summer camps give me a chance to do exactly the same. Designing workshops for them and working … [Read more...]