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Pumpkin Bread Pudding With Boozy Apple Caramel Sauce

This Pumpkin Bread Pudding with boozy apple caramel sauce is such a stunner! Not only in looks but also in taste! Have some spare roasted pumpkin? Try this for sure! Turns out I have more Pumpkin recipes than I imagined :) I considered taking a break from all this Pumpkin but then I thought why limit the awesomeness? This pumpkin bread pudding with boozy apple caramel sauce was made because I had some spare roasted pumpkin at home! I have always been a fan of bread … [Read more...]

Chikki Brownies | Brownies with Peanut Praline

Chikki Brownies are the perfect fusion sweets to make for any special occasion. Combining the international flavours of brownies and topping them with our Indian chikkis, this is one sweet which is bound to be a hit with everyone! I love the idea of bringing together various cuisines and these chikki brownies are a result of this idea! Several years ago, I started a range of baked goodies for Diwali called “Flavour Bombs”. These were the baked goodies which drew inspiration … [Read more...]

Whole Wheat Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes

The Whole Wheat Spiced Pumpkin Pancakes - the healthier, yummier and the more enticing version of a deliciously favorite breakfast ever. When served warm with maple syrup and a cup of coffee, they make for the perfect Fall breakfast. I have had this picture of the pumpkin pancakes ready for a few days and the post was supposed to go up yesterday morning first thing but the news of Cucumbertown shutting down came along and had me feeling down and out. Very low on motivation and worried … [Read more...]

Roasted Pumpkin | How to Roast Pumpkin in Oven

Pumpkins are so versatile that I can think of so many things to make from them. Roasting pumpkin in the oven is so easy and then its so much fun to think of ways to use roasted pumpkin! I just finished a project for a client who wanted me to create a few Pumpkin recipes for his cafe and that totally put me in the Pumpkin mood. From making roasted pumpkin in the oven to making smoothies to soup to salads to muffins, I was putting pumpkin in everything, so much so that the child asked me "Hey … [Read more...]

Sama ki Poori | Barnyard Millet Flatbread

Sama ki poori or deep fried Barnyard Millet Flatbread is gluten free bread which is perfect to be eaten during fasting! As with every other festival, my memories of Navratri are mainly about food. This Sama ki poori is one of my favorite 'fasting' food to eat! Turns out I was a glutton then as well ;) My dad has always been a religious kind of guy, specially around a few customs he sticks to. Like everyday morning, he gives water to the sun and then lights that diya in the small … [Read more...]

Exploring Pondicherry – With My New Browser

Exploring Pondicherry - My experience of exploring this quaint little French town - Food and travel excite me more than anything ever, and this town won over my heart with it's charm and absolutely magnificent food! Pondicherry has always excited and attracted me but for some strange reason me and the city have played hide and seek with each other for the longest time. I have planned a trip so many times but every time something or the other will come and I will end up cancelling the trip. It … [Read more...]

Bacon Wrapped Pesto and Cheese Bombs

Bacon wrapped pesto and cheese bombs are one of the most delicious starters you can ever have! One of those dishes which is pure bliss at every bite! Wondering what bacon wrapped pesto and cheese bombs are all about? Read the post to know the whole story! Different variety of cheese is one of the many things that you will always find in my pantry. Whether it is the creamy ricotta or cream cheese, or the hard mature Cheddar, the stringy Mozzarella, or good old Indian paneer or … [Read more...]

Mattar Paneer Bhurji (Scrambled Cottage Cheese & Peas Curry)

Mattar Paneer Bhurji made from home made paneer! Perfect with some hot rotis! The title of this post should have probably been "Of turning 40, laziness and recovering from loooong holidays". But since I am posting the recipe of how to make paneer and paneer bhurji as well, I guess it can be just called matter paneer burji! We went for one of our longest holiday in the recent times. 16 days flat. I mean we take a lot of vacations, small and big but somehow never get to do a very long … [Read more...]

Achari Tinda Wali Dal (Spiced Lentils with Apple Gourd)

Achari Tinda wali Dal (Spiced Lentils with Apple Gourd) brings together two of my favorite ingredients i.e. Channa Dal and tinda together in a fantastic curry which goes well with roti or rice ! Regular readers of this blog know how much I love dals and various variations to them. At home, we eat a lot of lentils and usually much beyond the regular yellow dals (moong, toor and channa) but being a Punjabi I have a secret love for channa dal. I like it with a simple garlic and jeera tadka and … [Read more...]