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Orange Marmalade

Orange Marmalade which tastes so delicious that you just can't resist it! A perfect start to the breakfast toast! I love making jams and conserves at home.They are a bit of hard work, but the satisfaction you get after making them and eating them is so amazing. So the other day I was browsing Tarla Dalal's Microwave Snacks & Desserts and I came across a recipe for Orange Marmalade. I was pretty excited, I had been thinking of making some jam and this one seemed pretty easy. So I decided to … [Read more...]

MEC Roundup

My first event roundup! This MEC Roundup is for microwave cooking and what delightful recipes, I have got :) So I think its time to do my first ever MEC roundup on the blog. When I had signed up for hosting MEC with Valli, I was very excited and then just before MEC was supposed to be held, I created this new food blog and the excitement was doubled. I totally enjoyed hosting it, though the number of entries I got was not too much :( But I guess because it is the first event. chalega. So … [Read more...]

Palak Dhokla : Steamed Spinach Lentil Cakes

This Palak Dhokla is another attempt of mine to make our breakfasts as nutritious as possible - The flavoursome combination of palak and the dhokla is such a delight to bite into, the addition of crunchy tadka taking it to another level altogether! Breakfast is something that I try to make myself everyday, because I always end up having a working lunch, most days, in a hurry, so I really *need* to work on packing enough nutrition into an easily to make recipe, because I am so not a morning … [Read more...]

Tea Time Puri

This simple tea time puri recipe is the perfect afternoon snack or a lunchbox option! Full of health and deliciousness! Has anyone eaten the Garden Tea Time Puri? For some reason, I absolutely adore the product. Once I start eating it, I find it so damn difficult to control myself not to finish the whole packet. Hence I have stopped buying it :( But every time, I go to a store, I stop in front of it and look at it with longing ;-) So one day, I thought, why not make it at … [Read more...]

Blueberry Chocolate Cake

Blueberry chocolate cake is one of those indulgent desserts which you can make on special occasions, which combine the tangy blueberries with some delicious chocolate and whipped cream! Last month when I was thinking of what cake to make for Ojas's birthday, I was totally confused. He had made it very clear that he wants a car cake and wants a car cake for both days - the school cake cutting and the party at home. Now, I wanted both the cakes to be different - both in flavors and looks. It had … [Read more...]

Spinach Surprise : Step by Step Recipe

Spinach Surprise is a delicious snack made in the microwave made with some amazingly healthy ingredients and tastes so yummy! It is a perfect evening snack or a after-school snack! If there is one magazine I read with alarming regularity it is Good Housekeeping. I just love it, So this month when the newspaper walla delivered the magazine and I started flipping through it, I found that there are some lovely microwave recipes in that and when I am hosting MEC this month, this couldn't have made … [Read more...]

My First Ever Event : MEC

I am hosting my first ever event on this blog! The MEC - Microwave Easy Cooking is a perfect event to start out with! Yes Yes we host our first ever event at this blog. Truly speaking, that was one of the things that shook me out of my laziness to open this food blog :) So with great happiness and excitement, I present to you the brilliant event that Srivalli started MEC - Microwave Easy Cooking. Some months back in one post she had written that if anybody wanted to host the MEC could email … [Read more...]

Grilled Arbi

Grilled Arbi which is initially steamed and then grilled is one of the best ways of eating Arbi! Pair it up with some rotis and it is an awesome meal in itself! I have discovered the most awesome way of making arbi and this grilled arbi recipe is just that! I love arbi but used to stay away from it because, It is full of carbs. It is good when its made with lots of oil :( I cant just peel it without having to itch my hands for the whole day afterwards Well I had … [Read more...]

Masala Chilli Cookies – Post 3

Masala chilli cookies are the perfect teatime snack option! They are an amazing addition to the lunchbox too! Who doesn't like cookies but while I am doing the course (specially in the cookies week) I had such an overdose of sweet things that I couldn't stand the sight of sugar. All I wanted to do was eat loads and loads of spicy stuff. That is when I chanced upon these masala chilli cookies somewhere and I sure had to make them. And man! how yummy they were :D :D. Whenever we think … [Read more...]