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Banana Chocolate Bites – No bake Quick Easy Dessert Recipe

Craving chocolate? Yet you want to eat healthy? Your kid doesn’t want a fruit but says yay for chocolate? Get both of them together and make these easy Banana Chocolate Bites with just two ingredients!

Do you enjoy fruits with a twist? I do. Why not jazz up the plain old banana and bring out creativity? Right now I am swooning over banana because it is such a versatile fruit. You can use it up in desserts in so many ways. You want to go vegan in baking use up mashed bananas, you want a dairy free ice cream use bananas! Exciting, isn’t it? Well, I am going to have such a dairy free ice cream recipe too this April. So keep watching this space. For now, we are talking Banana Chocolate Bites. I am all for easy dessert recipes. Continue reading Banana Chocolate Bites – No bake Quick Easy Dessert Recipe

A for Apple Hand Pie – Baked Golden Goodness

This Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe is the quickest way to enjoy a damn good individual no-nonsense apple pie. Made with home-made pastry crust this Apple Hand Pie is gorgeous, quick and easy.

Hello there, hope you are doing great as we commence into this year’s A to Z Challenge. As I told you in my last post I am going to do a Dessert A Day Challenge where I am going to share 26 lip-smacking yet easy dessert recipes throughout April. It’s all going to be a lot of fun – dessert recipes from A to Z! So what do I have on the very first day for A. What do you learn first in your kindergarten – A for Apple B for Banana – I am sticking to that and I do have A for Apple today! I’m going to share an Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe today which is fresh, quick, homemade and very easy to make. You need fewer ingredients and you can make it ahead if you are serving the hand pies at a tea party. I like this Easy Apple Hand Pie Recipe because they are individual pies, they are rustic and you don’t have to spend much time in decorating them. So let’s find out how we make our Apple Hand Pies. Continue reading A for Apple Hand Pie – Baked Golden Goodness

Best Flaky Pastry Dough Recipe for your Pie Crust

All butter and flour give an incredible pastry dough. Check my best flaky pastry dough recipe – all homemade and nothing artificial. Use it for apple pies, meat pie or tarts.

If you live somewhere where you don’t find ready-made pastry dough in the supermarkets for your pies don’t get disheartened. You can always make it at home. You can’t believe how easy it is to make. All you need is butter, all-purpose flour and some cold water and voila it’s ready! Can you believe it, it’s that simple! Today I am sharing the best flaky pastry dough recipe that you can do at home under 20 minutes. It’s an all-butter pastry dough recipe you could use vegetable shortening too in case you want to go full vegan. Continue reading Best Flaky Pastry Dough Recipe for your Pie Crust

Holiday Fruit Cake | Guest Post to Shalini Nair

This Christmas Fruitcake is a traditional English Recipe with twists of almond and exotic dried fruits soaked and loaded with brandy. Baked in low heat this is perfect for holidays, Christmas or just any time of the year.

Hello guys, I have been slacking a lot lately. I don’t know why. And I don’t know how to break this slumber. My phone is full of food photos which I can’t seem to sit down and edit and write a damn post! Some time back my wonderful fellow food blogger Shalini from Something is Cooking asked me to do a guest post on her blog. I was in Kolkata at that time and it was the perfect time for baking something for the holidays. And baking something in vacation with a toddler around is a task in itself. And then you have my mum who restricts me from visiting the kitchen even now! But then I am thankful to her because I did the effort to get the photos and post ready. Continue reading Holiday Fruit Cake | Guest Post to Shalini Nair

Review Post – Yellow Dal Tadka with Tata Sampann Masala

Today let me start my post by asking you all a question – when you are cooking something what do you aim for? Is it the perfection? Is it the taste? Is it how well you have followed the recipe, is it the invention that you might have made? Or is it the smile on the faces of the people who are eating the food you just cooked for them? For me the last criterion is very important. My better half is a bigger foodie than myself, and every time I tell him it’s only ‘dal-chawal and some vegetarian food tonight’ he makes a face. I do all these experiments and creative cooking mostly to keep him and now also the little one happy. Continue reading Review Post – Yellow Dal Tadka with Tata Sampann Masala

Chingri Malaikari or Bengali Style Jumbo Prawn cooked in coconut milk gravy

Chingri Malakari is an authentic Bengali Recipe with jumbo prawns cooked in coconut milk gravy. It has beautiful textures, light spices and is oh so yum.

Hello people, I told you some time back about sharing Authentic Bengali Recipes throughout October but I did very bad time management last month and you can see that already with such less posts last month. But think no more, I am going to continue with #TinasBongConnection even this month and share with you what I originally promised. And guess what is special? My parents are down here and spending a few weeks with us. So you know how authentic these recipes are going to be. Continue reading Chingri Malaikari or Bengali Style Jumbo Prawn cooked in coconut milk gravy

Bengali Vegan Recipes – Luchi, Cholar Dal & Alur Dom

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Luchi, Cholar Dal and Alur Dom are quintessential Bengali festive feast essentials. Complete vegan and complete indulgence. You will be surprised how simple they can be yet how yum they are.

It is October and no Bengali, in any part of the world, can keep calm this month. Yeah, it’s that time of the year that all Bengalis get together to celebrate Durga Puja . It is a way of life for Bengalis and not just a festival. And not to mention the festive feast every day is special. This is one time every one indulges in – authentic Bengali food, street food, Mughlai food, – basically any kind of food. Continue reading Bengali Vegan Recipes – Luchi, Cholar Dal & Alur Dom

Marble Cake with White & Dark Chocolate

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This Marble Cake with Chocolate makes its super moist and super yum than the regular cakes with cocoa powder. White Chocolate and Dark Chocolate makes it delicious. Included an eggless recipe too.

Hello beautiful people. It was my son’s 14 month birthday this 28^th and I decided to make this Marble Cake with chocolate for him. Yes you can officially call us crazy that we celebrate every month. I do it because it’s an excuse to bake and try out new recipes, and I am spoiling him. It’s okay to spoil your kid when they are little. Disciplined life can wait till he’s three or may be four!! Continue reading Marble Cake with White & Dark Chocolate

Savory Semolina Muffins

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These savory semolina muffins are packed with the goodness of vegetables and oatmeal. These eggless muffins are perfect for breakfast or lunch box!

I am not quite a big fan of eggless baking, but I have been exploring it lately. I have figured out some substitutes for egg in baking. You can actually substitute egg with yogurt or mashed ripe banana if you want to bake without eggs. For this recipe I have used yogurt – thick yogurt instead of eggs. This is the first time I made savory semolina muffins so it was one of those experimental baking! Continue reading Savory Semolina Muffins

How to Make Easy Mac and Cheese

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This mac and cheese with smoked cheddar and parmesan with a crispy breadcrumb topping is the best macaroni and cheese recipe you can find. Comfort food at its best

Tell me one person who doesn’t like macaroni and cheese? No one, yes absolutely no one says no to the good old mac and cheese. I absolutely can’t, even if I know, I am going to get food coma after the carbohydrate rush! It’s total comfort food for me. I have also gone to posh restaurants and ordered a big mac and cheese casserole! Yes this particular one is just ultimate. Continue reading How to Make Easy Mac and Cheese