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#NoRecipePost – Your food from your Place of Origin

Have you been staying away from your hometown for long? Then let me ask you a question – what do you miss the most, apart from your family? My answer to that question is local food. The toughest part of settling miles away from your hometown is not having access to the local iconic foods that you have grown up on. I have been staying away from Kolkata for 9 years now and I still can’t digest the fact that I can’t go out in the street and find a ‘phuchkawala’ (panipuri seller) at the corner of the street!

No sweet shop, no snack shop which sells local snacks – it makes you think what if I could get some snack from the local shop back in my hometown? Yeah what if? But I guess times are changing and in this age of online shopping everything is possible. Continue reading #NoRecipePost – Your food from your Place of Origin

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

Whole Wheat & Oatmeal Eggless Digestive Biscuits

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These whole wheat oatmeal cookies are healthy, crispy and baked to golden perfection. They are completely egg less and have no refined flour. Learn how to make whole wheat oatmeal digestive biscuits.

I have been getting a lot of requests for eggless baking. I generally prefer baking with egg – because it gives a rich taste. But there are many ways you can substitute egg with other vegan ingredients. I’ll probably make an infographic with the quantities some time later and share. These cookies however, are super healthy and super easy to bake. They don’t have any refined flour so you will have all the goodness of whole wheat and oats. They are ready under 45 minutes from start to finish including the resting time for the dough. If you want to learn how to make whole wheat oatmeal cookies, or what we generally call in India digestive biscuits this is probably the easiest recipe you can get. These are very similar to the Graham Crackers that you get in the US.

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Funfetti Vanilla Birthday Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

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This homemade white vanilla funfetti cake with butter cream frosting is the easiest DIY birthday cake that you can make. Rustic, easy and homely.

My son turned one this July and I was pretty clear I wanted to bake him his cake. I have been making eggless dessert cakes for him for all his month birthdays that we celebrated (yeah we celebrated every month on the 28^th). The pediatrician we consulted that time insisted not to have any form of egg (or non-vegetarian item, for that matter) in his food! [I bit weird, I felt]. So this is the first full-fledged real cake that he had. This was also his smash cake. And it was gone in no time! Continue reading Funfetti Vanilla Birthday Cake with Butter Cream Frosting

Mini Apple Pie

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These single serve versions of apple pies are cute warm and easy to serve. You can pack the mini apple pie in lunch box or enjoy it with a cup of coffee. Learn how to make mini apple pie.

People in my house are very happy this month for all the baking happening. There are casseroles, muffins, cookies, baked chicken – yes the one and a half men in the house are getting pampered. Now, some of you requested for eggless baking recipes and here I am sharing Mini Apple Pie recipe – completely eggless! So all you vegan friends, this one’s for you – enjoy some eggless mini apple pie.

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Fruity Bread and Butter Pudding

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This Fruity Bread and Butter Pudding is nothing traditional – it has a good dose of caramelized apples, gorgeous black currants and dollops of blueberry preserve.

I am in love with the word DESSERT. You have a dessert – any kind in the vicinity and I am not there is just not possible. I am specially fond of warm desserts – they are like my comfort dessert. Indro loves bread and butter pudding and we make tons of versions of the good old bread and butter pudding. We make it with chocolates even! Maybe, I’ll share that recipe someday. Continue reading Fruity Bread and Butter Pudding

Spinach & Potato Breakfast Casserole

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The spinach and potato casserole is the perfect breakfast recipe with its doze of health and yum quotient. Spinach, Potato, sausages in creamy custard baked to golden perfection – perfect for breakfast or any time actually.

Hola friends, hope you are enjoying #BakingWithTina – my September Baking Challenge, where I am going to share 8 baking recipes. I don’t want to share only cake and cup cake recipes. We have always loved our baked foods in the house. And it all comes from my dad. I have told this earlier too, we always had loads of English food at home during my growing up years. My dad was a practicing surgeon in the UK, after his FRCS, and was there for about a decade. He brought back loads of these little recipes and we have always enjoyed them at home. My dad is a great cook BTW. Continue reading Spinach & Potato Breakfast Casserole