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Dehlvi cuisine @ The Oberoi, Gurgaon … celebrating the flavours of India
Dehlvi cuisine {pertaining to the Delhi region} as the name suggests is an evolutionary melange of the cuisine of the Mughals, Rajputs, Punjabis, Marwaris, Kayasthas and Vaishyas blended by the centuries. As the…
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Purani Dilli’s Al-Karam Kebab House … from the young and foodish!
if you are longing for some authentic Purani Dilli grub, would rather just hop across to somewhere closer than a ride into Old Delhi, this is the place to head for. Priced very…
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Blog Event / Product Review | Foodathon … and the Philips AirFryer. A ‘crisp’ idea!
A food event and a contest win... The Philips AirFryer - a review. It's simple to operate, has an alarm which is a great built in feature, kid friendly, really easy to clean…
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Bloggers Table | The Leela, Gurgaon … excellence in everything they do!
It’s one thing having a philosophy of “Atithi devo Bhava – Our Guest is God”, and it’s another thing delivering it in every sense of the word. The Leela did just that! Hospitality…
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Bloggers Table | Café G, Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon – real food, great ambience!
“One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.” Virginia Woolf Time for the Bloggers Table and this time it was a cozy little do at the beautiful Café…
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Almond Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream
Almond and brown sugar cupcakes with a light, tender crumb topped with a silky salted caramel buttercream ... and a visit to The Cupcake Factory.
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Baking & Feature| Journey into a ‘Mysore Royal’ cup of coffee … & royal coffee macarons
Baking / Feature - The launch of a premium coffee in Delhi, the Mysore Royal... and coffee macarons using the premium coffee blend sandwiched together with a bittersweet chocolate and coffee buttercream.
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VOTE FOR THE EARTH – Switch off your lights for an hour!
THIS IS THE WORLD’S FIRST GLOBAL ELECTION, BETWEEN EARTH AND GLOBAL WARMING. With the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote, Vote Earth is a…
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PITA + PANINI = PITANINI…Crossover bread!!
“The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination” Ralph Waldo Emerson There are 2 posts racing each other in my head at the moment, & I’ve got to panini first. The other…
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SIMPLE HOME STLYE LAMB CURRY / TAMATAR GOSHT…FOOD FOR THOUGHT!
“What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child?” Lin Yutang SIMPLE HOME-STYLE LAMB CURRY…Tamatar Gosht! Food nostalgia is something I am sure all of us hold dear.…
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CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CAKE…Quite the Ultimate Combination!
“Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.”William Butler CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CAKE…A combination almost too good to be true!This cake is now a firm favourite…a stunning dessert !…
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COLOURFUL FRUIT KABOBS…Cape gooseberry, Cheddar & Basil
“A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do.” P. J. O’Rourke CAPE GOOSEBERRY APPETIZERS Its winter here…
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THE BUZZ ABOUT NATURE…of butterflies & bees!!
“There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” Linda Hogan CHRYSANTHEMUMS… Nature continues…
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CHOCOLATE TARTLETS…Mini pastry shells filled with chocolate ganache.
“If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you’re eating it too slowly.” Author Unknown CHOCOLATE TARTLETS… …Mini pastry tarts filled with a ganache, topped with marzipan. Ever since I’ve seen these…
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THINK SPICE…GARLIC ; My favourite flavour..with brocolli this time!
“Garlic is a habit and a passion.” Kim Upton, Chicago Sun-Times This time the THINK SPICE spice is GARLIC! One of my absolute favourites in savoury flavours. A friend once gave me a…
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COOKIE TIME – ‘FOUR IN ONE’ COOKIE DOUGH…the versatile sugar cookie!
“A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.” Author Unknown COOKIE TIME… I felt a bit like Martha Stewart…though I didn’t get time enough to make 7 cookies out of the same…
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MENU FOR OUR MAD TEA PARTY…
“Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we should dance.”Unknown So here’s what found its way on the menu for the daughter’s birthday. Some I have posted…
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YIN YANG CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH MARZIPAN…My daughter’s birthday cake!
“And Above All…Think Chocolate!” Betty Crocker My daughter’s 12th Birthday Cake..’YIN YANG CHOCOLATE CAKE’ ” The time has come”, the walrus said, “to talk of other things”. These words from ‘Alice in Wonderland’…
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WRAP ON 2007…the year that whooshed by!
“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View from my window in 2007… That time of the year again; am…
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CHOCOLATE SPONGE CAKE with a GANACHE ICING
“Chocolate is ground from the beans of happiness. ” Alexis F. Hope Chocolate Sponge Cake with a Ganache Icing And now finally, the recipe, as I had promised, for the Chocolate Cake I…
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SAVOURY CHEESE COOKIES…Crisp, tasty nibbles!
“Cheese, wine, and a friend must be old to be good.”Cuban Proverb SAVOURY CHEESE COOKIES A favourite savoury cookie that has a made permanent place at the kids birthday party table. It’s crisp,…
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IT’S CHOCOLATE ORANGE CUPCAKES FOR CHRISTMAS THIS TIME!
“Let’s dance and sing and make good cheer, For Christmas comes but once a year.” Sir George Alexander Macfarren CHOCOLATE ORANGE CUPCAKES Festive food for Christmas! In a span of 2 days I…
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VANILLA CUPCAKES FOR A CHRISTMAS PARTY…Merry Christmas!
“‘If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, wouldn’t it be a Merry Christmas? “ Don Meredith VANILLA CUPCAKES FOR CHISTMAS OK…am back again. Yesterday & today were busier than I imagined they…
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A PEEP INTO HOW TODAY WHOOSHED BY…BAKERS’ DAY IN!
“I am not afraid…I was born to do this.”Joan of Arc BAKER’S DAY IN! Life goes on…with stormy days that follow calm seas! Did I say 2 days ago that I was itching…
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HEALTHY DELICIOUS LIME CAKE…with whole wheat too!
“Good food is a celebration of life.”Sophia Loren HEALTHY ‘n’ DELICIOUS LIME CAKE…with whole wheat too! A day without baking is tough to pass. 3 days went by, and the symptoms began. The…
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FUSION FOOD…Noodles with Stir-fried veggies & Chicken
“Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what’s for lunch.”Orson Welles FUSION FOOD…Noodles with Stir-fried veggies & chicken This is my attempt to recreate some really delicious Pan Asian food…
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Nalli Gosht – Indian lamb curry on the bone
Nalli Gosht - Indian lamb curry on the bone, robust and traditional.
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Citrus Dessert Cake … happiness is a burst of fresh flavour!
'CITRUS' DESSERT CAKE...like a happy sunflower!! Another nice dessert I created from the lemon cake sans sour cream. We had my brother-in-law over for dinner the other day, and as usual, I wanted…
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BLACK FOREST GATEAU…a southern German dessert cake to die for!
“Man cannot live on chocolate alone, but woman sure can.”Author Unknown Black Forest Gateau… The Black Forest region (‘Schwarzwald‘) in Germany is essentially known for three distinctive features: its highlands, scenery and woods,…
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STAINED GLASS COOKIES…Hold ’em against the light!!
‘Cookies are made of butter and love’. Norwegian Proverb Festive, fascinating & delicious cookies! A cut-out cookie made out of my favourite basic sugar cookie dough. Then smaller bits are cut-out and filled…
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ITALIAN CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES…food-as-a-gift for Christmas!
‘There’s nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate.’ Linda Grayson, “The Pickwick Papers“ Up, Close & Chocolicious! Italian Almond Chocolate Truffles… I had an old truffle recipe, which…
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NATURE NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE…a pallette of colours!
‘Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints. Kill nothing but time.’ Motto of the Baltimore Grotto, a caving society The ‘Peacock‘ butterfly I think…this lovely creature visited us a couple of days…
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I’VE BEEN TAGGED…Kiwi Cake & ‘Meme’ in My 100th POST!!
‘Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!’ Seuss KIWI FRUIT in a Sponge with Fresh Cream, Almonds &…
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BISCOTTI…The Great Italian Cookie!
“You’ll always make good food from great ingredients,but you will never make great food from bad ingredients.” Michael Chiarrello BISCOTTI in 2 TONES!! Here’s what I baked yesterday…BISCOTTI. It’s been on my mind…
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GINGER IN MANY AVATARS…Diversity is the ‘Spice of Life’!
“Had I but a penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread.” William Shakespeare (1564-1616) GINGER GINGER EVERYWHERE…& a pile of it here!Time again for the monthly ‘Think Spice’ at Sunita’s…
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ESPRESSO CAKE…Can you smell the coffee??
““Everybody should believe in something. I believe I’ll have another coffee.” Author Unknown My ESPRESSO CAKE….Mmmmmmm Here starts a brand new week of coffee opportunities. This happens to me every November, when coffee…
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LEMON CAKE…Baked as a gift!!
“I feel a recipe is only a theme, which an intelligent cook can play each time with a variation.” Madam Benoit LEMON CAKE sans sour cream… Made my ‘twisted’ & ‘tangy’ lemon cake…
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ITALIAN CHOCOLATE ALMOND TRUFFLES…Home-made for Diwali!
“If there’s no chocolate in heaven, I’m not going!” Author Unknown ITALIAN CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES… Its almost time for Diwali…which is also known as the ‘Festival of Lights’. I usually try and make a…
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BEFORE & AFTER ICING THE COOKIES…
“Cooking is an art, but you eat it too.” Marcella Hazan Oooops!! Guess what? Forgot to post the before and after pictures of the ‘Iced Sugar Cookies’. I love the way they look…
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"WYF Dessert/Sweet?"…ALMOND-ORANGE SPONGE WITH CHOCOLATE GANACHE is one of ours!!
“Stressed spelled backwards is desserts. Coincidence? I think not! “ Author Unknown Time for SnackORama’s ‘What is your favorite Dessert/Sweet’ ? “It can be Sweet, cake or ice cream anything that is sweet…
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PRETZELS a la CHOCOLATE!
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”OSCAR WILDE, The Picture of Dorian Gray CHOCOLATE PRETZELS Thanks to Happy Cook, have woken up from my slumber to…
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SMOKED BUTTER PANEER…Paneer-e-Dhungaar is what I like to call it!
“Raising children is presented at first as a true-false test, then becomes multiple choice, until finally, far along, you realize that it is an endless essay. No one knows anything.”Anna Quindlen SMOKED BUTTER…
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BUTTERFLIES…everyone deserves a little sunshine!!
“Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine. “ Jeffrey Glassberg The past few days have seen…
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CHOCOLATE-CHIP & WALNUT COOKIES…for Halloween
“Bring forth the raisins and the nutsTonight All-Hallows’ Specter struts Along the moonlit way.”John Kendrick Bangs Chocolate-chip & Walnut Cookies for Halloween Today was a day I just wanted to sit & relax…
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A PINEAPPLE ‘n’ CREAM CAKE…& the makings of it!
“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown left behind.”Clementine Paddleford Pineapple ‘n’…
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THE DRAGONFLY…
“Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.” Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon The Dragonfly… Look who was kind enough to drop by when I…
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A CRUMBLE TO FALL FOR…a healthy Apple Crumble!
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking successive autumns.” George Eliot Sugar & spice & ‘FALL’ things nice…that’s…
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MORAVIAN TARTS…warm up to cookies this Fall!
“Seeing is deceiving. It’s eating that’s believing. ” James Thurber MORAVIAN TARTS This is a recipe from ‘The Great Cookie Book’, and was one the first cookie recipes I tried almost 5 years…
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SIMPLE, EVERYDAY BROWN SUGAR MUFFINS…with walnuts & chocolate chips
“From morning till night, sounds drift from the kitchen, most of them familiar and comforting….On days when warmth is the most important need of the human heart, the kitchen is the place you…
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EASY YOGURT DIP…Serve with Chips/Crudites.Always a hit at any gathering!
“Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. That’s why I love this community.” Jasmine Heiler, about…
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PICTURE PERFECT…far beyond baking!!
“When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead; That is the grasshopper’s…he takes the…
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GRILLED LAMB CHOPS…Tangy and tasty!!
‘The gentle art of gastronomy is a friendly one. It hurdles the language barrier, makes friends among civilized people, and warms the heart.’ Samuel Chamberlain GRILLED LAMB CHOPS This is a nice, feel-good,…
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ACHARI CHICKEN CURRY…A tangy Indian chicken curry
“Happy and successful cooking doesn’t rely only on know-how; it comes from the heart, makes great demands on the palate and needs enthusiasm and a deep love of food to bring it to…