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Not Quite Anzac Cookies .. wholesome, eggless oat & walnut cookies
This version of wholegrain, eggless Anzac Cookies is nom nom nom good! I can have nibble them all day long. They are nice, chewy if you like them them that way, and crisp…
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15 Delicious Eggless Desserts To Make For Mum – Happy Mother’s Day
Perfect dessert ideas for Mother's Day! Nothing can say it better than a dessert made with love. Here's a bunch of ideas for you to go through to rustle up something special for…
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Eggless Baked Cream Cake … delicious with that layer of cream baked in!
Eggless Baked Cream Bundt Cake... A cake as delicious as it is interesting, that cream baked into the centre is divine! A light, tender, flavourful crumb and then the very indulgent cream baked…
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Eggless Nobake Mango Cheesecake…hello mango season, my favourite season of all!
Eggless Nobake Mango Cheesecake… Hello mango season, my favourite season of all! Summer arrived almost overnight this year, the temperatures hitting 40C already, spring long gone. This no bake, eggless, no gelatine cheesecake…
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Vegan Rose Coconut Pudding … simple 4 ingredient goodness!
The Rose Coconut Pudding sets beautifully, has a wonderful wobble to it and tastes like Spring. I flavoured it with a rose syrup for Holi but you can pretty much use any flavour…
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Strawberry Swirl Vanilla Eggless Cheesecake Recipe … ’tis the season!
Strawberry Swirl Vanilla Eggless Cheesecake Recipe Simple, festive goodness with a delicious NY style eggless baked cheesecake. Swirl some deep roasted strawberry puree through it for a special pop of colour & flavour!
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Chocolate Orange Cavity Cake {eggless} … a refreshing take on Jaffa Cakes
Eggless Chocolate Orange Cavity Cake … a refreshing take on one of my favourite dessert cakes, the cavity cake I created this past summer. I made several popular versions of the cavity cake,…
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MANGOES – 10 delightful eggless dessert recipes before the season disappears!
Inspired Eggless Mango Desserts that have flavoured this season at home. Bake, no bake I have you covered! They are all egglee/eggfree with no gelatine used. I have really made the most of…
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Mango Saffron Shrikhand Cavity Cake {Eggless} … love at first bite!
Mango Saffron Shrikhand Cavity Cake…Yes you heard right. This isn't just a simple layered cake. This delicious eggless cake has a cavity filled and then topped with the most indulgent and luxurious saffron…
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Silky Deep Hot Chocolate …just right for winter!
Silky Deep Hot Chocolate.. Just perfect for these days of freezing weather! You're going to love this simple no brainer hot chocolate recipe that's sure to warm your soul. Fun fact: Make a…
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Dark chocolate pumpkin walnut truffles … sweets for the festive season
Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Walnut Truffles ... more ways to use fresh pumpkin puree, dark chocolate & walnuts this festive season. The truffles turned out surprisingly delicious. No added sugar, glutenfree, festive, indulgent! And…
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Salted Caramel Sauce … simple goodness back to the basics
Salted Caramel Sauce ... some recipes are so simple yet so amazing that you keep going back to them over and over again. This recipe for Salted Caramel Sauce is one of them.…
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Jamun/ Wild Indian Java Plum Mousse … simple summer dessert
When Jamuns {wild Indian Java plums} are in season, a Jamun/ Wild Indian Java Plum Mousse is always on the cards. Jamuns are an acquired taste because of their astringent edge, so the…
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Saffron Cheesecake … inspired baking!
Saffron Cheesecake …the best thing ever! Smooth, beautifully flavoured, most addictive, so satisfying. I know I’ve said this before, but honestly, this is my ALL TIME favourite cheesecake. Flavouring this beautiful recipe is…
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Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta … simple pleasures of life
Delicious, divine, sinful and silky, if you love a good panna cotta and chocolate is your flavour, then dive right in! This Dark Chocolate Panna Cotta might just be the dessert you are…
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Orange Caramel Custard … fast tracking a simple recipe, making it simpler!
Orange Caramel Custard in yet another version of the quintessential ‘Caramel Custard’ that showed up on our frugal dessert table quite often when we were young. This one is slightly more luxurious, and not…
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Coffee Mascarpone Layered Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache
Coffee and chocolate are a pairing made in heaven, and this Coffee Mascarpone Layered Cake doesn't disappoint. Make it the previous day if you like, the flavours mature well over time. It'll certainly…
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Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse
Dark Chocolate Cinnamon Oat Pudding...with Pumpkin Mascarpone Mousse is a simple, fast track dessert, which is quite healthy actually. The layers are oat chocolate pudding, spiced sweet pumpkin puree, and a whipped pumpkin…
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Zafrani Phirini | Saffron Almond Indian Rice Pudding
Zafrani Phirini | Saffron Almond Indian Rice Pudding… some desserts become your signature and this is one of those. I have been making phirini or rice pudding for years. Each time I try…
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Wine marinated chicken taco bites
Wine marinated chicken taco bites turned out to be such fun little bites, and a great snack to serve, with wine perhaps? Though not traditionally used in a marinade, wine adds nice flavour to…
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Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone & Strawberries … BEST CHEESECAKE EVER
Baked White Chocolate Cheesecake with Mascarpone & Strawberries might well be my best cheesecake to date. Smooth, rich, indulgent, satisfying and quite impressive for something made so simple. A quick jam like reduction,…
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Thandai Indian Rice Kheer … Holi time of the year
Flavoured delicately, this indulgent Thandai Indian Rice Kheer hits all the right notes. Sweetened gently with jaggery, the flavours of almond, cardamom and saffron just shine. The texture of broken simmered rice is…
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Bhune Murgh ki Biryani … delicious one pot rice & chicken Indian meal
The Bhune Murgh ki Biryani is a one pot comfort meal, rich, flavourful and homely. The flavours tease the palette and the chicken is beautifully spiced. It turned out to be deliciously good,…
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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake with Wine Macerated Strawberries
Dark, divine, sinful, creamy, chocolaty and above all, as simple as can be, this Dark Chocolate Cheesecake with Wine Macerated Strawberries will leave you wanting for more. Recipe minimally adapted from Ruchira @thegreatcookaroo.com.…
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Strawberry Red Wine Jelly with orange whipped cream
Light, fun, easy to make, and a visual delight, the Red Wine Strawberry Jelly with orange whipped cream is a great make ahead dessert. Visually exciting and flavours that pop, berries work really…
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Smoky Baked Mushroom Cheese Dip with #bigbanyanwines for the holidays
Smoky Baked Mushroom Cheese Dip is a definite crowd pleaser, and a great addition to the holiday table. Smoky Gouda, wine simmered mushrooms, garlic and fresh thyme make one of the best cheesy…
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Chicken Jalfrezi … a quick version of the Indo-Chinese stir fry curry
This Chicken Jalfrezi made essentially with peppers, green chilies, onions and tomatoes gets a delicious twist of taste with coconut milk. If you like a thick hearty curry which is a quick and…
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Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate & Masala ‘Kadhai’ Doodh
Rich Spiced Hot Chocolate might well be the simplest thing to enjoy this season. It's simple things that matter, and with recipes like these, ingredients are of prime importance. You can't go wrong…
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Chole Masala / Curried Spicy Chickpeas
Chole Masala / Curried Spicy Chickpeas is a quintessential recipe from the Indian sub continent, one of the most popular perhaps. Every house has it's own recipe, and you can keep them as…
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Tea Rose Chocolate Truffles … let’s talk about tea
Tea Rose Chocolate Truffles, simple chocolate goodness with a few of my favourite things. Chocolate, single cream and Mountain Rose Tea from Teabox, so you can well imagine the lilting flavours it added…
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Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés
Crisp, deeply chocolate, buttery, wholegrain, eggless, Wholegrain Chocolate Buckwheat Sablés are the yummiest cookies ever! Adapted from The Boy Who Bakes.Gift them with something from the Gold Collection by Chumbak this Diwali!
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Dark Chocolate Cheesecake … life’s guilty pleasures simply served up
Dark, divine, sinful, creamy, chocolaty and above all, as simple as can be, this Dark Chocolate Cheesecake will leave you wanting for more. Recipe minimally adapted from Ruchira @ thegreatcookaroo.com. You won't need…
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Oat Walnut Trifle Bowls with Roasted Stone Fruit … bowls of happiness!
Oat Walnut Trifles with Roasted Stone Fruit came together like they were just meant to be. Every element paired beautifully with the other. The oat walnut sponge offered great texture to 'drink up'…
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Persian Roasted Eggplant Walnut Dip … earthy, smokey, moorish, delicious!
This Persian Roasted Eggplant & Walnut Dip has a lot to offer. The twice used garlic, the walnuts, then the creaminess from Greek yogurt make it endearing. The caramelised sweet onions and garlic…
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Rosemary Garlic Sesame Millet Crackers with Lovilovi and Bird’s Eye Sweet Chili Pickle … earthy beautiful pairing
Rosemary Garlic Sesame Millet Crackers turned out to be crackers with a bite. Paired with the sweet chili pickle, they got just the right kick as well, some smoked Gouda on the side…
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Dhungaar-e-Keema or Smoked Lamb Mince #comfortfood #Indiancuisine
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” Ruth Reichl Dhungaar-e-Keema or Smoked Indian Lamb Mince is a quintessential recipe from the Indian subcontinent, one that…
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Overnight Thandai Oats with Peaches & Plums…. summer is for breakfast like this
What can be better than waking up to a chilled healthy and delicious breakfast on a warm summer morning. These Overnight Thandai Oats with peaches and plums are the best thing to wake…
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The Masala Dabba #4 & Chettinad Chicken Curry. Chilies, as hot as hot can be!
“Chili, spice of red Thursday, which is the day of reckoning. Day which invites us to pick up the sack of our existence and shake it inside out. Day of suicide, day of…
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Of Caramel Custard, Mother’s Day and Sunday Stills. The Yin and Yang of life!
My version of the quintessential ‘Caramel Custard’ that showed up on our frugal dessert table quite often when we were young. This one is slightly more luxurious than the wobbly one we had…
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O Banaras, the holy city
Our iconic trip to Banaras was memorable, action packed and absolute fun all the way {warning long post}. I was going to do a smallish post, but a load of folk on FB…
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Blueberry Frangipane Wholegrain Tray Bake, the galette that became a tray bake!
Moist, full of wholesome almond and fruit flavour, here's a tray bake that you might enjoy. The Blueberry Frangipane Wholegrain Tray Bake is a quick and fuss free bake for times when berries…
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White Chocolate Cheesecake with balsamic strawberries
White Chocolate Cheesecake with balsamic strawberry topping is a great recipe for beginners, for bakers, for cheesecake lovers and especially for people like me who need a springboard for creativity. You could even…
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Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta
Indulgent and ever so pleasing, this Dark Chocolate Cream with Coffee Panna Cotta offers a match made in heaven. Set in glass goblets to enjoy its visual appeal! The dark chocolate cream on…
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Smoked Bhopali Köfte Curry … a Turkish twist of taste
Lightly spiced, moist, flavourful lamb mince Smoked Bhopali Köfte with a Turkish influence. Enjoy them in this Indian style curry, else grill them as kebabs if you like.
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Classico ‘Espresso Coffee Machine’ from Tecnora #perfectcupofcoffee
Classico 'Espresso Coffee Machine' from Tecnora is a neat machine, the colours stylish in steel and black. Sleek with classic good looks, it blended seamlessly onto my kitchen counter. It is lightweight, quick…
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Ptasie_mleczko Cake or Birds Milk Cake … moist and delicious dessert cake
Ptasie_mleczko or Birds Milk Cake finds it's roots possibly in the Old Soviet Union. A preparation for the light as air filling quite as intriguing as the name 'birds milk', it's a moist…
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Kadhi {Indian vegetarian yogurt curry}
A quintessential Indian vegetarian yogurt based curry, which can be found adapted to regional taste. This is my version and it is fragrant, addictive and finger licking good. The Hamilton Beach Multiblender makes…
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Baking | Wholewheat Apple Walnut Cheddar Thyme Hand Pies … it’s Pi{e} Day after all #wholegrain #together #healthy #pie
Wholewheat Apple Walnut Cheddar Thyme Hand Pies ... these pies carry a tale of their own, pie memories too. They turned out to be quite delicious. I think they are a fab fit…
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Coffee Dark Chocolate Roulade … for when March rolled in
A quick Coffee Dark Chocolate Roulade that comes together with mininal fuss. If you like coffee then this is for you. Paired with a dark chocolate ganache, flavoured with a hint of Kahlua,…
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Chef Talk | A day in the kitchen of Corporate Pastry Chef Bungla, the Hyatt Regency, Delhi …behind the scenes for Valentines Day
A day in the kitchen of Corporate Pastry Chef Bungla ... behind the scenes in the kitchens of the Hyatt Delhi for Valentines day bakes and sweets!A day in the kitchen of Corporate…
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Baby Mustard Greens Indian Stir Fry … #freshproduce #NorthIndia #vegetarian #stirfry #healthy
Baby Mustard Greens Indian Stir Fry ... quick, as spicy as you like it, simple and fuss free. Fresh produce is one of the highlights of winter in North India, and mustard greens…
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Food feature | RIVAAYAT … A Royal Indian Experience at Saffron, Trident, Gurgaon, & a Murgh Hara Pyaz recipe from Chef Izzat Hussain
Rivaayat – The Indian Culinary Conclave’ an initiative by The Oberoi Group with Izzat Hussain @ Saffron, Trident, Gurgaon. Murgh Hara Pyaz {Chicken with Spring Onions}, as the tagline goes, absolutely fresh, delicious…
