I don’t bake cookies often. Just one simple reason – the quantity of butter that most cookie recipes ask for, totally intimidates me. But a few weeks ago, I was baking cookies for days in a row, starting with these unbelievably healthy flourless, butterless, eggless and almost sugarless cookies whic
Recipe for Eggless Strawberry Yogurt Cake
My three year old son and me have a morning routine nowadays. After his drink of milk, we go to the garden and check if there’s any red peeking out of the strawberry patch. If we didn’t do this, the squirrels and ants, who have been blessed with a better foraging sense than us human beings, will get
Raw banana (plantain) kababs
Vazhakka or plantain is one of my favourite vegetables. There are at least three favourite ways I make this in true Tambrahm style. One is a roast, where it is sliced thinly and slow roasted until it turns crispy. The other way to make it is to cube it, cook it and saute it with whole red chillies,
Easy Jam Filled Muffins – A perfect kiddie treat
December is a hectic month. Socializing, vacation plans, festive madness all around. More so for me as it was my son’s 3rd birthday on 4 December and I took on myself what only a few crazy (foodblogger) moms would – ie. Catering to a small crowd of some 18 kids and 2 dozen adults all by myself (a co
Lasagna Verde with roasted vegetables and tomato-mushroom sauce
If there is one country I want to visit, it is Italy. For its wine, its food and the culture. La Cucina Italiana…I find beauty in this food. The vibrant colours, flavours that burst in your mouth tantalizing your taste buds, the freshness of simple ingredients like a raw tomato, fresh mozzarella c
Eggless Mango Cake
Recipe for a simple eggless mango paneer cake This eggless mango cake is a seasonal modification of the paneer cake that I blogged about sometime ago. I found the recipe for the paneer cake in… [Continue Reading]
Christmas Cake Recipe (also includes an eggless cake recipe)
What’s Christmas without Fruit Cake! (which is how Christmas Cake is also known) When I was a kid, my mom would buy the most delicious Plum Cakes from a cake-seller who would come to their bank quite regularly. These fruit cakes are no replacement for those childhood memories of rich-dark cake, but
The best ever cornbread baked in my kitchen
I have already been raving about my crush on Mexican food ever since I opened that tiny tin of Chipotle chillies that Nupur got me. I don’t know if winter has officially set in, in Hyderabad or is it some random cyclone effect – but the mornings and evenings are chilly and the day is generally cloudy. I am not a big sun person, so this suits me just fine. More so, I can indulge in infinite cups of tea, drink big bowls of soup for dinner and my taste buds suddenly develop a liking for spicy stuff. “Bring back the Chili” said my tastebuds to me yesterday. And opposites attract, don’t they. What better way to complement the hot and flavour blasting chili than this mildly sweet cornbread, scented with cumin and coriander leaves?
Best Eggless Mexican Cornbread Recipe
Cornbread is another Mexican favourite. Get the best ever recipe for Eggless Cornbread, sure to be loved by kids and adults alike.
Cottage cheese cake – Paneer Cake : Perfect tea-time treat
A trip to Madras is incomplete without a drive to Pondicherry. Once, we took up a homestay and stayed over for a couple of nights – walking around the lovely streets in the French quarter, peering into some bookshops, boutiques, incense and candle shops while we were there. During a peek into one su
Homemade granola, at last – with homemade applesauce
I am not a big fan of store bought cereals. However I do stock whole wheat flakes and unsweetened cornflakes for breakfast in a hurry. Buying boxed cereals with sugar and salt overload are totally avoidable as the first meal of the day. Oats is another regular during breakfast hours. That is one thi
Eggplant-Mushroom-Cheese Melt -a Quick Dinner
Shaking off my ( Hyderabad heat induced ) lethargy, I have finally made a Fan Page for Saffron Trail blog. If you are on Facebook (really, who isn’t??) I would really love it if you joined me there. Right now I am sharing some toddler food recipes that my toddler seems to enjoy as well as some inter