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During our childhood days, Cake was a luxurious treat for us. Rarely we had a chance to eat the bakery products like cakes, so it felt like cakes were the most delicious food when compared with whatever Mum made at home with all the love! Gone are those days and now, many of us have ovens at home and its easy to prepare cakes or other bakery food whenever we feel like. I often prepare varieties of eggless cakes at home. When kids are at home, how much ever snacks I prepare, they all vanish so quickly! My daughter loves to eat cake for her evening snacks. Eggless Vanilla Cake and Eggless Chocolate Cake were here favourites before. And when we found this way of making Eggless Orange Cake, this cake has become her favourite now! I just tried to follow the technique of Hot Milk Cake while preparing my Eggless Orange Cake and the result was - Wow! My eggless loaf turned out to be the most delicious one with a soft, airy, moist texture. It tastes the same like Iyengar Bakery Plain ca...

Now, its the season of Jackfruits in India. Both raw and ripe jackfruit are great for cooking. Few food items are made using them which can be preserved till the next season. At my mum's place, they prepare raw jackfruit chips, preserve some raw jackfruit flesh in salt water and also, sundry the raw jackfruit pieces. So, its possible to prepare jackfruit dishes whenever they feel like. My Mum had packed some Sun-dried Raw Jackfruit pieces for us during our recent India trip. We are enjoying typical native style curries once in a while now! Below is the recipe of Sun - dried Raw Jackfruit Bajji or Raita. Click here to see How to make Sun - dried Raw Jackfruit Pieces . Preparation time: 20 minutes Soaking time: 20 minutes Difficulty level: medium Serves: 4 Ingredients: Dried raw jackfruit pieces - 1/2 cup Water - 3/4 cup Salt - to taste Lime squeeze - 1 tbsp or to taste Thick curd - 1 cup  - For seasoning: Oil - 1 1/2 tbsp Dry red chilli - half piece...

This year, we had planted some snow pea plants in our little backyard. Snow peas are easy to grow, they won't need much care and the yield is also pretty quick. Now, the winter has started and still we are getting enough crop to serve our little family. As they have a sweet taste, my kids love to pick the snow peas fresh from the garden and eat them as it is.   Here is the recipe of a side dish which my family loves to eat often. I use potato, snow peas, capsicum and green peas for this Subzi. But it should be ok if you skip capsicum and / or green peas. Preparation time: 25 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Serves: 4 Ingredients: Potatoes (big) - 2  Snow peas - 8 to 10 Capsicum chopped - 3/4 cup Green peas - 3/4 cup (I have used frozen peas) Kasuri methi - 1 tbsp Cumin coriander powder - 1 tsp Salt - to taste Pepper powder - 1 tsp or for taste  - For seasoning: Oil - 2 tbsp Fenugreek / Methi seeds - 1/4 tsp Method: Wash ...

Who loves chocolates? I know, most of us love chocolates. Chocolates are good to eat in any form and any time. Here is one easy and quick recipe using cooking chocolate and rice bubbles. I guess, rice bubbles can be replaced with our own Murmura (Mandakki) if its not salty; but I have not experimented it yet. These Choco treats are my kiddo's favourite snacks. Also, they are perfect for kids parties, food stalls, picnic and travels. Here is the recipe of Choco Crackles to munch on any time! Preparation time: 15 minutes Difficulty level: Easy Serves - 27 byte size treats  Ingredients: Cooking chocolate (I have used dark cooking chocolate)- 100 gram  Rice bubbles (plain, white ones) - 2 1/2 cup Coconut oil (or Copha)- 1 1/2 tbsp  Cooking method: Heat coconut oil and cooking chocolate in a double boiler. Or, fill water in a wide pan upto 1/4th. Place a vessel inside and start heating. Put the oil and chocolate in the inner vessel.  K...

Appehuli is a special variety of curry or rasam which is prepared mainly in Western Ghats of Karnataka. This curry is mainly prepared in Havyaka Brahmin households and hence, the name 'Havyaka' is very much associated with 'Appehuli'. Appehuli is served as a side dish with rice. Some people love to drink it as Soup too. Nicely aromatic raw mangoes are perfect for preparing Appehuli. Apart from raw mango, sour fruits and veggies like Kanchikayi (Kaffir lime), lime, lemon, Star fruit, raw / ripe tamarind, etc. are all good to prepare Appehuli.  Today, I am sharing the procedure of preparing Tamarind Appehuli. Ripe tamarind which is a bit sweet and sour in taste is good for preparing this Appehuli.  Preparation time: 15 minutes Difficulty level: Easy Serves: 5 - 6 Ingredients: Ripen tamarind - 2 tbsp Water - 1 1/4 cup Salt - 1 tsp or to taste Sugar - 1 tbsp or to taste  - For Seasoning: Oil - 2 tsp Dry red chilli - 1 inch piece Sesame see...

Eggplant is one of those vegetables which is available throughout the year. Although its not so good in nutritional values, it adds more taste to various dishes and curries. There are different varieties of brinjal available in the market. Varieties of curries and other dishes can be prepared depending on each variety of eggplant. For instance, I prepare Baingan Barta (Badanekayi Hindi / Gojju) when we get the bigger eggplants. My sister is a huge fan of Badanekayi Hindi / Baingan Barta. If there is Baingan Barta for lunch / dinner, her dinner / lunch will start with this curry and also ends with this curry! As she likes Badanekayi Hindi, she may have tasted it 'n' times. Today, I am sharing with you all the recipe of Baingan Barta which I learnt from my sister. Preparation time: 30 minutes Difficulty level: Medium Servings: 3 Ingredients: Eggplant / Brinjal (medium sized) - 1 Salt - to taste Aamchur powder - 1 tsp or to taste Sugar / jaggery - generous...

Summer is the season of jackfruits in my native. Many households will be busy preparing different dishes and preservable foods from jackfruit during jackfruit season. Apart from papad and chips, my mum and aunts will make sun-dried raw jackfruit pieces. They use them to make different jackfruit dishes whenever they need. Here is the recipe of sun-dried jackfruit pieces for you.. Time required: 3 hours Drying time - 1 week Difficulty level: Medium Ingredients: Fully grown raw jackfruit - 1 Salt - for taste Method: Cut the raw jackfruit and separate the flesh.  Cut the flesh into medium sized chunks or into desired size. Add salt to taste and mix well. Allow it to rest for 1 - 2 hours. Squeeze off the excess water content and spread them on a plate for drying. Sun-dry the raw jackfruit chunks for upto a week or till the chunks are dry and crisp and there is no moisture left in them. Store the sun-dried chunks in an air-tight container and use them ...