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Cinnamon Rolls

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HI Continuing with my baking spree i went through my bookmarked recipes again. This time it was Cinnamon rolls from USmasala. The clicks on the page were irresistible and the very thought of a cinnamon flavor was a YES YES from all of us. The original recipe is here INGREDIENTS...

Veena

October 5, 2010

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Decorated sugar cookies-Daring bakers challenge september 2010

Cookies

I have never baked sugar cookies until this challenge came up. The September 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mandy of “What the Fruitcake?!” Mandy challenged everyone to make Decorated Sugar Cookies based on recipes from Peggy Porschen and The Joy of Baking. Baking these cookies was quite easy...

Veena

September 29, 2010

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Desicated coconut ladoo

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Hi I had tasted this ladoo at my friend’s place when i had accompanied my daughter to her friend’s birthday bash.Uma had interestingly shaped it like a mice:-).When asked for the recipe, she readily gave me the recipe as well as a packed box full of these ladoos. It was...

Veena

September 24, 2010

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Sicilian Caponata

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Caponata is a Sicilian eggplant dish cooked with the star ingredient :eggplant” and peppers,tomato and seasoned with capers in a sour-sweet sauce.This is what i found out when i searched the web as soon as Alessio Fangano suggested this as the challenge for September 2010-The four velveteers.When i announced very...

Veena

September 23, 2010

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BEAT – THE -ROOT

Eggless Cakes

HiWhen Nupur of ONE HOT STOVE announced the event blog bites BB#7,(on the lines of IRON CHEF AMERICA)she wanted us to cook 2 dishes with a common star ingredient, the next minute i was frantically searching my bookmarked recipes because i had already set my mind on “BEETS”.Ask me why?????Because...

Veena

September 21, 2010

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Manoharam- August ICC

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Hi This months ICC was Manoharam. I remember my mom would cook this during diwali but have never attempted to do this.These recipes are from a cookbook authored by S. Meenakshi Ammal Vol 2 and shared by Lataji I just followed it the way SRIVALLI had shown us except that...

Veena

September 16, 2010

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Chocolate cookies-Tried and tasted

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Hi Cookie fever is back:-). This week again i baked cookies and this time the recipe source is Nags blog. She has such an awesome blog and lovely, delicious recipes. This recipe again is very easy, not very time consuming.and the original recipe is here INGREDIENTS Butter 1/2 cup+ 1...

Veena

September 14, 2010

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FOOD PRESERVATION-APPLE BUTTER-DARING COOKS SEPTEMBER CHALLENGE

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HI This is my first post after joining daring cooks. The September 2010 Daring Cooks’ challenge was hosted by John of Eat4Fun. John chose to challenge The Daring Cooks to learn about food preservation, mainly in the form of canning and freezing. He challenged everyone to make a recipe and...

Veena

September 14, 2010

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Bhendi masala/Okra masala

HIWhen PRIYA sent me an invite in FB and asked me if i was joining BSI-OKRA , i immediately said yes because bhendi is very regularly cooked in my house in some form of subzi. One of our favorite is bhendi dry subzi cooked in microwave and the other is...

Veena

September 10, 2010

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Eggless onion pepper quiche

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HiChallenges do indeed push you a little more than what you think U CAN!!! After joining SWEET PUNCH i have definitely tried to come out of the comfort zone of cooking just south Indian dishes:-).This month’s sweet punch challenge was to bake a savoury !!!!YEAH yeah !!! I can hear...