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Mango Orange Gazpacho

Cooking Time: 10 mins

Soups

Spanish

Mango Orange Gazpacho is a colourful and delicious soup made primarily from mango. Gazpacho is a cold soup which originated in Spain. We all must have tasted cold soups. The most common cold soups are made from tomato, watermelon and cucumber. This mango orange gazpacho is not very frequently seen....

Veena

September 29, 2016

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Mango Fruit Leather

Desserts

Here is another treat with the mango pulp.I can assure you that, once you eat one roll, it is very difficult not be tempted to have another one. The process looks tedious but it is very easy even for a beginner in baking. My daughter would love to...

Veena

September 29, 2016

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Strawberry lassi

Beverages and Drinks

Did I use strawberry so much prior to doing this mega marathon?/ No, I did not. This marathon pushed me to try out new recipes and combinations with fruits and I am really very happy for having tried out so many recipes. This is another lassi recipe with a fruit....

Veena

September 28, 2016

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Watermelon Orange Slush

Beverages and Drinks

Earlier I would see water melon only during peak summers. But now I see them on the shelves of the fruit shop for most part of the year. These oblong shaped ones have less of seeds too. The combination of watermelon and orange is exotic. Try this cooler and you...

Veena

September 28, 2016

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Mango Creamsicles

Cooking Time: 6 hours

Frozen Desserts and Ice Creams

Usually during the mango season, my family teases me saying that I skip lunch and eat only mangoes instead. Yes , I love mangoes and milkshake and lassi with mangoes is a daily affair during the season. But this time I made sure, that I try out as many recipes...

Veena

September 28, 2016

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Fig Raisin Chutney

Jams & Preseves

Another relish which goes perfectly well with toasted bread or our own chapathi is this fig chutney. Now we get fresh figs and I thought why not prepare this relish and surprise the family. INGREDIENTS Fresh figs 12 Raisins 1/2 cup Brown sugar 1/2 cup Onion 1 Apple cider vinegar...

Veena

September 27, 2016

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Baked Nectarine in Philips Airfryer

Desserts

Nectarines and peaches can be baked into a dessert by this method. I have baked these in the air fryer. You can choose to bake them in an oven too. Again the nuts and toppings used can be according to your taste. INGREDIENTS Nectarine 2 Whipping cream 1/4 cup Nuts(As...

Veena

September 19, 2016

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Cinnamon flavoured Poached Pear with Plum Sauce

Cooking Time: 20 mins

Desserts

Poached pear in plum sauce sounds so exotic isn’t it? I felt it too and wanted to see if I could cook this at home. While browsing a facebook group UBF, I happened to see this exotic dessert. Instead of just drooling at the picture, I decided to try...

Veena

September 17, 2016

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Kiwi Dessert sauce

The first time I tasted the dessert sauce was, when it was served with fresh salads. The fruit sauces like the strawberry sauce, pomegranate molasses and kiwi sauce are perfect accompaniments with salads and goes well with desserts as toppings too. They add the taste, flavour and colour to the...

Veena

September 16, 2016

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Vilampazha Pachadi / Woodapple sweet pachadi

Indian Sweets

We get to eat Vilampazha pachadi only during the Sri krishna Jayanthi celebration and Vinayaka Chaturthi. This sweet pachadi is very easy to make but the trick lies in selecting the ripe fruit to make this pachadi. The fruit should give a nice flavour and when dropped, on the floor...