Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice!

Some things are meant to be! And some things are meant for me. Nine years back, I didn’t know a chilli padi from the back of my hand. Green chillies were the spiciest food in my limited lexicon. Had you mentioned a Bhoot Jholokia or a Trinidad Scorpion, I’d have thought you’d mixed your metaphors. …

Sunshine in a Bottle

A lot of people are kinda hazy about what clarified butter, or ‘ghee’ is. As an Indian, you take it for granted. From childhood you are indoctrinated with the idea that ghee is the ambrosia of the Gods. The panacea to combat all ills. That vital ingredient that exalts a pedestrian dish into something lyrical! …

Marta Rocha Torta

The year was 1954. A starry eyed teenager, Maria Marta Rocha, winner of the Miss Brazil contest, came to the US to take part in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe pageant had been started in 1952. But as airline tickets were expensive, the contestants were mainly from Europe and the Americas. 18 year …

Pineapple Upside-down Cake

Ingredients for the topping: • 1/4 cup (60g) unsalted butter, melted • 1/2 cup (100g) packed light brown sugar • Sliced pineapple (6-8 canned slices) • 15–20 maraschino cherries Ingredients for the batter: • My Easiest 2 Bowl cake* Directions: • Preheat oven to 180°C. • Place melted butter into a 9×2″ round cake pan. …

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Pineapple upside-down cake!

What’s sunny and juicy and tangy? What brings a smile to everyone’s faces?What was created in the 1920s with ingenuity, drama and a novel ingredient? Yes! It is the PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE! ‘Upside down cakes’ weren’t a new concept in the 1920s. According to most historians, the late 1800s were when the term “upside …

Tres Leches Cake

You guys had asked for a recipe for the Tres Leches cake. Here it is! Bake a sponge cake. Check out the delicious one in my free ebook. And pour over the 3 milk mixture. Easy peasy! Tres Leches Mixture: 1/4 cup heavy cream or full fat milk One can sweetened condensed milk One can …

Tres leches cake

A cake as light as a feather……that’s delicate on the tongue. A cake topped with three kinds of milk….maybe even four! A cake whose origin is a convoluted mystery — was it Nicaragua, or Costa Rica? Mexico or Cuba? Spain perhaps? Or was it Nicaragua or Mexico’s answer to the Italian tiramisu? Like the mystery …

Hydrogenation – 4 Facts you should know!

In this day and age of acute health awareness there are many Commandments for the health conscious. • Thou shalt not eat High Fructose Corn Syrup. • Thou shalt steer clear of Trans Fats. • Thou shalt pore over Food Labels and read the Fine Print. • Thou shalt avoid Partially Hydrogenated Oil. And so …