Here’s is the third in the 3-back-to-back simple mango desserts, after the Mango Cream and Mango Muhallabiah. When anybody hears Mastani, I think the first impression that comes into the head is Deepika Padukone in the golden dress and that big head gear, singing, “Deewani Ho Gai”. 😀 I guess that was a bad joke… 😉 Jokes apart, Mango Mastani is said to have originated from Pune. Actually while trying to read through how this drink got named, I did find that it is named after Mastani, whom Bajirao fell for in Maratha history. I am not going to write in so much of history now in this post, but they say that this drink was named as Mastani, since it was so pretty to look at, that the shop fellow thought it looked as pretty as Mastani, considered an epitome of beauty! So what is…
Mango Muhallabiah
After the Mango Cream, another creamy dessert using mangoes but with more oriental flavors! I love a good muhallabieh and have even made a chocolate version of it. But if I tell you that this one is the best I have tried, then wouldn’t you believe me? 🙂 You should… I got this recipe from my cut-outs. But it wasn’t this. The recipe was plain muhallabieh with bites of mangoes and the crunch of pistachios. I gave it my own twist by pulping in the mango. The first time I made it, I wasn’t in a mood to click them, so we just enjoyed the whole batch. I made it again the second time only to click it first, and then enjoy it! 😉 If you are doubtful whether the flavors of rose water and orange blossom water gel along with the mango, then I would…
Mango Cream
Isn’t it mango season? Mango is easily one of the most favorite fruits of many. Since April is officially the month of mangoes, I thought of doing this month’s three-back-to-back series with the theme of “Simple Mango Desserts”. Even last April, I had done a similar series featuring the Mango Custard Verrines, Aamras and Semolina Mango Cake. This time, I am here with some more mango goodness, but really simple recipes with a heart-filling capabilities… 😉 Ready? 🙂 The first one is like you have seen in the name – Mango Cream. Fruit creams are very well received these days. Most of the cafes that serve fresh fruit varieties will definitely have a set of fruit creams. Haji Ali is very well known for the same. We have one outlet right next to our office and we used to keep ordering their delicious cheesy sandwiches. I never ordered…
Be My Guest – Chocolate Cake Ice Cream
It’s the third Saturday of the month and here I am with a new guest on the blog. I don’t think my guest for today would need much of an introduction. She has a blog filled with simple yet drool-worthy bakes, delicious desserts to meals that you could include into your day-to-day planning. She even has a very exhaustive “how to” section on her blog, which I love. It literally holds the reader’s hand through it, especially if he or she is a beginner with baking and cooking. Her blog is a treasure of many easy recipes. I guess I stop beating around the bush, and introduce my guest for today – Beulah from Full Scoops. I had been a guest on her blog during her earlier times of blogging, and ever since we have shared a cordial relationship. I sometimes feel why did I take so much time…
Paneer Butter Masala
This post is long overdue. Let me tell you why… I rarely receive requests for recipes. Many bloggers write on their blog that they try recipes due to requests received, but somehow, I have never received requests as such. I always receive mails and messages about the recipes that are already on the blog or what they have felt after reading what I have penned down in my moods, but never a request for a recipe. Believe me, I have no complaints about that too…. 😀 But, I have a very faithful reader. One day, I got an email from her, saying how much she loves my blog and how, as a newly married staying with her husband, with no relatives in Bangalore, has made her browse through my blog, search recipes and try them. Each time she tried them, they turned out amazing – Alhamdulillah! Slowly that…
Chickoo Lassi | Sapota Lassi
I was actually planning to leave the blog empty, but two exciting things came up yesterday, that I couldn’t keep quiet about it. 🙂 I had hinted in my Thari Unda post about a recipe testing I did for Mrs. Ummi Abdullah‘s upcoming cookbook. It is exciting that finally the cookbook is taking shape! InShaAllah, it is scheduled to go for publishing by this month end and guess what, this humble blogger is going to be a part of the credits! It is such a humbling experience for me to have my name being featured as a part of a prominent cookbook. Ummitha is considered to be the mother of Malabar cooking and I can’t wait for the book to come out in actual touch. If you would like own this once-in-a-lifetime book, then do click on the link above and order your copy now! Yesterday evening, I…
Event Announcement: Kid’s Delight | Bite Sized Foods
I am thrilled to be announcing that I am hosting Valli’s successfully running “Kid’s Delight” event from April 17 to May 15. The theme is going to be “Bite Sized Food”. With vacations running on in India and school year starting in some other parts of the world including where I stay, bite sized food is convenient for their tiffin, or when they come in hungry after some time of play. So why not create something and join in the party? The rules are very simple: The event runs from today till May 15. Entries have to be vegetarian, though eggs may be used in baking. Multiple entries are permitted. Only new entries are allowed. Please do include this statement into the post – I have made it easy so that you just need to copy and paste! 😉 “Linking this post to the Kid’s Delight Event – Bite…
Wholewheat Buttermilk Waffles
Remember the Secret Recipe Club? I was able to participate only in very limited challenges before the club called it a day. It was a pretty saddening time for almost all participants of this amazing club, since it was a really interesting challenge and everybody who participated in it enjoyed it to the maximum. When Sarah declared on the group FB page that she would be conducting a Reunion Reveal Day for this challenge, I had to jump in, even though I wasn’t sure how I would manage the challenge in between my hectic schedule. However, knowing me, I know I wouldn’t rest till I finish the challenge off. Hehe… So finally the email arrived, I was assigned Amy’s Cooking Adventures. She and I were in different groups during the SRC times so I never got her blog. As soon as the email came, I jumped onto her…
Chocolate Brownie Cake
How do you treat your wedding anniversary? I treat it more like a day for introspection. When life starts for a couple, it is all rosy, irrespective of how rocky the start may be. We started our married life on some twists and turns but we lived through it, we enjoyed through it, we took life one day at a time. 3 years later, Rasha showed up into our life. I don’t know if I will call her the turn-around point, but how much ever I think otherwise, she is. HD started going into his own route of doing business and it is the same till date. Life has been a bit too fast, with very limited time that we get to spend with each other and more often, it is a fight for that little time we get. It is not easy if the hard work you…
Sticky Date Flapjacks
The dates for the MFB challenge seems to be coming one after the other at the blink of an eye! Before I even realize, I am mostly skittling through to cook and finish the post for the challenge. You can see the previous challenge posts here. This month, our challenge was to cook from a food blog run by a Muslimah and this month, we chose “This Muslim Girl Bakes“. This is one of my favorite blogs to gawk at. She has a very impressive Instagram presence as well. Apart from Pakistani delicacies, she posts a lot of lovely bakes that you can resist. Most of her posts are accompanied by step by step pictures, followed by a lot of pictures of the final product itself. I had a hard time trying to select one recipe from her blog. I have already tried her Pakistani Chicken Pulao and…
Bagara Baingan ~ Hyderabad style Eggplants in Peanut-Coconut Sauce
I guess we all would love to travel some or the other time. I would love to travel, however having a spouse who is not very keen to go around and prefers to be stuck more with his work doesn’t make it a possibility. In turn, B keeps travelling on and off. After an expensive trip to UK last year, he took a break for six months to recoup and then travelled to Hong Kong and Tunisia this year already. My fridge is slowly filling up with his magnets. 😀 My girls keep cribbing that we go nowhere. I just tell them to be patient and InShaAllah, we will go someday. Travelling with a family isn’t cheap though, but with loads of options now, I guess we all must plan in at-least one trip a year, even if it maybe by skipping the trip back home. After having talked…
Mutta Urapichathu | Paal Mutta Urapichathu ~ Malabar Egg Pudding
Malabar is the home of so many delicacies, that are slowly moving into oblivion. I am trying my level best to collect, try and post as much as recipes I can, but I believe I am so lazy to work on especially the recipes that need some level of hard work. 🙁 So at the moment I am trying to concentrate and do more of the easy ones, and InShaAllah, as time goes, I will get onto the easier ones. But my task is clear – get in as much as our traditional food on this blog as I can. I got this recipe from a group, and why wouldn’t it attract my attention? I love egg based desserts and this sounded so easy. Most of the desserts in Malabar are steamed or cooked on low flame, like the polas – check out the carrot pola, podi pola…