This recipe has been pending for quite some time. A friend of mine had asked for it when she saw this picture on my FB page. Unfortunately, I had forgotten how I had made it. After a lot of brainstorming and searching, I found the recipe I had referred to! I guess this is the first cookie post on my blog, not I guess, it is! That’s because I hardly make cookies. This is my second attempt you can say, after one flopped hard rock like chocolate cookies that I had made some time ago. The problem with me is once I am disheartened, it takes me time to get back to normal, whatever it may be. I seriously feel that this bad character of mine will hamper my desire to try a lot of new recipes. Failures and flops are a part and parcel of the whole thing,…
Strawberry Yogurt Smoothie
I absolutely have no issues with making my kids to eat fruits. They would eat up anything that is cut and put into their plate – apples, bananas, grapes, orange, etc. I am very lucky, Alhamdulillah, in that case. At least I don’t have to camouflage or do anything to get these natural goodness into their stomachs. Definitely, with vegetables, it is more of a challenge, even though both of them adore cucumber like anything. They can have two each at the same time!!! I don’t know where they got their craziness from – their parents do not like it as such… However, giving them smoothies or juices is a challenge. They would prefer eating their fruits raw rather than in the juice format. Whenever I make juices, it is always the elders who finish it off rather than the kids. And seriously, it makes me feel guilty that I have it on…
Spiced Nutella Mocha
I love the way my daughters act at times. This weekend, as soon as I was off from the shower, the elder one ran towards the washroom and the younger one towards me. Let me tell you what they did – the younger one was continuously touching the new salwar that I had worn and saying, “Hai, puthiyatha?” (Hai, is it new?). I was kind of surprised at her sharpness. I just smiled and told her, “Yes, darling!” She gave me a big grin and went her way. When I looked at the elder one, she was enjoying the smell of the soap, shampoo and what not I had used. She is waiting to grow up to use all those things that I use. Seriously, girls will always be girls… 🙂 Today is a very simple refreshing hot drink, for those cold evenings when you just want to stretch yourself on…
Vermicelli Sweet
Oh, the weekend is here almost. And it’s going to be a little celebratory weekend. Why? I will let you know in the coming posts. 🙂 Yesterday, we were kind of a little scared when the news of a moderate earthquake spread like lightening. The UAE in certain parts experienced a tremor of 6.5 and aftershocks of 3.5 magnitude, towards the evening time. Actually speaking, I had not experienced it. But from what I knew with all the FB updates, most of them did feel it, especially towards the new Dubai side and the northern Emirates side. It has been a frightening weekend, the heavy sandstorm early this week has wind coming at 70 km/hr speed followed by half an hour of really heavy showers and light showers that continued till early morning. There was quite a bit of debris on the roads, boards and placards had fallen down,…
Brownie in a Mug
After that huge cookout on Friday, my head is totally blank. Totally!!! I guess it was all that food and so much strain… Even though I enjoyed it to the maximum, it kind of drained me off completely. I can really feel it in my work that I am doing at home! It may take a few days to get back to my normal self, I guess… As of now, I am planning at some minimal cooking, only in order to float and not go hungry!!! 🙂 Yesterday I just didn’t cook, and I plan to go light today as well. I don’t have dinner as such, I can always ask HD to eat from outside and the only thing my little one needs is a bottle of milk! Thankfully, I have quite a bit sitting in my drafts that even if I don’t cook, my blog will not go…
Chicken Mushroom Stir Fry
Let me start today with a quote I found online, which is so self-explanatory. Does it sound familiar? It does, isn’t it. I guess that’s the best way to find out where our interest lies in. When things were looking on the downslide, a new thing in the form of this little baby blog of mine came by and I am so overwhelmed with the responses that I get from all of you guys. Seriously, it makes me going. After having mentioned about the interview yesterday, my colleague came to view my blog and he told me that I write exactly the same way I talk, and he named it “the Raf touch”!!! 🙂 Somehow, I do not know to write with a lot of prose. But I love to type what I just feel and simply cannot camouflage it very effectively, I guess! 🙂 Coming to today’s recipe –…
Umma’s Scrambled Eggs
Last night was not as bad as I thought. I had to take the metro and bus to go back home and by the time I reached, I was literally dead. But then, when my elder one was browsing through her cartoon channels, there came “Finding Nemo” on Disney Channel. Nobody else was there to disturb – umma and uppa had gone for their walks, B was studying and HD was as usual busy with work. So we three cuddled up and watched the movie, with live running commentary from my little one, who is a number one chatterbox!!! 🙂 She’s just two, but speaks quite a bit and by experience, I know that in couple of years, she’s going to be a silent cat!!! Had some awesome time. I really believe that if there is a category of people who can grate on your nerves so much that you…
Nutella Mini Bundts
I really doubt if anybody hates Nutella. I have read through blogs of how much they love it, especially to lick it directly from the bottle to the mouth!!! It used to be like that for me in the beginning, but somehow maybe due to seeing it every time – I have a bottle always in stock, as my elder one loves having it with her toast and my B takes it like a tablet dose: 1 spoonful a day! – I’ve kind of lost the attachment to it. I feel that’s good, something that I can control!!! Today’s recipe is really quick fix when the kids are craving for something. Whenever, I am in no mood to search for a cupcake recipe to make, I just make it – it’s kind of engraved into my system now. And the kids just love it. It’s chocolaty and has the nutty flavor…
The perfect cuppa chai… ~ Milk Tea/ Chai Latte
I seriously believe that if you like having chai (tea) or coffee, you should have it the way you want it. I am very wary of the chai I drink. If it is not as per my taste, I normally don’t drink it. So is the case with coffee. If you ask me if I am a tea or a coffee person, well – it depends on my mood!!! Most of the time, I prefer drinking tea, as I feel that I prepare tea better. But when I am outside, I prefer coffee – filter coffee to be specific. Anybody reading this post – if you know where I can get the filter coffee gasket in Dubai, please let me know. I cannot wait to make my own filter kaappi at home, at my leisure!!! Today’s post is just a depiction of how I make my tea. Coming to…
Sweet Bread Balls
Some days, we just need things to come into our hands, without much effort. For some people, it’s most of the days – like me!!! I love quick jhatpat ideas that will not waste time. Yes, there are times when I really want to spend my whole age in the kitchen doing things, but mostly, I like to finish off quick and be out, to concentrate on something else. Today’s recipe is for one of those lazy days. You have half a pack of bread getting ready to be a breeding ground for fungus, and you are thinking what needs to be done… then the idea is here!!! Super easy and really fast to be done, I feel this is a real handy recipe for unexpected guests as well. Linking this to the “What’s with my cuppa?” event on Nivedhanam and UK Rasoi… Sweet Bread Balls Save…
Three Nut Brownies
I always feel that there will hardly anybody who hates chocolate, unless they have some deficiency!!! Wait a minute, just because I love anything chocolaty, it is not necessary that everybody has to love it, right? Right!!! I am one chocolate person. Anything with chocolate in it, I am game. That very well explains why I have never been able to stick to my diet resolutions. I control quite a bit, and then a big bar of chocolate laden with hazelnuts or almonds comes my way and my resolution goes the opposite way. 🙁 I seriously am searching for my long lost will power to lose weight. Thankfully, since mom is around with me, she’s holding me back from baking for the time being. This is a super duper easy brownie recipe, cooked (cannot say baked!!) in the microwave. When you are craving for something sweet or if…
Simple Chicken Shorba
I’m seriously excited about so many things happening on blogosphere. I got in with some skepticism but then I am so happy to get a lot of positive feedback and warm welcome from many of them. I really do not know how to jot down my happiness. 🙂 There’s so many events also that are happening, but I feel sad that I am not able to participate. I know that it is through participation that you get your blog to far more people, but then due to my current situation of not getting much time to tinker around the kitchen, I am forced to limit myself to whatever recipes I already have in store with me. But once things will get sorted out (I am sincerely hoping by April!), I should be able to participate in events. Today’s recipe is an easy yet flavor packed curry. I guess shorba is a…