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Food trends like fashion tend to keep changing from season to season. The pandemic meant more people were spending a lot of time at home and in the kitchen. Bread baking at home saw a new high too. Cloud Bread, Banana Bread, Focaccia “art or “designer” breads, Sourdough Breads, Pane Incamiciato and Wool Roll Bread…
Jamaican Pumpkin Soup is a traditional Saturday hearty soup/ stew which is cooked in most households. My Jamaican Ital Pumpkin Soup is a perhaps less authentic that a typical Pumpkin Soup. However this vegetarian version is reasonably authentic in that it follows the Ital style of Rastafarian cooking. Jamaican Pumpkin Soup is typically made with…
Its monsoon season in my part of the world so it’s raining pretty heavily most days. One of my favourite things to do during the rains is find a quiet corner and a good book. This gets even better accompanied by a cup of hot spiced tea and crisp fritters that we Indians call Pakora….
What do you typically do when you have over ripe bananas on hand? I’m guessing you make banana bread, banana cake or maybe ice-cream. The next time you have an excess of ripening bananas, I suggest you try making Mangalore Buns. Do you know what Mangalore Buns are? Chances are you do if you belong…
Naan Sangak or Persian Pebble Bread is this month’s Bread Baking Babes bread. Quoting Elizabeth, she decreed this after discovering it in a cookbook and now cannot stop eating “Persian-style” dinners! Naan Sangak is a Persian/ Iranian sourdough whole-meal sesame seed topped flatbread mostly served with lunch or dinner. It is more commonly referred to as…
India celebrates completing 74 years of Independence and its 75th Independence Day in a few days. These Tricoloured Pinwheel Cookies reflecting the colours of the Indian flag are my contribution to marking this day on the blog. These are difficult times and celebrations aren’t going to be quite the way they’ve been in previous years….
I'm Aparna and My Diverse Kitchen is my ovo-lacto vegetarian food blog where you'll find recipes, food stories & photography. I've been blogging since 2007 and believe the kitchen, and the dining table (by extension) is really the heart of a home. Read More...
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