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We, the Bread Baking Babes, are baking Shubak el-Habayeb or Iraqi Lover’s Window Bread this month. Karen of Karen’s Kitchen Stories chose this quaintly named Iraqi bread for us from Jane Mason’s The Book of Buns. At first glance, this little flat bread brings to mind the Fougasse, but it is nothing like it. According to…
I’m in Palakkad this week, where my family hails from originally. This is where my roots are and I love visiting whenever I can. With the present climate change scenario, summers are becoming unbearable and it is no different here. In fact, it is hotter here than it is back home during the day, though…
I hear family and friends who live in Europe or the US talk about looking forward to the arrival of summer. Here in India, where I live, the summer is probably my least favourite part of the year. I look forward to summer’s bounty, especially mangoes watermelon and guava, but I could do without the…
It is my turn to be the Kitchen of the Month over at the Bread Baking Babes. After having baked bread together as a group every month from 2008, they’ve baked over a 100 breads already! So picking a recipe for this month took a little time. I picked Japanese Curry Buns or Kare Pan (some…
In Kerala, the south western state of India, every important celebration includes a festive vegetarian meal called a “Sadya”, which is served on a banana leaf. The number of dishes cooked and served for a Sadya is varied and can differ from family to family. However, certain dishes are a must. Today’s recipe, Kaalan –…
Though I’ve been baking my own bread for a while now, I came to sourdough a little later than I should have. I say this because I like sourdough bread but never realised how easy it was to make one’s own starter. All it takes is some flour and water, and a lot of resting…
It’s time of the month when the Bread Baking Babes are at it again. We’re baking bread together and this March we’re making Peter Reinhart’s Cinnamon Raisin Struan. Elle of Feeding My Enthusiasms picked the recipe, Peter’s then favourite one apparently, out of his book Sacramental Magic in a Small-Town Cafe – Recipes and Stories…
Scrambled eggs have been around since the time of Ancient Romans. Apparently, one of the earliest known references to Scrambled Eggs is in a 14th century Italian book called Libro Della Cucina! So it’s not surprising that many countries across the world have their own versions of the dish. In India, we have two versions…
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