White chocolate and brownie layered Cake is exactly that! Brownie at the bottom and white chocolate on top. It tastes absolutely divine. The sweet white chocolatey taste goes very well with bitter sweet brownie [Read on…]
I have had my fair share of Paneer Makhanis in the restaurants of America. And have to say, in all humility, that Paneer Makhani is the most abused dish in the entire Indian cuisine. [Read on…]
It’s the season of celebrations!!! Come November and the non-stop festivities start. But nothing can beat the month of December for me. Everyone finds a little more in their heart at this time of the year. A little more joy, a little more giving and a little more loving! Forgive me if I am super happy to be born around this time. Yup, am a full-blown Sagittarius in every which way. And Of course, I digress. Now that my son is 5, he is able to understand and assimilate a lot of things that he didn’t last year. Christmas is one of them. There is something so magical about Christmas that it draws kids to it like a powerful magnet. And now that the attraction has sinked in, the questions have taken over. [Read on…]
People lie! They do it all the time. A lot of people, over the course of time, have lied to me too. They said ” Oh! Labor is not that bad” Oh ya, really? Then after my son was born, they said “Now the fun part begins.” I thought of countless ways to strangle them while staying awake most nights for the first few months. Then they said “Hey, once they turn 7-8 months, that’s the best time.” [Read on…]
I don’t know what else to call it!! I really don’t!! When I first saw this brioche in Dorie Greenspan’s book ‘Baking- From my home to yours’, I knew instantly (actually, after I had drooled all over that page) that I won’t be able to sleep unless I make this bread. Even though this bread required multiple rises, there was no way in the world that I would go on with my life without tasting a slice of this glorious bread. And I have to tell you, it was my best ‘To-bake-or-Not-to-bake’ decision ever!!!! One bite into this bread and I was an official Dorie Greenspan FAN. I, then emailed the ‘HMH Trade Publishing’ house and asked for their permission to use this recipe on my blog and they were gracious enough to let me. [Read on…]
