Sheermal is a saffron-flavored traditional flatbread, from Awadhi Cuisine . It is one of the Nawabi breads served with mostly meat delicacies in Lucknow and Hyderabad . The bread is also popular in Kashmir. Mildly sweet , Sheermal is also made in Pakistan and Iran . The bread is influenced by the Persian Cuisine and…
Litti Chokha – Bihari Special
Litti is a Bihari bread in the form of a dough ball , stuffed with spicy sattu which is roasted gram flour. The Litti is roasted over coal and is a close cousin to Rajasthani Baati . Litti makes a complete meal when served with chokha . Chokha is a mash , it could be…
Ragi Cookies with Cashews
Ragi Cookies ! Yes,Thanks to my gym friends who are constantly after my life for healthy bakes . Every morning when we meet they want to know my menu of the previous day and if I made something new . Now it’s not possible to cook a new dish every day, right ? but their…
Vegan Chocolate Cookies
Recently I was in Delhi for a wedding and it was during this trip that I baked these vegan cookies . My nephew is a vegan and his wife always looks out for interesting vegan recipes , though these cookies were made for their 11/2 year old baby who loves to munch on cookies .…
Muesli Cookies
These Muesli cookies are from the batch of cookies that went to US for my friend’s grand kid . The cookies are simple and can be turned vegan as they have very little milk which can be substituted either with soy or almond milk . They have no butter and can be made with any…
Whole Wheat Chocolate Cookies
Whole Wheat Chocolate Cookies is my next post for Bake a thon. When ever I go the supermarket and I am in the biscuits section , I love browsing different varieties of biscuits , but I always hold myself . Biscuits are hardly consumed in our house.The only biscuits that are consumed are either Digestive…
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cookies are an all time favourite with kids , and if they are chocolate , it is a feast and if double chocolate then be assured they will vanish in seconds . I baked these Double Chocolate Cookies which were spot on hit my grandkids . I used our regular chapati flour , the…
Eggless Butterless Rose Cookies
A good cookie normally requires flour, sugar and butter . These are the key ingredients..but when my friend told me to bake some cookies without butter, I wondered how they would taste. I know my friends bake cookies with vegetable oil, but personally I was not sure of the taste. Personally I am not a…
Brookies
Brookies are a rage in baking world. In couple of previous BM’s I have seen fellow marathoners posting these . I specially remember Archana and Valli posting them and they looked so so good . I had baked these long long back , yes when the kids had come for their vacation . I knew…
The Sinful Chocolate Cake
Day 2 under Christmas Dinner and I could not miss a cake .I would have loved to make Christmas Cake , but I already have two versions of it. Cakes have always been a must on Christmas when the girls were here . In fact we all were so fond of cakes that we either…