Recipes From My Kitchen

Up until now, I've have had ready made sundried tomatoes bought from supermarkets. They do taste good and I'm a great fan of them. However, recently I realized that the same could be tried out in an oven if you do not have great sunlight in the place you live. They are the same sundried tomatoes except that they are made in the oven and save a lot more time and effort. Recently I got the desi tomatoes which were absolutely fresh. The desi version has a lot of juice and a lot more flavor than the English variety. I added some fresh garlic to the tomatoes as it just enhances the flavor of the roasted tomatoes. Ingredients: 2kg, fresh ripe tomatoes, Coarse sea salt, Fresh garlic, Olive oil, plain or extra virgin. Method: Preheat the oven to the lowest heat setting. Depending on how big you’d like them, either slice the tomatoes, or halve them (the bigger they are, the longer they will take to dry up). Scoop out the seeds and drain out ...

There have been so many versions of cheesecakes, baked, no bake, with eggs, without eggs...etc.. I have made many cheesecakes before and have blogged about it  here . But I do get a lot of requests by my vegetarian friends and bloggers to come up with an eggless or gelatin free version. So here is what I came up with. I'll be honest, this was a pure experiment! So, on my recent trip to Metro C&C, I found the newly launched Britannia Cream Cheese. Its expensive, however cheaper than the other versions like Philadelphia, etc. So I decided to give it a shot. Ingredients: For the crust: 125 gms plain  flour , 100 gms chilled  butter , cut into cubes, A pinch of  salt , For the Cheesecake: 180 gms  cream cheese , (I have used Britannia), 100 gms  castor sugar , 50 gms  whipped cream , 100 gms  blueberry  topping, can use fresh blueberries also. Method: For the crust: To prepare the crust, mix the flour, salt ...

Hi All....I've missed updating the food blog for a long time now...and I will say I missed blogging too...I know what I've missed, now that I'm updating it :-) Will start off with this cookie recipe which I made a couple of days ago... Ingredients: 3 cups  flour , 1 cup powdered  sugar , 1 cup unsalted  butter , cold, cut into pieces, 1/2 tsp  salt , 4  egg yolks , 1 tsp  vanilla  essence, For egg wash, (optional): 1 large  egg white , beaten with 2 teaspoons water, Decorating  sprinkles , (optional) Method: Place the flour, sugar, butter and salt in the food processor and mix until it is well blended yet coarse. In another bowl, lightly beat the egg yolks and vanilla. Now add this liquid mixture into the dry mixture and keep processing until a dough is formed. If the mixture is not coming together, add 1 or 2 tbsps of cold milk. Place the dough on the kitchen counter, and kneed it until soft and pl...