Cakes cookies n savory goodies

Caramelised Banana Choco Chip Bread

10:42 AM


I love fruits but not banana.but when it comes to banana bread or muffin I just cant get enough of it. There is something about bananas being baked with a little cinnamon. It fills every nook and corner of our home with a delicious sweet aroma. and when that is baked on low for a longer period of time, the fruit caramelises giving it 'can't wait to grab a slice' aroma. Trust me this is no ordinary cake. This is an incredibly moist and luscious banana cake recipe, which is baked for not less than 90 minutes. Yes you read it right. This cake is baked for one and half hours, which actually caramelizes the banana and gives it a scrumptious fruity aroma and dark colour.

I actually got this idea from love to cook and have been baking this for quite sometime with various ingredients. A couple of days back baked it with wholegrain cake flour, sugar free and honey for my uncle and it tasted delicious too. Just like its main ingredient the humble banana this recipe is very versatile. Eggless, sugarless or wholegrain it never ditched me. Today am sharing the basic recipe here with APF, honey and brown sugar. For other adjustment please see the NOTES below.

Curry

Soy Chunks Curry

2:45 AM



Soya chunks or Textured Vegetable protein or soya meat is a by-product of extracting soybean oil. It is made from high soy protein soy flour and contains protein equal to that of meat. This is a beautiful way of enjoyng protein if you are vegetarian. These vegetable proteins are made in different shapes like nuggets, flakes, granules and chunks. The dehydration process gives it a nice fibrous texture, which helps these chunks to soak water 3 times its weight.  In poor countries like India where many are vegetarian this is a good source of protein and when cooked in aromatic gravy it swells up and soaks up the entire aroma.

Cakes cookies n savory goodies

Black Forest Gateau Revisited and some Decorated Cakes

12:49 PM


Life right now is a bit tensed and hectic. In between all the work, hospital visits and attending to the needs of my family I hardly am getting any time to sit with the laptop. For which, could not even publish the generous comments some of you have given on my posts. The sonny boy is home for his summer vacation and his innocent blabbering helps to uplift our mood occasionally. Right now no one is home except the baby and me and though I feel tired and exhausted but cant close my eyes and drift away to sleep. So just thought of doing something that I love.

Bengali

Patol er Korma (Pointed Gourd cooked in coconut milk)

10:42 AM



Sorry for this short hiatus. Am not keeping well for sometime and this time its my wisdom tooth which has kept me busy for all the bad reason. Just went through a very painful surgical extraction of the teeth today and the pain is excruciating. Hubby gave me two offers, either to cry in pain or just sit, chill and do whatever I want to with my laptop, while he warms up the dinner and takes care of the baby. I chose the second and here is a quick post to prove my point that Bengalis cook many dishes with coconut other than the famous chingri malaikari.

Bengali

Chingri Macher Malaikari (Prawns Cooked in Spicy Coconut Gravy)

12:45 PM



Nothing can come between food and Bengalis, no not even the sweltering Indian summer. We will eat light juicy vegetable based curries for days to keep our system cool but once there is a hint of any festivities we will jump on the opportunity to make a luxurious meal for ourselves. Most of them might not come across as summer friendly. This just happened in my family. Ever since I have come here at Maa’s she is feeding us lovely homecooked meals. But now as Jamai sashti  is around the corner, her planning knows no boundaries. The real factors like summer, heat, the mercury soaring sky high had all just disappeared from her life. When I requested for some light dishes, she counter attacked by saying we cant treat our son in law with everyday meals and if the heat seems unbearable we will install another a/c in the dining room. Huh! Who can argue with that?

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