For Week 3, Blogging Marathon # 43, themed- Bookmarked recipes, I have chosen a recipe from Priya Suresh’s blog. Though I have a lot of bookmarked recipes ready to be posted in my drafts, I needed something to bake for Aparna’s we Knead to Bake group and I hardly bake anything these days. So it was a…
For this month, we’re baking Komaj which is a Persian turmeric and cumin bread that’s filled with chopped dates in Aparna’s ‘We Knead To Bake group’. The recipe is taken from Greg and Lucy Malouf’s book, Saraban – A Chef’s Journey Through Persia, and here’s what they have to say about Komaj. “This is our…
Last month I went on a trip to my SIL’s place. After the customary hunt for blog props, my nephew pointed out that there was a shop that sells essences and stuff.He knows my love for cooking and so took me there. I saw rows and rows of essence, chocochips, and all the stuff we…
Since April is the month for Easter celebrations Aparna thought it would be appropriate to bake an Easter bread. Most of Europe has a tradition of baking rich buttery and eggy sweet breads for Easter and this Easter bread from Cyprus is much the same except that it is savoury. Flaounes are savoury cheese pies…
Melon Bread! This is something I never heard of until this month! Well, Aparna chose to bake this bread for this month’s We Knead to Bake and on looking at the process, it seemed a little daunting! But the mention of a crunchy top and a soft bread inside made me put aside my fears…
