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Vegetable Balls With Tamarind Glaze
Steam cooked vegetable dumplings with a tamarind glaze.
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Nevri/ Nevreo/ Karanji
Nevries, a festive and Christmas-time treat from India. These cardamom flavored half-moon sweet puffs are filled with coconut and semolina.
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Chakli
Savoury and crunchy Christmas-time Indian treat - Gluten-free rice and lentil spiral.
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Milk Cream
Milk Cream, a Christmas-time treat of cashew nut and milk fudge from Goa (India), similar to Brigadeiros.
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Avalose Unda
Popular gluten-free tea/ coffee time snack & Christmas treat from India. Made from roasted rice flour, coconut and jaggery.
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Baatica/ Batega/ Baatha Cake
A moist and crumbly Christmas cake from Goa (India) made with coconut and semolina.
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Kulkuls
An Indian Christmas-time treat from Goa. Deep-fried and sugar glazed Kulkuls/ Kalkals/ Kidyo (dough curls).
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Teddy Bear Bread
This cute teddy bear bread not only looks good, it tastes great and is easy to make.
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Food Photography Basics #7 : ISO
Pomegranates - to illustrate a post on ISO, for a series on food photography basics.
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Bolo/ Le Gateau Sans Rival
A popular cake in the Philippines (and Goa, India) of cashewnut meringue layers sandwiched with French style cardamom & saffron buttercream
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Vegetable Paella
Saffron flavoured vegetable paella (Spanish tomato rice) with bell peppers, eggplant and olives.
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Vegetarian Pad Thai
Spicy sesame Pad Thai, vegetarian version. Also vegan and gluten-free.
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Povatica/ Potica
A Croatian yeasted sweet swirl bread filled with hazelnuts, cinnamon and chocolate chips.
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Cake Pops
Cardamom flavored white chocolate mud cake pops.
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Cardamom Flavoured Cinnamon Rolls
Slightly sticky, soft and light cinnamon rolls with a hint of cardamom. And easy to make!
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Keerai Mashiyal
Keerai Mashiyal - South Indian style mildly spiced mashed spinach.
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Gluten-free Pear Cake
A gluten-free cake with pears that no one will believe is gluten-free!
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Ripe Plantain Fritters
Pazham Pori (Ripe Plantain Fritters), a popular South Indian snack that takes me back to train rides of my childhood & guest post for a friend
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Peace Pops Granita
Healthy, delicious and the perfect summer cooler. This granita (makes ice pops too) are made with carrots, strawberries and mango.
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Spiced Saffron & Cardamom Biscotti
Spiced saffron and cardamom biscotti with chocolate chips.
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Parikkai Mezhukkuvaratti
South Indian style spicy stir-fried bitter gourd/ melon with tamarind and jaggery.
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Semiya Payasam (Vermicelli Pudding)
A South Indian style vermicelli and milk sweet/ pudding flavoured with cardamom.
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Mini Apple Pie With Pine Nuts
Low fat mini-apple pies with paneer/ cream cheese and pine nuts.
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Eggless Mango Cheesecake Bars
A no-bake and eggless mango cheesecake on a crumbled cookie base. Made for my daughter's birthday.
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Blueberry & White Chocolate Muffins
Fruit and chocolate muffins that are light. Make a great after school or anytime sncak and even a light dessert.
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Eggless Spiced Bread Pudding
Eggless cranberry and chocolate bread pudding spiced with chai masala. Served with an eggless lime-vanilla sauce.
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Chaman Kaliya (Paneer In Gravy)
A low calorie version of Chaman Kaliya - Indian (Kashmiri) preparation of paneer (Indian milk cheese) in a spiced yellow gravy. A giveaway t
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Glazed Mango Pound Cake
A lighter calorie mango pound cake with a tangy mango glaze.
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Fresh Pears
A study of fresh pears for a post on Basics of Food Photography: Aperture And Depth of Field(DoF).
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Mooli Ka Achaar (Pickled Radish)
Indian style pickled Daikon radish (mooli/ mullangi).
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Asparagus Paneer (Ricotta) Tart
Eggless asparagus and paneer (ricotta) tart with rough puff pastry.
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Rasgullas (Sweet Cheese Dumplings)
Indian dessert of milk cheese dumplings in kewra (pandan extract) flavoured syrup.
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Flavoured Caramel Mousse
Flavoured caramel mousse in almond meringue nests. Daring Bakers challenge.
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Easter Eggs
Foil wrapped chocolate Easter eggs for a photography tutorial on "Exposure".
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Avakkai Mango Pickle
A delicious South Indian style (Andhra) mango pickle that is known for its spice and "fire".
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Natural Pressed Coconut Oil
Natural pressed virgin coconut oil at my local market.
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Rose, Pistachio & Cardamom
An eggless cardamom flavoured rose and pistachio ice-cream with Gum Arabic.
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One Bowl Yellow Very Vanilla Cake
A yellow cake with custard powder. Needs one bowl, a hand whisk and 10 minutes to put it in the oven.
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Yeasted Meringue Coffee Cake
Meringue coffeecake with cashewnuts, cranberries & chocolate chips. Daring Bakers challenge.
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Chocolate And A Strawberry
Still life of chocolate pieces and strawberry to illustrate post on food photography series.
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Laugenbrezel (Soft Pretzels)
German style soft pretzels topped with sesame seeds.
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Kaaradaiyan Nonbu Adai
South Indian festive fare. Steamed savoury and sweet flatcakes made with rice flour. Gluten-free.
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Kohlrabi In A Spiced Coconut Gravy
Kohlrabi (Knol-Khol) cooked South Indian style with a spicy coconut gravy.
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Indian Rice & Lentil Pudding
Cardamom flavoured South Indian rice and lentil pudding sweetened with jaggery.
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Pistachio Panna Cotta
Cardamom flavoured white chocolate pistachio panna cotta with a tangy saffron syrup and Florentine cookies. Daring Baker challenge.
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Sûkerbôlle/ Suikerbrood
Frisian (northern Netherlands) sweet bread encrusted with sugar bits mildly flavoured with cinnamon.
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