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A peanut butter chocolate mousse pie and a comeback post!

A peanut butter chocolate mousse pie and a comeback post!

 A four layered decadent, creamy, peanut butter chocolate pie.

Nutty prune Cake…after a long break

Nutty prune Cake…after a long break

 The cinnamon and the peanut butter combo imparts a nice unique flavour to the cake. The wholemeal flour with the nuts and prunes make it a healthy cake for the children,a must try and a sure hit!

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

Guchhi Dum Biryani(healthy version)

A healthy version of delicious Mushroom Biriyani ,bursting with flavours and rustled up within an hour.

Iced Cajun Coffee

Iced Cajun Coffee

With the summer in, the temperatures soaring and the mercury rising with every passing day the only respite are the summer chillers .Nothing says summer like a desi lassi, healthy fruit laden shakes and smoothies,cool old fashioned lemonade,colourful juices or ice cold ,creamy coffee shakes.Today my

Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Chocolate Sesame Cookies

Eggless,chewy,chocolate cookies sprinkled with sesame seeds.

Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake

When Mishti heard the name of the cake she didn’t find it appetizing and refused to touch it…she thought Mama dear used the messy mud to bake the cake…but when she saw all of us gobbling down the sinful chocolate glazed pieces she forgot all her inhibitions about it and gorged on the cake.

Janhi Aloo Posto….Ridge gourd and potatoes cooked with Poppy seed paste

Janhi Aloo Posto….Ridge gourd and potatoes cooked with Poppy seed paste

A creamy Odia style curry of ridge gourd and potatoes made from poppy seeds paste.

Southern Italian Soup and a memorable birthday

Southern Italian Soup and a memorable birthday

When I was a little girl March was the favourite time of the year for me as mine and my sister’s birthday fall in this month.As time flew priorities shifted from myself to hubby and now the children and strangely the favourite months have also changed. I still remember those years, the night before

Corn and mushroom on toast and a loss of a dear friend

Corn and mushroom on toast and a loss of a dear friend

    Has been a miserable week for all of us! A pall of gloom has set in here in the naval base since the last six days after we lost two of our best fighter pilots in an air crash while performing a spectacular […]

Steamed Chicken with tangy Spinach and Mushroom sauce

Steamed Chicken with tangy Spinach and Mushroom sauce

I feel like ranting and raving to everybody I meet that I have started blogging AGAIN finally!I feel elated, on top of the world today while I am typing my post.Taking care of 3 kids(hubby taken into consideration) is not an easy task but then taking some time out for yourself is everybody’s birthri


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