A Cooked up Story

  Hello Folks!!! “Travelling leaves you speechless, and then it turns you into a story-teller” -Ibn Battuta This sweet is so luscious that a small diamond or even two can take you to realms unknown. Its perfumed, sweet and tender layers soaked in honey and crowned in nuts is a delight for the soul. Whenever I have travelled with my family to Dubai, we always break at a beautiful sweet shop to enjoy those delicate baklavas. It’s best to eat them as soon as you buy them since, they will be warm and crispy and secondly, its tempting aroma won’t allow you to wait a second more. My love for this sweet has a very long story and since the first bite until now, I never miss a chance to grab one as soon as I spot it. I remember, as a child, I would fill my plate with as many different Middle Eastern deserts as it could accommodate, one among my favourites  being the baklava. When I was abroad, I had very beautiful Egyptian friends- ‘Didi’ and ‘Caroline’, two sisters who use...

  Hello Folks!!! As I mentioned in my previous cooked up story, I am sharing the next "delicioso receta" we came across during the preparation for our Home Science practicals in 10th grade. Here I am listening to 'Un Poco Loco' from the movie COCO, sipping some fresh apple juice and munching hot quesadillas, I just remembered the happy smiles on the judges’ faces when they took the first bite from this dish. Their smiles just confirmed how marvellously the dish was prepared.The right amount of passion, skill and creativity completed  the masterpiece. The special dish you must try out today is Quesadilla, pronounced as /ˌkeɪsəˈdiːjə/   ( kay-se -diyeh).   One dish that is just too good to ignore - its golden crispy tortilla, the molten cheese and juicy meat seasoned with pretty flakes of magical dust. None can resist the temptation!!!   The beautiful saga  of Quesadilla A quesadilla is a Mexican dish which is made from a tortilla filled with chees...

  Hello Folks!!! Here, I will be showing you how to make an easy, tasty and nutritious tortilla right at home. For the purpose of better understanding, a tortilla is a thin, flat round bread made of corn and wheat flour and cooked on a stove, but don’t confuse yourself between a roti and tortilla. A roti usually is made using tougher dough as compared to a tortilla that uses vegetable shortening in order to create the silky smooth texture. This recipe will be very simple so that you can make it any time you want to eat a quesadilla /make a pizza base/nachos anything you want!!! All you need to do is get creative. RECIPE INGREDIENTS 1.All purpose flour (Maida) – 2 cups 2.Water – ¾ cup 3.Olive oil – 3 tbsp 4.Salt – ½ tsp INSTRUCTIONS 1.In a bowl, combine the flour and salt and add water and oil to it. Knead the dough and add a little water or flour to achieve the right smoothness. 2. Let the dough rest for 10 minutes. 3. Roll the dough into small balls and f...

  Hello Folks!!! Trust all of you are doing well and tried out some of my recipes (do let me know what you prepared and how you enjoyed it in the comments section… I’ll be really excited to know). It has been long since I posted my last cooked up story and I really missed you all as I was immersed in preparations for my exams which just got over today. Today, I thought of bringing a new dish to your attention that has a very funny name, yet equally tasty – Devilled eggs, also known as stuffed eggs/ Russian eggs. This is a very simple recipe and I’m sure you will definitely try it out as soon as you read it. I came across this dish when I was in my 10 th grade. We had our Home Science practical exam, an exam whose news spread like rapid fire and never failed to reach even the farthest corners of our school, yeah our school was enormous. I still remember the chaos, as soon as the dates of the exam were announced, all the teachers and students used to book the dish they wanted t...

Hello Folks!!! This morning, we woke up to a very hot and sunny day. As usual, I watered the plants and my sister plucked a few fruits, after which we sat on the cool stone bench in the garden and sipped some fresh mango juice. As we were enjoying our few minutes there in the peaceful silence, I remembered something that happened on a very similar day, many years ago during a beautiful summer in southern Africa …. I was still a little girl who used to spend the entire holiday playing with my baby sister in a pretty little gazebo. In the evenings, when it used to become very hot, I would go swimming. I used to do the backstroke, the dog paddle, breast stroke and my most favourite way of swimming was diving deep into the pool and swim under water. I also would carry my sister on my back and swim with her!!! Such beautiful days… One particular day, we went to visit our new neighbour. She was very welcoming and we loved her just like our granny. As per the North Indian tradition, whe...

Hello Folks!!! The past few weeks in Bangalore have been marked by rainy evenings and nights too cold to stay without a pair of socks and a sweater. I was just sitting in my veranda and watching the rain fall. It was then that my mind time travelled into the past and I relived the day I was riding my bicycle to my dance class on a rainy evening. I was in grade 7 when we had the annual day celebration of our dance class. I used to go to my dance class directly from school and stay there for practice until 9 at night due to which I would carry my dance class uniform, 2 bottles of water and an extra box of snacks to eat before my class began- all packed carefully in my school bag. It was a really tough schedule and used to strain out the energy of the dancer but those are some memories that will never leave my mind. The last day of rehearsals was very tiring and after practice I was waiting for my parents to pick me up. At that time, my teacher went to the kitchen and brought me this ...

Hello Folks!!! Right now I am enjoying myself listening to Nancy Mulligan by Ed Sheeran and eating heartening Apple Crumble, the best way to bring happiness to your soul by mingling the heavenly combination of music and food… This takes me back to a lazy Thursday evening when I went out to play with my friends. We had begun skipping two at a time on a long skipping rope and praying not to strangle our feet lest we should go out and wait again for our next chance. All six little girls happily enjoying themselves like how the handsome horse- Black Beauty used to on the meadow. All of a sudden, it became so windy that we couldn’t play any longer and were forced to return back home, only wishing that we could play for some more time. I was so sad and kept looking outside only to see that the weather became worse and worse. At such a time, Black Beauty would have gone searching for apples that fell down from the trees. That was when mom brought this pretty looking cream coloured sweet d...