Latest Blog Posts for Spicyana

• A TEA PARTY !
  on May 27, 2016 in Cakes and Cookies
  In a vase full of roses, a garden ! On a plate full of dainty cakes, a tea party !Cardamom sponge mini cakesAll purpose flour - 1 1/4 cupsGranulated sugar - ½ cup + ¼ cupBaking powder - ½ tbspSalt - ½ tspMelted butter -¼ cupSoftened butter - ¼...
• Ice cream !
  on May 14, 2016 in Desserts
  Some days you have to have a scoop of chocolate ice cream, some other days you have to have many :)   No churn, dairy free, banana chocolate ice cream Ripe/overripe bananas peeled, cut into ½ inch pieces -2 Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cu...
• remembering a meal
  on Mar 24, 2016 in Breads and Rotis holiday Kerala Vegetarian
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• Cashew-Almond bars
  on Mar 15, 2016 in Appetizers Vegetarian
  RecipeCashews - 1 cupAlmonds - 1 cupWhole pitted dates - 3/4 cupCardamom powder ( optional) - ¼ tspDried ginger powder ( optional) - ¼ tspHeat a thick bottomed pan, dry roast almonds and cashews just until the cashews turn pale golde...
• A simple vegetable curry
  on Mar 8, 2016 in Curries Indian Kerala Vegetarian
   Mixed vegetable curryRecipeClean and cut vegetables into small bite sized cubes and measureCarrot - 1 cupPotatoes - 1 cupBeetroot - 1 cupCauliflower - 1 cupGreen peas or Garbanzo beans cooked - 1 cupTomato chopped - ¼ cupFinely chopped o...
• Mango papaya salad
  on Feb 16, 2016 in Appetizers Vegetarian
  Here is some proof for a certain clean eating habit someone was trying out for a couple of days :)  Mango papaya saladRecipeGrated semi -ripe mango - 1 cupGrated papaya - 1 ½ cupThinly sliced shallot - 1 tbspLemon juice - 1 tbspMinced green chi...
• Fish !
  on Jan 27, 2016 in Curries Fish Indian Kerala
  Have you ever had rice served with three kinds of fish curries, two types of fish fries and no less than two other varieties of fish preparations accompanying it ? If you have not, you must time travel to Arthinkal of some 20 years ago. That is what...
• A grape drink
  on Jan 20, 2016 in Appetizers Kerala Vegetarian
  The memory is so vivid that I really don’t know what it is about :) There was a grape juice drink that we used buy from a restaurant in the town where I stayed while in school. We always shared this drink among friends in a dedicated effort to s...
• We wish you a Merry Christmas !
  on Dec 25, 2015 in holiday
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• Light !
  on Dec 21, 2015 in Appetizers Cakes and Cookies holiday
  Just because I can never have enough Christmas bokeh , here is a plateful of cardamom doughnut holes placed right in front of our Christmas tree :)  Cardamom doughnut holesRecipe : Add 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder to this King Arthur Flour's Ve...

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