Recipes by Sweatha Pai (Page 12)

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	Baked Doughnuts \| We Knead to Bake #6 by Sweatha Pai The month of June is usually a slow month for me. I would be just back from vacations, school reopening, books to be covered, getting up early to make lunchbox -I hate getting up early. I am a night owl. :DAnyways I had decided that this will be a slow month for the blog as well. That doesn't mean I don't bake, I did bake though…	1 vote 419 views
	Gougeres- Tasty Experiment \| Baking Partners #12 by Sweatha Pai Gougeres have always been in my bookmarks. Airy crispy and flaky gougeres warm from the oven definitely would have made my day except for the simple fact that they had eggs in them.Sometimes I think why am choosing eggless stuff. I can and am using eggs occasionally,but in my bakes I somehow don't prefer them.But when it comes to…	1 vote 132 views
	Chewy Bialys \| We Knead to Bake #5 by Sweatha Pai There was a time when onions were not a part of the daily diet of orthodox Indians especially SouthIndians. Even now in some households it is a taboo along with garlic. The reason given was they were 'taamasic' products - hot for the body and inturn increase anger and also passion.Even now this policy of abstaining from onion and…	1 vote 311 views
	Cucumber Mint Yogurt Soup \| Be a Cool Cucumber by Sweatha Pai Soups for me meant tomato soup. Warm creamy tomato soup seasoned perfectly was the first thing I looked forward/ ordered whenever I went to a restaurant.Based on the taste and texture I used to like or dislike the restaurant. And this was before my blogging and even food review days.Ofcourse the preference still continues. Even when…	1 vote 338 views
	New York Style Pizza \| Baking Partners #10 - I ♥ NY by Sweatha Pai Pizzas are one of my favourite. I love eating them though I don't always bake them. Sometimes I think if we could pinpoint something that mobilised India to modernise or grow or urbanise pizzas would have an imporrtant place along with or slightly lower than internet and cell phones.My association with pizza started in my late teens.…	1 vote 346 views
	Best Premium Basmati \| Real Best Basmati by Sweatha Pai Rice or Anna has been a major part of Indian food and in general Indian Culture. Though Anna generally refers to food, it also refers to rice or the maincourse. Rice or Oryza Sativa (Asian Rice) or Oryza Glaberrima (African Rice) has been respected by one and all and this is true not just in India but worldwide. And ofcourse there…	1 vote 629 views
	Simit - Turkish Sesame Ring \| Enjoy your cuppa by Sweatha Pai I love the months of March, April and May. March as its my daughters Birthday month and April and May being the vacation months here. I love being lazy on April and May. No schools, can travel to my mom's place, simply laze around I can give several reasons of doing no or less work in April and May.But once I started blogging, I find…	1 vote 234 views
	Peperonata \| Goodness of Peppers Italian Way by Sweatha Pai Recently the convenience shop n our complex was giving free veggies to their customers as they had surplus produce which cannot be stored for a long time.Prominent were red and yellow peppers and purple/red cabbage which otherwise cost a bomb in the same shop.And to think I had visited the same shop previous evening and got the red…	1 vote 232 views
	Torcettini de St. Vincent \| We knead to Bake #4 by Sweatha Pai If you think breads or kneading is threapeutic then I have something else to add to it. Along with breads,cookies are also my "pick-me-ups'.Ofcourse our cookie obsession starts right from childhood or say by 2 years of age. Instead of chocolate which we say " decays tooth" we give the kids cookies/biscuits with milk as snack or think…	1 vote 556 views
	The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf \| 50 & Going Strong by Sweatha Pai There are several coffee brands and cafes but what makes CBTL a cut above the rest.? Read on..The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) is the biggest private specialty coffee and tea retailer in USA. In their own words they select "only the one percent of finest Arabica coffee beans and finest hand plucked whole leaf teas". They are based…	1 vote 415 views