Recipes by Swapna Chandran Dinesh (Page 3)
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Applesauce and chocolate chip muffinsIt has been eons since I last blogged at all, and even longer about cooking ...!! Seems like yesterday, though, since I was absolutely busy with the home renovations, moving in, visits from my folks and sis... , preparing our daughter for the new academic year and all this done without a maid ...phew...!!Anyway, all that is behind me… |
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Orange and cinnamon cake with Orange IcingThis is a Rachel Allen recipe with slight tweaking from me. It was quite easy to make, and the taste is amazing. I will definitely be making this cake again .The cakePreheat the oven to 180 C in a conventional oven. In a convection oven, 160 C will do.Melt the butter. Grease and flour the cake tine and line the base with butter paper… |
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Kozhuva thoran - Kerala style anchoviesThe picture of the fish is from net search.Have been enjoying mom's cooking for a while now, with just a few of my own dishes for a change now and again. One fish that is used often in our diet is Kozhuva. It was only when I saw a picture, I realised that the (in)famous anchovies in pizza are the same fish !!!We get them absolutely… |
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Prawns and potatoLots of things happening right now..A shift to Chennai, hometown of my husband ...and ensuing chaos with getting late admission for our daughter, getting a flat for rent while renovating our home, meeting with contractors, visiting a lot of tile shops, showrooms, surfing the net for ideas, etc etc ...And right now, both my daughter… |
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Easy plum jamI saw some great plums and could not resist buying them... I bought two kilos, and we managed to consume quite a few, but still there were just two days before we left for Kerala and i did not want to waste it.. so I searched for a recipe online and found lot of different versions... as usual, I adapted one that was the easiest and… |
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Prawn pickleThis was something we dreamed of, while in the hostels. When we went home, this was one item we would definitely ask our mom to make, to take back... and dinner times at the hostel with a bottle of prawn pickle always attracted more people to our table...With this one thing, we need just rice and curd to make a perfectly satisfying… |
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Home-made grape wineI may never have had tried this without the help of my friend Rehna... She actually is an old hand at making this wine and her mother had been making this wine for decades...When she said that she would be making it this year, I also wanted to join her and we really had a great time making it, and it also yielded good results.... I… |
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Shredded chicken and green peasThese days, I seem to be just rushing in and out of the kitchen ... as I can't find the time to make anything very elaborate or time-consuming...This was a very easy dish to make... you can make it with previously cooked chicken, shredded into bite sized pieces...or boil a few pieces of chicken with a pinch of turmeric, salt and a… |
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Spicy maida dosa (pancakes)Wow.... life has not been smooth after coming back from Kerala....My maid did a bunk a day after I returned... she called me up the next day to say she was ill...and the doctor has prescribed a week's rest.... after a week of reluctantly holding down the fort, she did not turn up and when i called, she very blithely told me to look… |
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Mambazha pulissery - Ripe mangoes in curdI had already posted the recipe in this blog about two years back, but after having my mom's pulisherry after a long time, i thought I had to link back to the recipe once more...When made with the tiny mangoes you get especially for making this curry, it just becomes the tastiest treat ever..My grandfathers used to rate any… |
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