Recipes by Sweatha Pai

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	Leopard Patch Bread \|We Knead to Bake #37 by Sweatha Pai	1 vote 492 views
	Curried Brown Chickpeas - Chana Upkari \| Happy Ugadi by Sweatha Pai Every Friday when I was in school, I would wake up to the sound of fresh pepper being ground in the traditional Indian style spice grinder. No modern pepper mills for my mother.. even now its the same. The pepper would then be added to a seasoning for cooked brown/black chickpeas - kaala chana - along with a handful of coconut…	1 vote 534 views
	Vegan Potato Knish \| Baking Partners April 2016 by Sweatha Pai Knish is an Eastern European snack consisting of usually potatoes and meat filling in a doughy crust and can be either baked,grilled or deep fried. Made popular in USA by the Eastern European immigrants, a Kentucky Knish version has also come up. Knishes can be made round rectangular or square with filling completely covered or…	1 vote 682 views
	Broa de Milho - Portuguese Corn Bread \| We Knead to Bake #36 by Sweatha Pai Broa de Milho is a slightly sweet crusty Portuguese bread made from a mix of rye, wheat or corn. It is a dense bread which goes well with soups and stews. The method of cooking is slightly different with the corn or maize flour paste being made with…	1 vote 674 views
	ANZAC Biscuits \| Oats Goodness by Sweatha Pai ANZAC cookies are made with oats, flour, dessicated coconut, butter, sugar, golden syrup/dark corn syrup and boiling water.I selected the recipe from KingArthurFlour site. The recipe was quick and easy and out came chewy-crispy,buttery coconutty cookies . I have followed the recipe to the 'T' and the only change I made was double the…	1 vote 587 views
	1940's Chocolate Cake \| Valentine Special by Sweatha Pai Today being Valentines Day and red roses and heart shapes everywhere, I thought I too would contribute a little with a chocolate cake I had bookmarked for the occasion. Now whats in a chocolate cake ? Its a 1940s Wartime Chocolate Cake when there were restrictions imposed on the use of milk, eggs, butter etc as most of the countries…	1 vote 635 views
	Coconut Raisin Bread \| Tea Time Snack by Sweatha Pai I am always looking for tea time snacks.If it involves baking then I need to plan it beforehand . This planning bit actually puts me off a bit. These days the oven is getting a well needed rest and though my hands itch to use it something else comes up and baking takes the backseat again. Though ofcourse tea time snacks are a must.…	1 vote 591 views
	Spiced Yam Soup \| GoodBye Winter by Sweatha Pai Some of you might not have heard or tried this vegetable -yam aka elephant yam, chenai/chena suran, khamalu, chapri alu and also karunai kilangu in someparts of TamilNadu. This is a tuber which comes in different varieties an colours in different continents and most of them edible to eat and is starchy and has good levels of…	1 vote 699 views
	Krendel - Ukrainian/Russian Fruit Filled Pretzel Shaped Festive Bread \| We Knead to Bake #34 by Sweatha Pai This post was supposed to be up last month as it was a Christmas Bread. But as usual it got postponed and I thought I should definitely post this month atleast as it was a very tasty and really festive bread. Festivals definitely put us in a happy…	1 vote 651 views
	Sweet Rice Pudding \| Happy 2016/ Makar Sankranthi/ Pongal by Sweatha Pai Makar Sankranthi/ Pongal is being celebrated today in several states across India. Makar Sankranthi marks the start of the journey of the Sun northwards or "Uttarayan" or when the sun enters the 10th house of Makar or Capricorn. Basically a harvest festival, it indicates the arrival of spring in India and falls usually with Jan…	1 vote 494 views