Coffee Dried Currants Cake

Note: It’s snowing at The Yum Blog – those aren’t white dots but snow flakes. If plum cakes can be cakes without plums then dried currants can be currants that have nothing to do with currants. Dried currants as the Wikipedia article rattles, are tiny seedless intensely flavoured grapes from the island of Zante in [...]

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Bhajjis – perfect snack for a rainy evening

Bhajji is a favorite snack in my home. Once on a cold rainy evening, when my son was 2 years old, I asked my son what I should cook for his dinner. Pat came his reply, ‘Bhajji’! So that’s how much of “a Bhajji family” we are I make bhajjis quite often, about once in [...]

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Nothing to beat South Indian Filter Coffee

South Indians are famous for their aromatic perfect filter coffee. I prefer to drink coffee made in my home only! Every visitor to my home would never say no to my coffee. So I always keep the decoction ready. Coffee estates in Coorg produce some of the best coffee seeds in the world. These are [...]

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How to bring a house down?

Note: Cross posted at bhawnatheatre.wordpress.com Let’s tackle the customary introduction first, Bhawna is a children’s theatre group in Chennai that works towards creating opportunities for children to interact and have a whole of fun without the dividing lines of “special” vs “mainstream”. We currently have 30 children mostly between the ages of 5-11 years including [...]

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Kunukku with brinjal (savoury balls with brinjal)

Kunukku is a traditional snack, prepared more often than bhajjis in tamizh households. Deep fried snacks are welcome with evening tea during winter months. I always use a lot of vegetables with these snacks to increase their nutritional value. While lot of people totally avoid deep fried snacks, I always believe in eating what ever [...]

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Walk down The Mall

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India Police Assistance Room, The Mall, Shimla General Post Office, Upper Mall, Shimla One of the many buildings from Colonial Era, The Mall, Shimla Quaint Clock, The Mall, Shimla Municipal Corporation, Upper Mall, Shimla Municipal Corporation, Upper Mall, Shimla Public Library, Ridge Maidan, Shimla Christ Church, Ridge Maidan, Shimla Shimla just after [...]

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