aparna in India
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My version of the Sicilian caponata, served on crostini. Made with baked eggplant and dried figs, a tomato sauce and pine nuts.
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Thick spiced roasted tomato, carrot, onion and bell pepper soup. Served with Basil Cream.
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Perfect coffee/ tea time cake - fresh mango, cashew nuts and cardamom with a crunchy crumb topping.
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Soft and healthy garlic and rosemary whole wheat yogurt crerscent rolls. Serve for breakfast, with soup or just snack on them.
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Eggless cardamom flavoured banana squares with semi-sweet chocolate chip morsels.
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A healthy lentil and vegetable loaf with dried apricots and raisins, that is also eggless. Served with a sweet and spicy mango and jalapeno sauce/ chutney.
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Spiced rice in three flavours and colours (saffron, white and green) celebrating Indian Independence Day.
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Simple, easy to cook Indian style stir-fried okra with just enough spices to bring out the fresh flavour of the vegetable.
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Soft, white Indian bread rolls that are baked as a sheet. Served here with pav bhaji, a popoular street food in India.
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A pound cake made with home-made paneer (Indian soft cheese), just an egg and a lot less butter, but no less delicious.
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An eggless avocado cake spiced with chai masala and drizzled with chocolate.
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Healthy cardamom flavoured smoothie made with home-made tofu, yogurt and tropical fruits including mango.
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Eggless real vanilla ice-cream with crunchy pieces of chocolate-vanilla creme cookies, made without an ice-cream machine.
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South Indian festive rice pudding (payasam) made with ghee/ browned butter (ney) , jaggery, coconut pieces, cardamom, cashews and raisins.
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Slightly sweet, very soft, no-knead yeasted banana rolls flavoured with cardamom. Adapted from ABin5.
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Pavlova with chocolate mascarpone mousse, fresh mango and eggless vanilla creme anglaise. Daring Baker challenge.
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Bars with a cakey base made from buckwheat and all purpose flours topped with cashewnuts, white chocolate, dark chocolate and butterscotch chips.
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German chocolate cupcakes with choice of two frostings, chocolate-coconut frosting or chocolate mascarpone mousse.
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Apple, tomato and grilled paneer (Indian soft cheese) salad with an orange-mint dressing and toasted walnuts.
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Middle Eastern brown lentils and caramelized onion pilaf with Indian style cucumber in spiced yogurt.
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Shortbread-like Australian bicuits/ cookies sandwiched with custard buttercream.
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North Indian style tempered red gram lentils (tuvar dal).
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Cardamom flavoured pureed and creamy mango with chocolate chip-nut meringues. Perfect dessert for the summer.
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Soft and light, these cinnamon flavoured cupcakes are topped with vanilla frosting that's not too sweet or buttery.
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South African deep fried pastry braids, coated in spiced sugar syrup.
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Unlike most macarons which are made with powdered almonds, these are made with peanuts and filled with peanut butter and strawberry jam.
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Moist steamed sponge pudding with dates and a melt-in-the-mouth texture. Served with butterscotch sauce. Daring Baker challenge.
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Easy yet delicious brioche with dough from Artisan Breads in 5 Minutes.
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Buttery brown sugar shortbread bars flavoured with cardamom.
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Single serve tarts with fresh figs and cardamom scented frangipane in a pate sablee crust.
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A pear and raisin chutney spiced with ginger and garam masala.
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Home-made strawberry jam. The process involves an overnight rest of strawberries and sugar in the fridge and adding a bit of butter to make it better.
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Spaghetti with olive oil, oven roasted red and yellow peppers and fresh basil
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Brined mangoes, green chiilies and coconut in yogurt for a chutney like gravy to serve with rice. Can be served as a dip too.
