Apple Gur Shakkar Cake
This Apple Cake made with powdered jaggery is moist, not very sweet, and makes for the perfect snacking cake!
Kugelhopf
Rich, buttery brioche that can pass-off as a bread-cake! Baked it for Papa Bear’s birthday with whatever I could find at home – used Amul butter, raisins soaked in Frooti and gondhoraj zest. It’s the perfect cake for a bread lover and great for the holidays when you can leave this at the counter to snack on all day long!
Rasmalai Cake
Rasmalai is an Indian dessert, and here I’ve adapted Melissa Clark’s recipe for Rasmalai Cake to make my version. It’s amazing how one bite of this cake will you feel like your are tucking into the richest, best ras malai you can ever find!
Ukdiche Modak – traditional recipe, but made easier with the stand mixer!
Ukdiche Modak are steamed, gluten free, sweet dumplings that are made on the occasion of Ganesh Utsav or the Ganpati festival in India. Here, you’ll find a step by step guide and tips for making these modaks that are made of rice flour and sweetened with jaggery. Of course, I had the luxury of using the stand mixer to knead this hot dough!
Chocolate Nankhatai – Indian Shortbread Cookies made with ghee
 Nankhatai are Indian shortbread cookies that are made with clarified butter or ghee instead of butter and get a rich flavour with the addition of chickpea flour or beasn. I make mine a tad bit more special with the addition of chocolate chunks and cardamom powder. These are eggless and are perfect festive cookies or desserts. They store well in an air tight container 
Healthy 3-ingredient Banana Pancakes with Whole Wheat Flour
Healthy Banana Pancakes that take just 3 ingredients to make. You can add any number of mix-ins or flavourings to give it your own characteristic spin.
Triple Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies
Cocoa powder, melted chocolate and chocolate chips- it’s the season to indulge and these Triple Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies really hit the spot. I also have a special discount for Zomato users in India & the UAE so hang on till the end of this post!
Cherry Clafoutis
Fresh cherries, don’t have a season, they have a moment! Which is why, as soon as I spot them in the market, I buy a big box to make this French Classic – Cherry Clafoutis! It’s crisp on the edges, soft in the centre – but always so satisfying! It’s the sort of quick summer dessert that you don’t need any special equipment for and is so impressive. Serve it with whipped cream, ice cream or just a dusting of icing sugar!
Pesto rolls
While we’re all dying in the crazy heat in Mumbai, I think I might have stumbled upon a silver lining to this crazy situation… bread making! Any kind of yeasted dough rises like a dream in this hot and humid weather, making this the ideal weather to bake homemade breads. I usually cover the dough wi
Chocolate Coated Strawberries
Two posts on the trot with strawberries… don’t worry, I’m still working with other ingredients, I promise! February always does this to me… I just want to eat as many strawberries as I possibly can before the season ends. As I write this, I have a boxful of strawberries in my fridge, not waiting t