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While reading of  Cream rolls , its faint image of how I cannot recall where we had them before, may be CEERI, pilani. Then there was a mention of  Lotus root pakora .

Our local Indian store is now selling Kichdi mix and Panchratan dal mix. How difficult is it to have two ingredients and mix them? Five ok. But still its not like having to store  Navadanya .

Shubhra Ramineni recipes Peach lassi

Oatmeal pancakes Black and white striped cookies Double chocolate biscotti Italian cream cake Hot chocolate fudge cakes Tea cake Plum Individual cobbler

Today I had a box of snacks waiting for me at my desk. And one of them is  kothimbir vadi  which involves steaming before frying.

Liam in Bold and the Beautiful orders Italian Cream cake for dessert

This book has recipes for all meals of the day - breakfast, soup,lunch, dinner and dessert. I goes global and then returns o make all American classics like meatloaf.

I was looking for snacks in No carb diet . A blogger wrote of her experiences with  Gary Taubes diet . Not many bloggers who follow this? I found this  peanut butter and celery  as a low carb snack. I have been eating lettuce with chicken and or egg curry. I have been throwing away the thick stalks. After seeing this I realised that I could replace celery with the leftout lettuce stalks. Regarding the diet, it is true that the pounds come off. I am eating quinoa whenever bored of the ghaas phus (grass vrass  meaning  greens). Last week I lost 4 pounds. The no limit on non-carbs. I ate  fried bajjis  without any compunction. And the digestive system has enough to work on.

Mirchi ka salan  from the remaining  mirchis The first time I had it was when I had crab too for the first time with the cracker and all. Then I realised my relatives who were best cooks and could cook for more than 75 people were all in the know how of making Mirchi ka salan. The nutty, tangy and the fried serranos are a good set to be in a bowl together. 

Yesterday when it was raining, a friend sent an email about it and wondered if any one was making bajjis. I love mysore bonda.  Mysore bajji . Serrano bajji . From the same cook,  other stuffings  for bajjis. Coconut chutney . I used equal proprtion dal and coconut.

I liked this brand quinoa better than the one I had at whole foods. It doesnt have any funny taste.  Cooked it with broccoli and water in a rice cooker.

I have heard of salmon chowder for the first time. I decided to go with  Martha's recipe . I like her simplicity philosophy of food.

I was looking into this book for desserts. The only word I found was melocotones - Spanish for peach. And then it occurred, it must be that they have a pastry chef. So the books I am looking for are

Leche asada  is the  Flan  recipe used by Martha. It is a poor man's  Crema Volteada . Lima bean dulce-de-leche Manjar blanco  - That which goes into many other sweets.

Schmarren meaning Kaiserschmarren  served along with icecream. At a conference in Singapore, some friends from Austria, shared mozart chocolate balls. Austrian desserts, from the name itself you can tell that it doesnt need the dessert's specifi name to be spectacular as long as it is from Austria. The instructions for this recipe asked frying the batter, all that in 30 sec on low heat. Wonder what they meant and later theres a call for caramelizing the powdered sugar which would have been  better with instructions. Wonder what Indian doughnut is doing in this book.

Luna sea burger I skipped the phyllo stage. When I realised I put in too much pepper, I added some whole grain bread.

I saw the ad of Wheat thins during news about a game. And when i saw them at Safeway on sale, i had to try them. They taste good with a slight sweet tinge. The onion flavour, a bit like the Lays Onion has you hooked.

Yesterday I used Ghirardelli Brownie mix to make brownies. I saw a recipe for  Chocolate crackle cookies  that take not too long to bake.

Dal maharani Hara bhara kabab