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Easy chocolate cake  with  Vanilla frosting

Banana caramel custard Had to get the process wrong. Mixed banana in before the milk. Salted caramel icecream

 My neighbour called for an informal meetup. And this is on the countertop. I first had to marvel at how beautiful it looks and then ask for the name. Momos. Heard of it in a movie goer's context and thought it might be some sort of popcorn. You can relate them to dumplings and potstickers, but only behind the back of a Momo  purist. The way to do this shaping is hold the half of oval wrapper in pleats and press it with the other half of the oval sealing the stuffing. To someone who grew up eating and making momos, they can do this even without looking at it and continue the even more important task of talking, the real reason for having the food and meeting up. Momos are had with achar, made from blanched tomatoes. Now since there is no free lunch, I had to contribute  my ill formed ones on the right side. I am told that the wrappers in the purple one are better than the one in the yellow above. Momos are had for when your tummy wants food and so the movem...

Usually when I make banana bread I try to make it with 1 cup flour. But I had 3 bananas that wanted to go into the banana bread. I didnt have the time/patience to look for the recipe or slash it. And through the process, I realised there were 4 bananas. I used the 9 by 13 pan and got done in 53 min.               Banana bread

I wondered how an a book be of just crackers and dips. All the photos in the book have a picture on a slate accompaniment as a background. Coconut flour

Today is  Varalakshmi Vratam  day. Lakshmi Sahasranama Stotram Chamunda Vada . I couldnt get the normal grinder to run without adding water. And then I had to add urad flour to make it pliable. In the end the vadas were too hard in dahi but fine when microwaved with sambar. You know what else tastes good with sambar. Quinoa. Later my friends shared some vadas they made. Antithesis to ours. Their recipe - store bought mix. I should try that next time. And husband and other sources say baking soda would have helped with our recipe.

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