Qubani Ka Meetha (Stewed Apricot Dessert) SNC Challenge For The Month Of May2013

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 5/15/2013 8:56:00 AM

'Qubani Ka Meetha. Though I'm from south india but never heard of this sweet before. One more thing just want to add I don't like apricot at all. When i saw my email this was the challenge for this month, for some time i thought i will skip this month challenge. But my hubby told me without trying how can you give up and it was a real challenge for me to cook this sweet. I asked my hubby will you eat this if i cook and he replied "You are asking me will i eat sweet". Then suddenly i (...)'

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Home made Mushroom Pizza With Tomato Sauce (Challenge#1 For The Home Bakers Challenge)

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 5/10/2013 6:25:00 AM

'Home Made Pizza. There is new group challenge has been started by our one fellow bloggers Priya from a Priya's Versatile Recipes. The main aim of this group is to learn and bake together. When i saw this group on Facebook immediately i joint the group. and i was very happy to see that this group has been started by the queen of baking, there was no second thought about this. I need to thanks to Divya Prakash also for giving this month challenge as pizza, and hardly you can find peop(...)'

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Pink Prech Fish Curry With Coconut..

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 5/7/2013 11:35:00 AM

'Pink Prech Fish Curry.. This fish curry can be cooked with any kind of fish which finds in the market. In my mom's place they usually cook this curry with a Rohu fish that also taste very good. I had in my mind to cook fish curry from few days, i went to buy fish from a shop, but he was not having rohu fish. He only had Pink Prech, Mackerel etc. I thought for a minute then i decided to buy pink prech fish only and cook the same way how i use to have before...  During summe(...)'

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Pepper Chicken!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 5/5/2013 3:41:00 PM

'Pepper Chicken.. This is my all time favorite chicken, it goes well with ghee rice and this is like the combination made in heaven.. When ever I'm down, this chicken works like a battery for me and i can finish the plate in a minute. This recipe has come from my granny's home and my mom use to make it quite often, i still cant forget that taste what my mom use to make, i can say even i make good but not as her... Anyways my husband says i'm the best cook :) thats more then enough fo(...)'

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Smoky Tomato Soup!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 5/3/2013 11:03:00 AM

'Smoky Tomato Soup. This recipe i have taken from a GoodFood magazine, and made few changes to taste better.. This soup is very quick to make and yummy to eat.. The original recipe says we have use vegetable stock, but i was not having vegetable stock at home and i was not in a mood to make. So decide to use warm water and it really didn't make any difference the taste was simply awesome... Now i know you can make soup without any kind of stock.... Before when ever i plan to make sou(...)'

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Bread Pudding!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/28/2013 7:27:00 AM

'Bread Pudding.. Like every sunday, today also i woke up at 10am and made ginger tea. Then i woke my husband, with the tea and news paper... Before reading main news paper, i always read the Times Life first in Sunday edition. I was just reading and looking all those glossy pictures of beautiful homes. Then suddenly i saw a coloum about Terrance Lewis, Choreographer. It talked about his childhood days and his favorite cuisine etc. During his childhood days his mom use to bake bread (...)'

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Pistachio And Lemon Zest Cookies!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/26/2013 5:17:00 AM

'Pistachio and Lemon Zest Cookies. Last week i was just searching on internet for some good cookies recipe, then i came across with this recipe from Anjana Aunty in Maayeka Blog, I'm a fan of her blog and i follow her blog very sincerely. Pistachio and lemon was a very unique combination for me, without giving second thought i baked this cookies by following her exact steps and ingredients.... The cookies had come out so well and the taste was simply awesome with lemon zest.. Thanks (...)'

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Instant Eggless Chocolate Mousse...

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/24/2013 9:33:00 AM

'Instant Eggless Chocolate Mousse.. Every time i wanted to make chocolate mousse but i use to always think twice should i make it or not. Because as i have mentioned in my last post my hubby don't prefer to eat raw eggs. That was the main reason i never even wanted to try chocolate mousse at home... I have searched many websites to find some simple recipe but most of them were using eggs only. After many days of thinking, I realize why don't i make using china grass, i had only 3 the(...)'

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Black Forest Cupcake..

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/17/2013 7:21:00 AM

'Black Forest Cupcake. In my family usually they love to eat black forest cake, but this time to give a twist instead of making cake i made black forest cup cake... Fortunately on the same day i even got a order for black forest cupcake from my hubby's office. Like there is saying in Hindi "Sona Pe Suhaga" happily i made few extra cupcakes for my family members too, they enjoyed it to the core... This cupcake is filled with cherry's, chocolate and topped with fresh vanilla cream.. th(...)'

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Rainbow Cupcake!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/14/2013 2:10:00 PM

'Rainbow Cupcake.. My hubby wanted me to bake this rainbow cupcake from so many days and i use to always tell him will bake some other time. I was thinking that making rainbow cupcake is very long process and it will take more time because of that only never baked... Last night we were watching late night movie and didn't sleep till 3am. Then sushil felt very hungry and told me to cook something, but i didn't want to cook anything, after having a very long discussion what to cook, th(...)'

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Karupatti Appam (Palm Sugar Appam) SNG Event For The Month Of April.

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/9/2013 6:10:00 AM

'I don't think so i have to say anything about this SNG event running by Divya Pramil of You too can cook Indian Food , because this event is very famous now. If any body want to join the group please click the link here. Karuppatti Appam. I have tasted this appam only once in Chennai and it was very delicious. After coming back from Chennai i totally forgot about it. When i saw in my email Karupatti Appam is a challenge for the month of April. All my old memory came back and i (...)'

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Vanilla Vanilla Cupcake!!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 4/5/2013 6:04:00 AM

'Vanilla Vanilla Cupcakes. This is my first colorful frosting on vanilla cupcakes, i had never tried food color with my frosting. This time one of my cupcake buyer requested me to make some colorful frosting for cupcakes. Actually i don't like colors for my food, but what to do you have listen to them. After thinking for a very longtime i decided to chose my 2 favorite colors(edible food colours- chemical free) and kept the design very simple, so that they look pretty and colorful to(...)'

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Happy Holi 2013

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/26/2013 1:28:00 PM

'Wish you all a very Happy and Prosperous Holi.... Holi the festival of colors is undoubtedly the most fun filled and boisterous of Hindu festival. It's an occasion that brings in unadulterated joy and mirth, fun and play, music and dance and of course lots of bright colors!! Like every year this year also i made Gujia, Namak Para, Chakli and many more.. Still thinking what to cook for tomorrow... To know the Gujia recipe Click.'

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Masala Potato Chips (Home Made)

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/21/2013 5:39:00 AM

'Masala Potato Chips. Who don't like potato chips, I think it is favorite of all. There is a potato chip store near my apartment and every time crossing it, i couldn't stop myself from thinking "how do they make it so tasty". One day i asked the person who works there, what all you add to make chips so tasty. He said you can stand here for few minutes and then see what we add... Then i was eagerly waiting there for couple of minutes to see what he adds. I kept staring him without eve(...)'

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One Of The Best Day Of My Life.. Meeting Winner Of Masterchef Australia Kate Bracks!!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/17/2013 8:46:00 AM

'Last Wednesday (13March 2013) I saw an advertisement on internet about Kate Bracks visit to India for her "The Sweet life" book launch in Marriott hotel, Whitefield Bangalore. I felt so happy and sad too; sad because I had no idea how to meet her and this hotel is very close to my hubby's office, that’s where I felt he can do something. Then I told my hubby, do whatever you have do to I don't know but I want to meet her and he said I will try. Then he checked with few people and the(...)'

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Stuffed Pav Buns.. (Stuffed Dinner Rolls)

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/11/2013 6:14:00 AM

'Stuffed Pav Buns!! After Getting the gloripan yeast my baking has become so easy and perfect. I'm very happy because even i can bake a perfect buns and breads. When ever i use to see people baking delicious looking bread, I use to always feel why i'm not able to bake and literally i use to cry, after seeing my bread which is not baked properly. Thanks to my hubby for supporting me and making me to try baking after every time of disaster and he tells me every time one word, "The more(...)'

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Happy Women's Day To All The Women's In The World!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/8/2013 8:04:00 AM

'Wishing you a day filled with goodness and warmth, Wishing you happiness… today and forever,Happy Women’s Day!'

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Knot Dinner Rolls.. (Egg-less)

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 3/4/2013 4:24:00 PM

'Knot Dinner Rolls. This was my very long time dream to bake knot dinner rolls, thought the knot din't come out so well, but still i tried my best to make them look good. These rolls were superb soft and yummy looking. I have added oil instead of butter. Earlier i had tried the dinner rolls by adding butter, they were soft but not that soft. Few days back i had tried baking with oil instead of butter and they were so soft, from there i have decided not to add butter to bread until yo(...)'

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Mackerel Fish Fry!!!

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 2/27/2013 1:02:00 PM

'Mackerel Fish Fry. Mackerel fish is a flavorful, firm-fleshed fish that is easy to cook, low in fat and full of nutrients. This fish is one of my very favorite, though i cook very less because of the smell, my hubby don't like this fish smell while cooking. So when ever i feel like having this fish i make it in the afternoon and wash all the dishes and spray room freshener at home, so that when he comes home there is no smell at all. Most of the time he will not know only, i had fis(...)'

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Paal Kolukattai.. Rice Dumpling In Sweet Coconut Sauce

Author : Rumana Ambrin      Blog : Spice Ur Senses      Date : 2/18/2013 9:13:00 AM

'Everyone is aware of this wonderful event running by Divya Pramil of You too can cook Indian Food . If not please click the link here to join. I'm very happy and excited to participate in this challenge. I would like to thanks to Divya Pramil  for giving me a chance to be a part of this wonderful SNG group.Paal Kolukatti... This name was very different and the recipe is very new to me, though i'm from south India , but i have never hard of this recipe. When i came to know (...)'

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