Shifting to Wordpress

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 2/26/2013 6:13:00 PM

' Hi all I  have decided to move from Blogger to Wordpress for personal reasons!I appreciate your support and hope you will continue to support me at WP. This is my link. http://themadscientistskitchen.wordpress.com/.ThanksHi! First time here? Well then you are Most Welcome! I hope you keep coming back for more here. If you are my regular visitor then Thanks, for you encourage me to experiment more!! I would like you to please click on my link below and like my Facebook P(...)'

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Peas Caulifower and Paneer Pull Apart ~Knead to Bake

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 2/11/2013 4:43:00 PM

'Bread baking is a skill  and I hit panic buttons, due to the fact that yeast and I are not so good friends.  So when Aparna said she is starting a group that is baking 12 breads down the year I thought I will tag along. Hopefully I will make friends with yeast finally. This is the February challenge and I am very late posting it but then I went to Ahemadabad for "The Blogging Marathon #25 Meet" and so was delayed.  Had a rocking time there but now (...)'

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Round up of Street Foods of the World

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 2/6/2013 3:31:00 PM

'I was hosting the Only Series Pari's blog baby! The theme was Street foods of the World.To me street food immediately invokes images of Bhel, Pani poori and all kinds of Chaat!  But is Street food limited to this? Definitively not. Here is what my blog friends had to post.  Murmure Chat  Tava PulaoVada Pav / Indian BurgerTomato soup with macaroniPaneer Pav BhajiAloo ChaatPeanut Carrot sundalMini chila chaatMattar ki kachoriBread(...)'

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Agar Agar Chocolate Pudding

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 2/4/2013 10:13:00 AM

'I cannot resist the packets of agar agar gracing the shelves in the super market.  After a long debate I have with myself end up in my shopping bag. Now you may wonder what magical pull does this weed have on me. Basically after making the eggless quicheI know it can be used as a filling in savoury bases too.  Now at home I keep postponing making something out of them so they grace my kitchen shelf for some time.  (...)'

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Guest Hosting Celebrate Love

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/31/2013 4:06:00 PM

'Love is universal language!  What better time to celebrate love then now in the month of February when spring is round the corner of course Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, Holi is not far away?  Come join us Jagruti and me in the celebration of love.“ Pyar sharto par nahi hota” loosely translated it’s in love you cannot have conditions but events do have rules so here are the rules;1.    ;Make any dish it could be sweet, savoury, can be starter or main (...)'

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DrØmmekage fra Brovst or Danish Dream Cake

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/30/2013 3:03:00 PM

'Yummy Danish Dream CakeIf you are a regular reader of my space then you must be aware that I am a member of egg-less baking group.  The group is the brainchild of Gayatri and we try out making baking recipes from with eggs to egg-less. Recently Gayatri had asked members to give suggestions for different cakes and we have been trying new cakes. Most of them I will not even dream of. Have you thought of making molten lava cake, cauldro(...)'

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Bolied Cauliflower for BM #24

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/26/2013 10:31:00 AM

'First let me wish you allA Very Happy Republic Day!!For the Blogging Marathon #24 I am blogging Weaning foods. The first weaning food that Akanksha was fed was boiled cauliflower! I know this is quite unconventional. In fact I had the ire of lot of my Elders’ in the family they had wanted the traditional payasam to be fed, but I was adamant. You see my elder daughter was fed the traditional foods but no veggies then getting her to eat veggies was an uphill task t(...)'

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Lapsi a Maharashtrian Delicacy

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/25/2013 3:09:00 PM

'“Lapsi” this is a very delicious porridge that is great breakfast dish for young and old alike. The pro in “Lapsi’s”   favour is that its light to digest and very filling and most importantly very healthy.But making “Lapsi” is tedious process. You need to soak the wheat to make the “Lapsi” for 3 days. The water is to be changed every day and on the third day the wheat is ground. The ground batter is strained and then the strained mixture is used to make “Lapsi”.Tiring and (...)'

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Dalia or Porridge

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/24/2013 5:33:00 PM

'This Blogging Marathon I will be posting Weaning Foods. For my elder daughter I had no problems as my MIL and Mother were around and I just did what I was told.But for my second daughter both were not around and I had to manage. So one of the first things that I had served Akanksha, my daughter no 2 after veggies was ’Dalia’!  It’s simple to cook and good for health.  In fact I have served it to her both as sweet and salted flavours and she has loved both.Today we will mak(...)'

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Tawa Pulao

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/22/2013 6:16:00 PM

'Tawa pulao the food that my teen often eats on the streets!!  So when I saw this at Cook-Eat- Burrp and by I changed my plans of making the much disliked matar pulao to tawa pulao.Yes you read right my girls do not like green peas. They will eat them plain but in veggies or pulao …no.So when I had mentioned that I am making Matar pulao it was not met with much enthusiasm. So I just made this tawa pulao.  As soon as I came home from work the first thing that I was told was (...)'

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Mini Ghevar Topped with Rabdi ~~SNC Challenge

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/17/2013 6:01:00 PM

'What is left of Rabdi and GhevarAs a part of the North and South challenge, Divya’s  brainchild we try out new recipes. This time the north group has challenged the South group to make Ghevar.This challenge was suggested by Manjula Bharath of Desi Fiesta from Northern team, while Southern team challenged them with Vada Curry by Ramya Krishnamurthy of LemonKurry. The first time I heard about Ghevar was in Jodha Akbar! Where Jodha cooks a delicious vegetarian (...)'

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Apple Pie

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/15/2013 5:00:00 AM

'Wish you all A Very Happy Sanktanti or Pongal! Hope you have made delicious Pongal or Gulpolis and til ladoos.There seems to be a lethargy on my part I am finding it difficulty in surfing the net.So there are hardly any comments from me or visits for that matter! Kindly excuse me  yet again!! I am tired and seem to have some kind of health problems (read lack excercise and have become fat) which needs me to exercise so most of my evening are spent cycling. If in (...)'

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Tousule for Magic Mingle #13

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/6/2013 5:03:00 PM

'Tousule is a Goan delicacy made in the rainy season. Why rains?  Well cucumbers the main ingredient of Tousuleis grown in plenty in the hilly areas and is sold not only on the roads but also in the markets. Its common sight for the farmers themselves selling the freshly plucked cucumbers. Also one more ingredient the turmeric leaf that is used to give a delicious aroma to the Tousule.Traditionally the Tousuleis made out of rice suji or rava or wheat rava fine or thick kind, cas(...)'

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Ragi Cupcakes BM#24

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/5/2013 10:02:00 AM

'After I made these strawberries once they disappeared encouraged I made them again. Only to be told they are too sweet. Unwilling to bin them I made these muffins.  The basic recipe is what I learnt at Vandana’s I have only replaced the maida with ragi.Ingredients:·        ;100 grms ragi flour;·        ; 100 grms amul butter;·        ; 1 cup strawberries & choc(...)'

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Round up of Know Your Flours~ All Purpose Flour

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/4/2013 3:35:00 PM

'Hi here is the round up for Know Your Flours~ All Purpose Flour/ Maida.I must thank all of you for your delicious entries.  Thanks Jagruti for giving me this opportunity it has really shown me the delicious use of this flour from mundane everyday's food to the delicious and exotic.So lets see 1.Eggless Chocolate and Mug Cake by Jaleela 2.Plain (Maida) Flour Onion Dosa/Pancake3.Oakland Eggless easy double dream Fruit cake by Jagruti 4. Pineapple Cobbler by Ju(...)'

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Chocolate filled Canapes for BM #24

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/4/2013 1:30:00 AM

'Treacle tart this was one of the desserts I was make for the HP themed party. Making treacle tart for 30 people in not my cup of tea( I still have to read the recipe shhh!), so we made canapes with chocolate.Again the pics are by the kids I think!For Canapés you will need;·       ; 200 grms Cream (I used Amul Cream);·       ; 330 grms Dark Chocolate (chopped fine);·     &nbs(...)'

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Trifle Pudding for BM #24

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/3/2013 2:52:00 AM

'For this BM #24 my theme is Kids Special Desserts.  Next 3 days its desserts galore here.Now since I am not still comfortable tying out a lot of details my post is short out of necessity. Do I hear a sigh of relief don’t worry I will continue writing my long lengthy posts soon. (I wish I knew how to make that smiley of a devil here)! One thing I have learnt and I will like to share with all of you. In case you find a bag heavy please ask someone to help you. You are no mor(...)'

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Mere Attithi Series #6

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 1/1/2013 6:30:00 PM

'There was a time when I had almost given up blogging for I was frustrated!!I knew more about the hazards of online friends than the benefits so I was reluctant to try something new.  But I had registered at Indiblogger and I saw quite a few sites put up for reviews and the sites were reviewed critically but in a constructive way. Naturally I followed the beaten track. One of the first reviews I got was from Mythreyi. I am grateful to her as because of her review I continue(...)'

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Cauldron Cakes for Eggless Baking

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 12/31/2012 7:00:00 PM

'My daughters are Harry Potter Crazy! There is no word for it.So I was not too surprised when my elder daughter suggested a HP themed party for her younger sister who was to be 11 this year. In preparation she had surfed the net for all the dishes mentioned in the books. (this was a surprise to the b’day gal boy was she bugged because we did “khusr phusr” without her!!So I had the recipes for treacle tart, pumpkin juice, stew and this Cauldron Cake. The highlight!!Arou(...)'

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Guest Hosting Only Street Food of the World

Author : Archana Potdar      Blog : The Mad Scientist's Kitchen!!      Date : 12/31/2012 1:30:00 AM

'Food  Food and Food is what makes the world move. From times immemorial animals and man have fought just for food.Do you know that Street food was once a necessity for the urban poor? What is Street food? According to Wikipedia,” Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold in a street or other public place, such as a market or fair, by a hawker or vendor, often from a portable stall. While some street foods are regional, many are not, having spread b(...)'

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