My Diverse Kitchen :

Peynirli Po?aça (Turkish Feta And Herb Filled Savoury Buns)

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It has been a week since my last post and it?s not because I haven?t cooked or baked. I just decided to take a week off from blogging to enjoy a little more ?family? time than usual but I am back with these little filled buns called ?Po?aça?[...]

Keeping The Best For The Last: Pistachio Covered Lemon & Lavender Truffles And Chocolate & Chilli Truffles; And A Valentine?s Day Giveaway!

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I?m back as promised, with the remaining two truffles that I mentioned in my previous post. You know what they say about keeping the best for the last? Well, these two are my personal favourites out of all five kinds of truffles I made this time,[...]

Celebrating Chocolate With Coconut Truffle Squares, Oreo Cookie Truffle Hearts And Spiced Fruit & Nut Mincemeat Truffles!

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One thing that a whole lot of people look forward to in February has to be Valentine?s Day. Love is definitely an emotion that needs to be celebrated and if there has to be a special day for that every year, so be it. Unfortunately, Valentine?s Day[...]

Tartine?s Zucchini And Orange Marmalade Tea Loaf (Eggless Version)

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I first saw this loaf from Tartine on Mark?s blog and bookmarked it to try. It is a different matter that it has taken me over a year to actually make it and then a little over a month to post about it! That?s what happens when you have list of[...]

Tropical Fruit & Nutella Parfait

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Nutella! For a long time it used to be one of those things I used to hear a lot of food bloggers raving about on so many blogs but could not find here. Then a couple of years back it started making its presence felt on the local supermarket shelves.[...]

French Style Lemon-Yogurt Cake (Gâteau au Citron) With Blueberries

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If you are a regular at this blog, or even just pop into this kitchen once in a while, you might know that I am a part of a small virtual book-cook club. I haven?t been awfully regular there, but we?re a small bunch of bloggers who all recognise[...]

Designer Desserts (Joconde Imprime/ Entremets) ? Daring Bakers Challenge, January 2011

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Having completed 3 years as a Daring Baker, I must admit that that the monthly challenge announcements no longer have the same effect they did when I first joined the group. Being someone with very basic baking skills, I still remember the first year[...]

Easy Fresh Strawberry Mousse

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Sometimes you get this urge to have dessert yet you don?t want something that involves a lot of effort and comes with a truck load of calories. Fruit is nice, especially these days when there?s such a variety of it around, but isn?t really going to[...]

Brussels Sprouts Gratin

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It all started when I last went vegetable shopping and found one of the stalls at my market had Brussels sprouts on display. Brussels sprouts are one of those non-Indian vegetables which are now being grown in India. Since they?re usually bought by[...]

Do I Need A DSLR To Get Good Photographs?

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This is a question I have been asked a few times and is probably the best place to start a series of posts on photography. After all, photography starts with the camera and the best place to start anything is at the beginning. I am often asked[...]