Mango Pancake with Saffron Cardamom Cream for Journey Kitchen

Mango Pancake with Saffron Cardamom Cream for Journey Kitchen

(Mentioned in Fine Cooking’s I’m Just Mad About Saffron and featured in the The Kitchn’s  Cinnamon Roll Cake and Mango Pancakes) I was in the midst of a rocking good time polishing off the last one of our first boxful of mangoes, when Kulsum wrote 

Orange Scented Almond Poppy Seed Muffins

Orange Scented Almond Poppy Seed Muffins

Photo featured in the F-stoppers! My five year old does not like cup cakes. Her friends consider her “weird”. Chances are they have never encountered another person who does not get excited seeing the fluorescent colors and the Nick Jr. themed toppings . Birthdays are 

Indian Omelet

Indian Omelet

The adventures in my kitchen began with an egg.

Patishapta – Crêpes with Sweet Coconut Cardamom Filling

Patishapta – Crêpes with Sweet Coconut Cardamom Filling

Featured in New Asian Cuisine! Crêpes are something which I have always related to spring and butterfly wings. The pale and delicate lacy wings gently wraps around the sticky, sweet cardamom flavored coconut. So many memories are intertwined with food.

Poori – Deep Fried Puffed Bread

Poori – Deep Fried Puffed Bread

I would say without hesitation that this one little bread is treasured and loved by all Indians. Pooris are little discs of whole wheat dough that are deep fried in  hot oil/ghee, as they fill with steam and puffs up like balloons, and in few seconds