Soulful Creations

Have you ever said "NO" to tiramisu, come on if you have there is something wrong with and that I am certain of. It is one of the loveliest desserts and I simply cannot stop indulging when there is tiramisu around. Usually the tiramisus I encounter are from Trader Joe'e and sometimes at good Italian restaurants. The thought of making tiramisu from scratch never would have occurred because of the combination of delicate and gorgeous flavours. But then came along the gorgeous ladies, Aparna and Deeba to challenge us all with the TIRAMISU. One look at the recipe, I was aghast- "how do I it?", "it seems so complicated" and "mine will never taste like one" were my immediate reactions. I must say- I was worried unnecessarily. The February 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Aparna of  My Diverse Kitchen  and Deeba of  Passionate About Baking . They chose Tiramisu as the challenge for the month. Their challenge recipe is based on recipes ...

Bhutanese Ema Datshi with Rumali roti and an eggless custard. Yes once again back with my series of International vegetarian recipes (boy, it has been hard to find out vegetarian recipes from a lot of the countries, I mean I can always adapt them, but still..). My series has been going really slowly because of my really odd working hours. Preparing to try out new recipes has been hard especially if it involves things I usually do not have on hand. Here is really tasty recipe from Bhutan, even though it is originally a vegetarian dish, I altered it to my taste and the consistency I wanted. Ema Datshi, modified from here Ingredients 6 large anaheim peppers, roasted 3/4 cups water 6oz. Feta cheese 2 tsp. vegetable oil 11/2 cups diced tomatoes (I used half of a 32oz can) 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tbsp ginger 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp fennel seeds 1/2 tsp turmeric powder a pinch of hing 1/2 tsp. fresh cilantro leaves, chopped Method Roast anaheim peppers (I broiled them for about ...

after a bout of the illness most commonly known as "Common cold"- that is right, I did  (well still do, only mildly though) have cold only it got worsened by my tonsilitis (remember, those little things by your throat that the doctor removed when you were probably 2!). Well I never gave in (neither did my parents) to the "oh the day we remove the tonsils, we will feed you ice cream little one, don't you want yummy ice cream"- ooh....who does not want yummy ice cream, you moron- I just do not want a knife down my throat! Photo source: Desi comments Anyway that is not the point of this post, is it- I am here to tell, I am much better and I even cooked something that I call "Doodle a noodle". I call it that because I did doodle a lot with the recipe as I was concocting it. It all began with the thought of finally using the lonely spaghetti squash that has been in the fridge, oh, for just sometime (will not disclose the time period on that!) and ended...