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Two delicious desserts you can try at home, courtesy recipes from Rachel Goenka’s Adventures with Mithai, given here. Let us know how these turned out!
Looking for some sweet inspiration to jazz up your lockdown dining? Here’s a suggestion – instead of microwaving that barfi you have at the back of the fridge, use it to make a nourishing snack bar, courtesy a recipe from Rachel Goenka’s Adventures with Mithai.
The Gourmand award-winning cookbook, which features 50 original recipes of Indian classics with a modern twist, has a ton of recipe ideas home bakers can put together with pantry staples too. Check out the Brown Butter, Rose & Chai Cake, a family classic from chef Rachel.
These oatmeal bars, with a rich, nutty barfi base, are a delicious snack for both adults and kids.
Makes 10 bars.
INGREDIENTS
Pista barfi 500 g Cornflakes 60 g White oats 100 g Toasted sunflower seeds 100 g Golden syrup 75 ml Maple syrup 75 ml White chocolate 50 g Dried cranberries 50 g
METHOD
Serves 10
CAKE
Flour 228 g Baking powder 1/4 tsp Baking soda 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp Yogurt 160 g Castor sugar 200 g Oil 130 ml Rose water 1 tsp Black tea leaves 2 ½ tbsp Milk 165 ml
GLAZE
Unsalted butter 60 g Icing sugar 180 g Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp Rose essence 2 ml Milk 2 tbsp
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Neena was the sole caregiver of Amma and though one would think that Amma was dependent on her, Neena felt otherwise.
Neena inhaled the aroma that emanated from the pan and took a deep breath. The aroma of cumin interspersed with butter transported her back to the modest kitchen in her native village. She could picture her father standing in the kitchen wearing his white crisp kurta as he made delectable concoctions for his only daughter.
Neena grew up in a home where both her parents worked together in tandem to keep the house up and running. She had a blissful childhood in her modest two-room house. The house was small but every nook and cranny gave her memories of a lifetime. Neena’s young heart imagined that her life would follow the same cheerful course. But how wrong she was!
When she was sixteen, the catastrophic clutches of destiny snatched away her parents. They passed away in a road accident and Neena was devastated. Relatives thronged her now gloomy house and soon it was decided that she should be married off.
Being a writer, Nivedita Louis recognises the struggles of a first-time woman writer and helps many articulate their voice with development, content edits as a publisher.
“I usually write during night”, says author Nivedita Louis during our conversation. Chuckling she continues,” It’s easier then to focus solely on writing. Nivedita Louis is a writer, with varied interests and one of the founders of Her Stories, a feminist publishing house, based in Chennai.
In a candid conversation she shared her journey from small-town Tamil Nadu to becoming a history buff, an award-winning author and now a publisher.
Nivedita was born and raised in a small town in Tamil Nadu. It was for schooling that she first arrived in Chennai. Then known as Madras, she recalls being awed by the city. Her love-story with the city, its people and thus began which continues till date. She credits her perseverance and passion to make a difference to her days as a vocational student among the elite sections of Madras.
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