Sevaiyyan – the dry cousin of sheer khurma

On eid last week, having been confined to the house because of Sage’s continuous seizures, feeling quite sorry for myself, I decided to make myself some sheer khurma. Memories of eating it by the bowlful on eid days when as children we visited my parents friends and when I was older my own friends came…

Triple Chocolate Brownies

Brownies are possibly one of the simplest bakes one can make. Most recipes are a one dish kind, or what I like to call the ‘dump’ method. It was also one of the first things I tried to bake and was successful, which led to it becoming a staple in my baking arsenal. Doesn’t hurt…

Salted Caramel and Ganache Brownie Trifles

Last week, I introduced a new class at the Studio. Try as I might, to juggle all the classes I run because they are popular and the ones I want to do because I love teaching them, I fail to accommodate new ones as often as I would like to. This week, I decided I…

Valentine Day Recipes

Chocolate lovers rejoice! Mini Chocolate and Strawberry Trifles Boozey Chocolate Tarts (yes booze makes everything better) Oreo Brownies Cake Pops Chocolate Cheese Cake Chocolate Valentino Cake  Deep Dark Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting  Chocolate Truffles   Non Chocolatey stuff but still terrific! Sweetheart Cookies  Orange and Vanilla Cupcakes Vanilla Custard with Pears poached in Orange…

Nutella and Fresh Fruit Dessert Pizza

For some reason, I am terribly preoccupied these days. I lose track of what I was doing and the only way to stay sane is my multiple to-do lists. I am spending a lot less time at the laptop, but my phone bills are testimony to the amount of time I am connected online, monitoring the…