…th a touch of royalty. Since coconut is so very essential in Goan Cuisine especially in sweets, I made this beautiful Coconut Cordial. I used a little liquid glucose to help keep the coconut mixture moist and succulent. You may make it the typical traditional way if you like crunchy coconut filling. The beauty of Coconut Cordial is that it is arranged and set in little canapes or cute tartlets made from shortcrust pastry. These little colourful co…
…t more could my family ask for? My older son’s all-time favorite Christmas special… BEBINCA!! I do not like to make it at home simply because I end up making a couple or more. This fabulous dessert is loaded in calories and when you have fresh and awesome homemade ones you tend to indulge too much. When it is store bought, you eat it sparingly and above all we buy just one Bebinca. It is an egg yolk based dessert and excess egg yolks are not good…
…ndian who prepares it at home will take pride in preparing it in their own special and unique way. The Gulab Jamun recipe is also a well guarded secret and many may not want to share the premium recipe. Gulab Jamun are served at all celebratory occasions and festivals and they do have a special place in the dessert platter! I have tried different combination of ingredients and have failed quite a few times. There were also occasions when the previ…
…trawberry festival with unlimited fresh strawberries to relish and so many special activities which were lined up to engage and treat their customers like royalty! 🙂 Besides, the beautiful Mapro Garden is a photographers’ delight! Special care is taken to create spots where you can click awesome photographs and have a collection of memorable moments and memories to cherish. There are cute fruity soft toys on sale as souvenirs of time spent there o…
…roe is very delicious. This fish is full of fine long bones and requires a special technique to cut into slices. The fishmonger uses a very sharp cleaver to remove the scales and then slice the fish. The fish is always cut diagonally keeping in mind the arrangement of the fine, long bones. After every cut the fishmonger flips the fish before cutting it into the next beautiful diagonal slice. You need tremendous amount of patience to pick the tiny…
…fresh Bombil. Sometimes, a simple non-spicy curry would be cooked for us; especially for kids and invalids. Personally, I always preferred the fried ones to a curry. All attempts by my grandmother, mum and aunts would be in vain, trying desperately to get me to eat and relish a fresh Bombil curry. A curry with dried Bombil was welcome but never a curry with fresh Bombay Duck! My good neighbour would also try to convince me to eat her special prepa…
…cing. Makes a delightful Christmas or New Year gift. Make regular tea time special or bake on a weekend to share with family and friends. Wonderful to serve at high tea too. An absolute stunner to serve at a party and your guests will surely be thrilled at the visual display and not to forget the delicious taste of this gorgeous Glacé Cherry & Pistachio Cake. Here’s one of our favorites just for you… Wonderful as a mid-morning treat… a surpris…
…eautiful, I always take pride in serving this one to my family and guests especially at Christmas and throughout the festive season. It lights up the sweet table and the goodie platter too. Check out the small, cute and adorable Rainbow Baath / Baatica with the pretty lattice design. It is dainty and apt to gift with love. It is a show stopper in your gift hamper. Make your festivities special with this stunner and warm up the spirits of your love…
…lks in your diet and consult your doctor / physician. Healthy individuals especially children should enjoy it. Organic / gaunti (gaoran) / eggs are better especially from your own poultry farm. We nurtured our stunning fowls well with trimmings of vegetables and grains and they gave us very tasty and large eggs. They did give us a hard time sometimes when they would lay the eggs elsewhere and sometimes refused to return to the coup at dusk! :D. It…
…nation and proportion of spices in their curry paste to make it unique and special. On a regular basis, my grandmother and my mum made it this way. We enjoy this curry every time I make it. We love the potatoes in the curry as they taste awesome in it. This curry tastes good even without potatoes. It tastes equally good with plain steamed rice, Goan bread or with Indian bread. We usually have it with rice, pao, broon, gutli pav, ladi pav or bread…