tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919Wed, 30 May 2012 05:29:57 +0000IndianChocolateBakingSoupCocktailsLegumeThis and ThatFrom your kitchen to mineRiceBelgium RecipesIndian SweetsClick EventCocktailFishSaucesNon VegetarianMuffinsHome Made Christmas Gifts.PastaDaring BakersItalian DishesIce CreamsFruitsCake PopsMacaronsChristmas BakingKerala DishesTravelsBlog RollDessertIndian BreadsCupcakesFrench DishesvegetarianAbout MeEventsBlack and White WednesdayCakechickenCookiesJapanesechineseBreadSnacksIndian Cooking, Baking, Desserts, Bread recipes, Italian Cooking, Belgium Cooking,Legume recipes,Cakes,Curries,Desserts,Chinese recipeshttp://www.mykitchentreasures.com/noreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)Blogger389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5019310166737619027Sun, 27 May 2012 12:39:00 +00002012-05-27T14:39:57.751+02:00FruitsDaring BakersBreadBaking Challah (also ḥallah plural: challot/ḥalloth/khallos) (Hebrew: חלה) is a special braided bread eaten on Sabbath and holidays. It is also named khale (eastern Yiddish, German and western Yiddish), berches (Swabian), barkis (Gothenburg), bergis (Stockholm), birkata in Judeo-Amharic, chałka (Polish), colaci (Romanian), and kitke (South Africa). According to Jewish tradition, the three Sabbathhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/a5v0AD_8cks/apricot-and-cardamom-challah-daring.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)9http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/apricot-and-cardamom-challah-daring.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-9027220497087509495Tue, 22 May 2012 12:34:00 +00002012-05-22T18:24:20.043+02:00Non VegetarianchickenIndian Mughlai cuisine is a style of cooking developed in the Indian subcontinent by the imperial kitchens of the Mughal Empire. It represents the cooking styles used in North India(especially Uttar Pradesh and Delhi) and Pakistan as well as in parts of Dhaka in Bangladeh and the Indian city of Hyderabad. The cuisine is strongly influenced by the Muslim Persian and Turki cuisines of West and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/GnKuIAIAfrY/moghul-chicken-korma.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)23http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/moghul-chicken-korma.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6156014938810107912Tue, 15 May 2012 12:27:00 +00002012-05-18T20:48:09.435+02:00FruitsCocktail When ever I go to facebook I see my Indian friends mentioning that they went to the market and bought juicy ripe mangoes and here I am with no Indian shop aroung so don't have the opourtunity to get hold of the fresh juicy mangoes. So I just drool in the pics they post of juicy mangoes. Few days back I went to the supermarket and I found they had this Mango fruit syrup from Monin and I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/X9a9DExu1bk/mango-cocktail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)26http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/mango-cocktail.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-8420027236597434732Wed, 09 May 2012 11:05:00 +00002012-05-09T13:05:30.971+02:00CakeBakingDessert Can you imagine it is the month of May and it is still Cold, Dark, Rainy Dull weather here. All to all it is really depressing weather. Every morning when I get up and listen to the weather news I am like oh Noooooooooo again the same dull weather. If there is a mirror in front of me I would even feel pity for myself seeing my depressed face because of hearing the weather news every morning. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/V9S2Vn7yf1A/coffee-and-walnut-battenberg-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)16http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/coffee-and-walnut-battenberg-cake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6915355264428822797Fri, 04 May 2012 11:01:00 +00002012-05-04T13:08:20.481+02:00Italian DishesPastavegetarian First time when we went to Italy, we travelled around , well not all over Italy but we did went to couple of places as we where there for 15 days. And when we were in Rome we went to this shop filled with lots of goodies and there we bought few packs of sundried tomatoes ,and when we came back home I added some into olive oil and from that time onewards I always have a bottle in my kitchen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/Os9IbiDvswk/pasta-with-sundried-tomatoes-rosemary.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)25http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/pasta-with-sundried-tomatoes-rosemary.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5758823049059129718Tue, 01 May 2012 16:20:00 +00002012-05-01T18:29:26.744+02:00Belgium RecipesBakingDessert I know it is a while I posted something here as some of you know , my two nieces were here with us for a month holiday from India. So I have been busy with them and taking them to places. In this one month we went to see places in Holland, France, Germany and ofcourse in Belgium. So it has been very busy. I did indulge them in my cooking and baking, just didn't had time to take pictures of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/uBSXkGVTefw/belgium-waffles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)25http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/05/belgium-waffles.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-1959570995575889410Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:54:00 +00002012-04-11T14:55:07.304+02:00Indianvegetarian I have been really busy here, so have not had any time at all to write a new post and post .The reason is my sister's two teenage daughter's are here from B'lore for a month of holiday with us. So we have been busy taking the kids to see places and aslo even when we stayed home we have been busy inside. I guess it will be like this till they leave, I will only post a reacipe when I have some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/VZOrj8T_OV0/chow-chow-chayote-curry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)15http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/04/chow-chow-chayote-curry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-238497662703983006Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:14:00 +00002012-03-26T15:14:00.041+02:00ChocolateBakingTravelsI had a wonderful one month holiday with my sister and her family in Houston- Texas. It was just nice just to hang around without no responisibilties, just enjoy the delicious food she made for me and also sightseeing and shopping etc......The days and weeks seems to fly but as you all know no holiday's has to come to a end, so here I am back home. I do have lots of pending posts but I wanted to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/qtLvgho38Oo/ginger-jazzed-brownies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)31http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/03/ginger-jazzed-brownies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5663195366799822377Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:36:00 +00002012-04-09T18:09:25.870+02:00FruitsFrom your kitchen to mineCupcakesBaking I have been having so much fun here in Houston with my sis and family.I have gained likos and kilos after all the delicious food she has made for me and also we have been eating food from different restaurant which was super delicious.As they say all good things will have to come to an end .And my holiday is comming to a end this weekend I am leaving back to my home in belgium.Which  I am http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/GOpqeer_EVI/blueberry-muffins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)12http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/03/blueberry-muffins.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-1832825630136438097Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:08:00 +00002012-03-01T03:17:36.438+01:00As you know from my earlier post, I am in US having a month holiday with my sis and family  and I didn't want to miss the DB.I will write ( edit ) this post when I am back home as I have not written nothing about the challenge or who hosted this month. My sis and I made this muffin together for a sunday actually not for DB, but then I thought why not click a picture for the DB. Recipe was from http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/sqO0mEUk91s/daring-bakers-february-2012-blueberry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)9http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/03/daring-bakers-february-2012-blueberry.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-130265256872108255Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:24:00 +00002012-02-13T15:24:34.309+01:00CupcakesBaking For days I have been thinking I should draft a post but as usual again I am writing the post in the last minute.Tomorrow early morning, I will be leaving to US to visit my sister for a month. And I am every excited, each time we skype both of us have been planning what to do while I am there etc.....This is how sometimes one of our conversation goes, Sis : You know when you come here my youngesthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/AiuyEupieeo/light-as-feather-cupcakes-with-rose.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)16http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/02/light-as-feather-cupcakes-with-rose.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5138024634320969624Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:35:00 +00002012-02-03T18:59:14.841+01:00 Back home we always had some kind of dal . But here I make them once in a while, but have to admit Rice and Dal is my favourite comfort food. Just serve them with me a little bit of pickel and I am a happy girl. Dal (also spelled Dahl or Daal, or Dhal) is a preparation of pulses (dried lentils, peas or beans) which have been stripped of their outer hulls and split. It also refers to the thick http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/4YJAZblkrhA/lentils-with-coconut-milk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)44http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/02/lentils-with-coconut-milk.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5111933433781778429Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:26:00 +00002012-02-02T16:01:05.229+01:00French DishesNon Vegetarian Fondue Bouguigninne, well I only knew about this after comming to Belgium.Mostly we make it when we invite family just to have a get together and then if I don't want to prepare any dishes we do this as it is so easy. You need the foundue pot and you fill with oil keep in the middle of the table, and you have a plate full of variety of meat, salades,slices fresh tomatoes, slices cucumber, corn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/FV0N63vRwuA/fondue-bourguignonne.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)13http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/02/fondue-bourguignonne.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3953262283522410078Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:22:00 +00002012-01-30T11:22:33.992+01:00This and ThatIn January Siri of Cooking with Siri mentioned in her Fb page that she went to visit Vaidehi Ashram for Destitude Girls in Hyderabad and that soon she will post about it and I mentioned to her I am looking forward for reading the post. I remember reading the post and also seeing the pictures of the kids, especially the younger kids, it breaks your heart seeing them, and then that makes one thinkhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/XwSwrSpu2IU/fund-drive-for-vaidehi-ashram-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)5http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/fund-drive-for-vaidehi-ashram-with.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-5731641519008456550Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:42:00 +00002012-01-27T19:18:59.682+01:00Daring BakersBakingDessert To be honest I am not a huge fan of scones unlike me Hans and Shyama loves it. When I saw in the Daring Bakers foroum I had plans to make them though, but then days went by and I like to make my DB challenge when Shyama is home, as she also can enjoy them, but she is having exams this month, so she doesn't come home on weekend, as she will loose too much travelling from her place to ours so she http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/UPQo1YEuvW4/daring-bakers-january-2012-challenge.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)20http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/daring-bakers-january-2012-challenge.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-4263487181115078813Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:52:00 +00002012-01-23T10:52:38.411+01:00MacaronsBaking Yeah yeah I know you all are saying again there she is with her Macarons.Truth be told If I could I would make them every day, as they are so elegant and beautiful to look at. They do indeed taste good, even though they are sweet. I think what makes Macarons taste special is their filling. And I have told you in my earlier posts Hans who goes nuts when I make them, but truth be told he is turinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/m374vAvOs6E/macaron-with-cacao-butter-cream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)25http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/macaron-with-cacao-butter-cream.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-8957009332445856965Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:35:00 +00002012-01-19T18:34:56.242+01:00chineseNon Vegetarianchicken Back at home if you went to have chinese food, it was Chilly Chicken, Chicken Manchurian , some kind of noodles etc....... and if you eat these dishes they were super spicy which we all loved it. Just thinking about those spicy dishes make me drool. So in 91 Hans and I was in Bombay ( Mumbai) and we stayed there for few days before going back to Belgium and we went to a Chinese Restaurant I canhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/ITPnjhtr7h8/chicken-with-garlic-sauce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)27http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/chicken-with-garlic-sauce.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-335365304783640945Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:10:00 +00002012-01-15T10:10:38.384+01:00FruitsDessert Coconut cream with passion fruit jelly, lime curd, mango mousse and pineapple It is Sunday morning and here i am sitting and writing a post for my blog. You would be saying what are you doing writting a post on a sunday, normally on a sunday I hardly have time to come near the computer ( I am sure I have written that I never check on blog post on weekend) well this sunday is a exception. I am http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/B2CogdL1wh0/trying-to-be-masterchef.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)31http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/trying-to-be-masterchef.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-6532546411727871998Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +00002012-01-18T20:29:05.801+01:00CupcakesChocolateBaking I do hope all my friends and readers of MKT had a fabulous New year.I know it is a tad bit late to ask about Newyear but then here they say the whole month of January you can wish new year :-)I wanted to share a super dessert I made for Christmas eve party, but then I got this New lens from Hans as a present so I wanted to try that lens for taking food picture so instead of posting that super http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/1DcD1jDjQPg/chocolate-and-banana-cup-cakes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)23http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2012/01/chocolate-and-banana-cup-cakes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-564390535120578220Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:22:00 +00002011-12-30T13:23:24.832+01:00Daring BakersBreadBaking In my earlier post I did mention that I was going to wite the Daring Bakers post and auto post it, but as you can see I didnt even had the time to do that.Not that I am super busy here, Shyama is home but as She is having exams by middle of january, it is revising time for her. And the only thing the poor child is doing is learning. She starts by nine in the morning and then finish by 9 or 10 inhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/F4-zKs1qBs8/sour-dough-bread-daring-bakers-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)15http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/sour-dough-bread-daring-bakers-december.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-3310247530179408810Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:28:00 +00002011-12-21T14:01:27.820+01:00CakeBaking I am glad end of the year is almost here, as I think my blogging passion is right now the lowest, have been lazy to write a new post , or even blog hopping. So I have decided to go for a blog break, till the 10th of January. Anyway this time of the year is a busy time, and also Hans is in Holiday and Shyama will be home too but don't think she will have a full holiday as she will have exams in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/3MgkRdIXL3c/rum-drenched-vanilla-cake.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)21http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/rum-drenched-vanilla-cake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-2905346297518964663Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:02:00 +00002011-12-14T21:02:19.776+01:00Christmas BakingBaking I have not put our Christmas tree this year, Normally the tree is up and decorated the next day after Sinterklass feest on December 6th.But this year as Mom is not there anymore, one doesn't feel like doing all this, last weekend when Shyama came home she asked hmmmmmmmm were is the christmas tree and I was like well I didn't had time to do it.Didn't make a cake too this year like earlier http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/ZAqWA2Qs3_I/easy-mince-pies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)26http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/easy-mince-pies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-9385587969798202Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:52:00 +00002011-12-13T13:41:41.535+01:00CookiesChristmas BakingBaking I wanted to make a Ginger Bread House from the time Shyama gave me the cutter last New year as a present. But as you all know it is decorated with so much sugar and sweets that i would be a bit too much for just us.So I asked Shyama if I make one would you take to her place so that she can share with all ther friends from her group. But then she remarked I do agree to her, that it would be too http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/Lah9mHUBmgo/gingerbread-cookies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)32http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/gingerbread-cookies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-2243378781262920646Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +00002011-12-08T09:00:00.932+01:00Snacksvegetarian Few years back we went for holiday in Egypt for a month. It was Shyama's and my first trip to the country so we both were really excited. Hans though has been there 5 times and it was his 6 th trip with us, so it was like having our personal guide with us.The only hotel we had booked was in Cairo and then we said we will decide how many days we will stay in cairo and then from there we will bookhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/xYxQN5BgBzs/hummus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)28http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/hummus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2450775781171684919.post-7615923461542767764Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:45:00 +00002011-12-11T19:17:52.777+01:00Belgium RecipesBreadBaking I am sure most of you have not heard about Sinterklaas Feest or the Zwart PietI am surprised that I haven't written here about this famous feest in my blog, as I remeber from the time Shyama was born we celebrate this special day  every year. Ofcourse it was more fun till she was 9 yrs ( by the time she found out her parents are Sinterklass and Zwart piet)From the age of 2 every evening on http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/cCHf/~3/jiUvTSR6DDk/klassekoeken.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Happy Cook / Finla)20http://www.mykitchentreasures.com/2011/12/klassekoeken.html