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Pineapple, mango and avocado salsa – the best summer refreshment of the season

saffronstreaks — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:17:00 +0000

Let me tell you this is the best summer refreshment of the season, you can get. This colorful salsa bursting with loads of flavor can put even the lime margaritas to shame. And this does not happen in a day… ” One fine summer afternoon, Pineapple and Mango decided to stroll along the beaches and they ask Avocado to accompany them, together they go happily, merrily, singing and dancing to the tune of salsa until they caught under the light...

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Lamb korma in saffron and almond sauce – fiction to table

saffronstreaks — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:00:13 +0000

Cold darker evenings with knee-deep snow outside the window, a steaming pot of stewed lamb on the stove, whose aromatic smells wafting through the house and a hot cup of tea snugly fitted in your palm and good book on your lap are perhaps the best ways to enjoy the winter luxuries. Winter is the season that I loved most for many reasons. I know it is equally unpardonable to talk about the warmth of winter in scorching heat of...

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Sajne data chorchori / drumsticks with vegetables in Bengali style

saffronstreaks — Thu, 16 May 2013 19:51:00 +0000

Couple of days back, a reader wrote on the wall of Facebook page of a prominent blogger that her post are too heavy with prose. Obviously we felt bad about that and at the same time it gave me enough food for thought to ponder on this topic. Today’s post is all about nailing the dilemma of writing “prose or no prose“. In the mid 90′s or early 2000′s when the concept of blogging was taking shape, it was more like keeping...

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Hawaiian ham and pineapple pizza in barbecue sauce – home baked from scratch

saffronstreaks — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:27:00 +0000

A week gone by with no foodie talk, so to engage you once more with our rants, we are back this time with everyone’s favourite food – Pizza ! and not so short story ! After the successful noodle invasion of late 60′s, India saw yet another invasion in early 90′s and this time it was the Italian pizza across the mediterranean. Before that , mini size pizzas from the small bakers across the street remained as an evening snack. Small...

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Saffron mango kulfi – a royal summer treat and uncondtional mango mania !

saffronstreaks — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:53:00 +0000

Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. ~Ernestine Ulmer The magic word here is “Mango” . Yellow, ripe, plump , juicy, musky and fruity with a leathery vibrant yellow skin, sometimes comes with those pretty pink spots, speaks about its ripeness, hint of sweet flavor oozing out of the bud tells you its sweetness and even before you think about eating it, just like that , your head buzzed with thousand of ideas to try with mangoes. Thats the mango...

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Savarin in saffron- pineapple syrup and Chantilly cream – Daring Bakers April challenge

saffronstreaks — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:20:00 +0000

Baking excites me to the point that I feel de-stressed whenever I tried something different, learnt something new in the process, just like this cake. Till date I have never tried or tasted a yeasted cake before. Yeast to the best of my knowledge is good for making breads, and in that too I sometimes failed. So when Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina challenged us to make a traditional Savarin cake, I was not sure that I would love to...

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Universal Studios Orlando – a photo essay

saffronstreaks — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:39:00 +0000

Continuing from my previous post on Disney World - Animal kingdom park, which am sure you have loved it, on this weekend travel post we are portraying Universal Studios through our lens. Universal studio is very fascinating, the buildings, the streets, the towns all modeled after their famous movies is worth seeing, worth visiting and we spent little over half a day there. For the shrimp lovers, Bubba Gump shrimps has their restaurant right there near the entrance to the park. Food...

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Summer lemon star cookies and a winner

saffronstreaks — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:13:00 +0000

Carolina is finally warming up and between the hot seasons, a cold spell of day makes it more pleasant. Though the beauty of cherry blossoms are hard to find here but we have our own Dogwood tree, native to Carolina and it bloomed this spring to paint the landscape in white. Time is just apt for planting some home-grown vegetables, so we planted some radishes, cherry tomatoes and chilli peppers. It gives me much high to notice that the plants...

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Bengali Mochar ghonto / Stir fried banana blossoms

saffronstreaks — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:48:00 +0000

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. # John Ruskin Masterpiece recipes are difficult to recreate, it is that delicate balance of flavor, taste and texture that we all strive to achieve in cooking or in art and also in life. Mochar ghonto is one such classic dish from Bengali cuisine, repertoire of few but loved by many if not all. Though I am yet to come across a person who does not love this dish. Mochar ghonto or banana blossom stir fry is unanimously...

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Calcutta Mutton Chaap

saffronstreaks — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:01:00 +0000

Every Bengali meal ends with a sweet note and so the series on Bengali cuisine too as expected, but this year we are doing it differently. A sweet rossogolla or a mango sandesh should be the fitting finale to grand poila baisakh luncheon, but we are concluding the series with Calcutta’s Mutton chaap. Yes Calcutta and not Kolkata, the relic of the past is very much evident on its cuisine. Chaap is no traditional Bengali cuisine, it is more Mughlai in origin...

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