The Food Explorer's Journals

Fruit Cake for the soul

Hey folks, I’ve been MIA due to various reasons, we shall get it to all that later but first am super-duper excited to share with you guys my first ever Fruit cake I’d baked. I did a lot of research about different techniques and method. And finally I came up with a recipe that works for me and was sure it won’t fail. Fruit Cakes can be baked two months prior Christmas and age the cake or soak…

Last year when my mother’s birthday was approaching I couldn’t figure out how to bake her a cake, having no oven, I had to rummage through my mind for ideas that didn’t require an oven, a cold cake was my first option but having made one for valentine’s day just a few months prior I was in no mood of repeating the same. So when the idea struck me of making a cake using the cake pop process, I…

Hey there guys, it’s been a while, we’ve finally wriggled our way into the virtual world and turned ONE! Yay! Happy Birthday to us! Yup, it’s our Blogiversary . Just one year back we published our first post, since then so much has happened it’s mind-boggling!. We all went through a life changing situations. And I got to discover so many cuisines and culture, I can’t simply put in words how…

Eggless Choco – Coffee Cake

It’s been a while now that I’ve been on a break from posting here on the blog and as you all have recently read… I’ve tied the knot, Yay for me!!! :) The past few months have been a hectic rollercoaster ride, right from prepping for the wedding to settling down in the new environment. Nevertheless the journey is no less than a dream come true (Touch Wood!!) And to be married to a kind and…

Melting Moments / Nankatai

Hello my lovely readers, its good to be back. Shall i begin this post with a very happy news, our friend P.V got married and is back from honeymooning at the moment as we speak. So we are missing her at the moment even though we are super happy for her. We wish her all the blessing as she enter this new chapter in her life. And S.Z is now a post graduate!. How exciting is that!! YAY! Congrats…

INGREDIENTS :  Canned Garbanzo/ Chick peas – 400gms (drained weight= 260gms) Tahini paste – 1 tsp. Lemon juice – 1 tsp. Garlic – 1 small clove Olive oil – 4 tbsp. Parsley -1 tbsp. Olive oil for topping – 1 tbsp. METHOD : Blend tahini and lemon juice in a food processor for a minute. Next, add in the olive oil, garlic and half of the chick peas. Blend them well while gradually adding the rest of…

Vegetarian Potstickers / Dumplings

Greetings-beautiful people, I have been MIA for few weeks, I blame my lazy streak for that, January, and sometime February does that to my mood. So I simply blame the month (smirk!). Nevertheless, I bring you one of my most recent favorite recipe -‘Pot-stickers’! Basically it’s Chinese Dumplings. Whenever we go to a Chinese Restaurant I order this dish and I have been doing this a lot that my…

  INGREDIENTS : Cooked and drained pasta – 4 to 5 cups Oil – 2 tbsp. Onion – 1 chopped Beans – ½ cup Carrots – ½ cup Capsicum – ½ cup Cabbage – ½ cup Spring Onion Greens – ½ cup Soy Sauce – 2 to 3 tbsp. Vinegar – 1 tbsp Salt to taste Pepper – ½ tsp. METHOD : In  a pan, heat oil, add the chopped onion and saute till it becomes pale in color. Toss in the beans and cook for few minutes till it…

With all the controversies going on about store bought ready-made foods, and the dire consequences that preservatives and ingredients added in the commercial products bring about, its often confusing on what to purchase and what to keep off from regarding food articles. The most loved pasta or noodles have recently come under such topic of concern in some parts of the world. Be it true or not, we…

Cranberry & Orange Pound Cake

Happy New Year to all our readers. Well, as last year went, we had a rather wonderful cozy Chirstmas and pretty good farewell party for 2015. It’s been a wonderful journey through 2015 and the year will be missed truly and I bid aidue to 2015 only to welcome this brand new sparkling year with welcome hands. And it’s been very sparkling fantastic start of 2016 as we were featured in The Foodie…