Lemon drizzle cake

Today while walking up till the ATM near my house i realized the summers are here and its gonna be a really hot hot summer this year. i nearly fainted while walking back. Drank almost 2 liters of water ... phew the summers are surely here !!! Opened my refrigerator to find half a dozen of lemon lying all around( remains of the party last weekend) So what better the a lemon drizzle cake. Frankly the lemons were going bad and i hate to waste anything especially if it could be recycled into something yummy & refreshing.

North meets east Phirni with a twist.

Phirni is a variant of the famous European rice pudding which in India is popularly known as payas/payoxh or kheer. Phirni is more popular in North India, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Iran.It has been one of my favorite sweet dish since childhood. My mum made it quite frequently & she is really good at it. My hubby loves kheer ( but avoids it because of all the calories of sugar )so I thought why not try a new version which had the texture and look of Phirni & tasted some what like the famous Eastern India  gur kii kheer (rice pudding with date palm jaggery, just a consolation that jaggery is healthier).

My version of this sweet needs only three ingredients and there you have a fantastic tasting desert on your table .

The Spread & The prep

Hello friends... Writing back after a crazy busy fun weekend  and it was one Hell of a weekend. To start with Friday we went to a get together which started with a slow begining but by the end of it it went totally out of hand ,  got my dancing shoes on ..... & then there was no end !! And phew got up with a  terrible party hangover (hangover without drinking) couldn't move a single part of the body & guess what I had a day full of cooking cooking & cooking !!!! Somehow motivated myself to get started after popping a pain killer off-course. The menu I had planned was totally indian tried to make each dish from a different state ( the advantages of being an Indian we have so many varied dishes to choose from)

Gutte ki Sabzi

As i wake up this morning & I realised it's already Thursday and I have a bigggggg day coming up on Saturday ....lots & lots of cooking to be done. We are hosting a dinner  at our place & have invited some(some is surely an understatement) of our friends . Still have to get the grocery in place,plan the indoors seating (it's still raining here in Hyds )  & generally motivating myself. Have planned an Indian meal & it surely need some prep. Doing a pure "apno Rajasthan gatte ka saag"(gram flour dumplings in yogurt gravy) as one of the dishes so here i prepare the dumplings before hand & on the finally day just prepare the gravy & serve it along.

Wheat banana walnut cake.

As the temperature in Hyderabad dips dramatically "all thanks to the weather god". Here i sit with my cuppa waiting for hubby dear to get back from work And then the thought ran by to BAKE.Went into the kitchen to just find some ripped bananas,a pack of whole wheat flour (apna desi atta) & some walnuts (Major stocking up is due) so i decided what better than a whole wheat banana walnut cake, hoping that my hubby would crib a bit lesser for it being Atta & not maida. Pheww he is one hell of a fitness freak!!!