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The phone rang and I rushed to pick it up.
“Hello” said the caller.

“Hey Sheetal, how are you? How was the reunion ? “

“Amazing”

“Howz everyone?Radha,Sailu,Smita,Priya ,Sonali,Vijay,Rohan….?”I just spoke up as many names as I could remember from my batch in a breath.

Sheetal was among the few friends I was in touch with since I moved to US.She almost called me every week From India giving me all the updates she had from her so called”links”.
Sheetal had just returned from a reunion organized for my graduate class.

“Oh,everyone is doing great.

Every 3rd of the month I bake a cake for my toddler to celebrate his monthly birthday. I wanted to try the lemon-yogurt cake for long and when I googled I ended up with just this one foolproof recipe from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa At Home.As I was baking it eggless I skipped the 3 large eggs and did a few minor changes in the recipe.The end result was moist, yummy,soft and fluffy cake.You could add berries and nuts of your choice to the batter.As it was my first attempt to bake this cake I baked it just plain.

Lemon Yogurt Cake
adapted from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa At Home

Every 3rd of the month I bake a cake for my toddler to celebrate his monthly birthday. I wanted to try the lemon-yogurt cake for long and when I googled I ended up with just this one fool proof recipe from Ina Garten's Barefoot Contessa

Chole is one of the most famous dish which has ruled the Indian foodies world for many years.As I grew up I always remember enjoying this dish and even today when there are million of other recipes cooked ,Indian homes still has a special cosy place for this old favorite dish.
 
 

 
 
 Here's what you will need

Our family is vegetarian so we have very few option to explore.My husband's current project is in Dallas and a Mediterranean lunch buffet place called "Galilee Grill" in downtown dallas attracts him a lot. This place has a wonderful buffet under $10 and you will be amazed to see how crowed it is during the weekdays lunch hours.

Wanna please guests even when they are fasting?Try out these ladoos.
 
Here's what you will need
1 cup Sabudana/sago
1/4 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cardamom powder
1/8 cup cashew nut powder(optional) ( You could use cashews for garnishing instead)
ghee as required
 
The Cooking Process

Be it a newly wed, a new mom or a working wife cooking and managing kitchen is something that everyone is concerned about.

Be it a get together or a festival I always had this mithai at home and why not-who doesn't love it?Though I always had it store bought.In the early days of my job,one of my colleague shared this with me and she said she made it and I was amazed.Not to mention they were yummy and I just believed her because there was no silver leaf(varakh) on it.This story goes nearly 5 years back -I had just done with my degree and I never asked her for the recipe.After I married my DH also loved these sweet diamonds and that was the time I googled for its recipe,tried it out many times and all attempts we

Khatta Meetha Gobi is a all time favourite menu among my friends and family member.This sweet and tangy dish will surely satisfy your palate.It goes along with any side dish and can be couple with roti,parathi,jeera rice,biryani or just anything.

Here's what you need
 
1 cup cauliflower florets
1 tsp garam masala
1 tsp paprika
A pinch asafeotida/hing
¼ cup milk

Be it a Birthday or just a lazy day....Any day can be made special with a moist Black Forest Cake.