The Armenian-style lavash crackers have been on my mind ever since the Daring baker’s challenge was announced. Crisp, with a touch of sesame or nigella or poppy seeds they are a delicious accompaniment to any jam, jelly or cheese. In my case, It had to be the Jalapeño- raspberry jelly that I made during the fall. Tart, sweet, fiery Jaloberry jelly as my daughter calls it, was waiting to be devoured. So I went ahead and made a batch of the crackers. I could have chosen one of the many recipes suggested by Sarah from All Our Fingers in the …
Croissants from scratch – We Knead to Bake#2
The simple act of reaching out for a croissant, savoring its delicious layers, inhaling the deep aroma is a soul satisfying experience. Making a good croissant and sharing it recreates that experience and enhances it manifolds. Flour, sugar, butter, milk, water, salt, yeast. That’s really all you need to make these fabled bites of a Viennoiserie goodness. The perfect crunch of top, the buttery layers inside and one little bite into it transports you to a place from where you don’t want to return. Making a Croissant takes just two things – 1) Great quality ingredients 2) Love To say …
Nan-e-Barbari – Persian Bread
I have been missing home, a lot, lately. That is one of the reasons why you are and will be seeing a lot of bread / Naan/ Indian bread related posts on Spiceroots. There is something in those not so distant mountains that I see from my kitchen window that speaks of home to me. Its almost hypnotic. How they change from the time the first rays of sun touch them to the time the sun hides behind them almost feels like a conversation. I do feel very blessed to live in Colorado. It feels like home and yet makes …
Sun Dried Tomatoes and Gruyere Pull Apart Bread
I learned the joy of eating home made bread from my daughter. It started with the butternut Squash rolls that I made in a bread baking session with a friend and brought some home. After having tasted those, each fall she would merrily point to the butternut squash and look at me with a twinkle in her eyes and ask me if we could buy it. Despite knowing why she wanted it, I would still ask her, “ Hmm! I wonder what we can make with that!” And she would always reply with a gleeful smile and a dimple on …
Fougasse with Herbes de Provence
[Breadbaking is] one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells…there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel. that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.” M. F. K. Fisher, ‘The Art of Eating’ When we were young girls, a little younger than my daughter is right now, my sister and I used to take turns buying the morning bread from the neighborhood baker. It wasn’t something I looked forward …
Nimbu Paratha and Parathewali Gali
Inspired by the Nimbu paratha at the parathewali gali, this little paratha packs a lemony punch. Nestled in the buzz called Chandni Chowk, right next to Dariba, the shopping haven for traditional jewellry and saris, is the Parathewali Gali. The epicurean grandness of the very rich Paratha manifests at the Parathewali Gali in Old Delhi.