How To Make Sun Dried Tomatoes/ Oven Dried Tomatoes In Olive Oil

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The most important thing that got me attracted to my current abode is that it’s very well lit. There’s a lot of sunlight coming into the house. I get rising sunlight straight into my kitchen, so the kitchen and all the other rooms feel quite bright. I had shared a few pictures of my kitchen on my FB page earlier.

While I was packing in Chennai, the one thing that I would keep aspiring to do once we settle down in our new abode was sun drying some home made potato wafers and to make a batch of sun dried tomatoes using the sunlight coming in my kitchen balcony. So, once we settled down, the first thing that I did was buying a large batch of plum red tomatoes for sun drying.

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Mushroom & Onions Focaccia

 

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The Focaccia frequents my kitchen quite regularly as these are enriched breads which are easy to make. One can try making them with various toppings and variations. This one is the third focaccia recipe that I’m posting here. I’ve previously posted Rosemary-Onion Focaccia and Focaccia Caprese.

I was baking another batch of Focaccia Caprese when I decided to make this combination too. I wasn’t too sure how mushroom would taste on it but decided to give it a go and I was contented with the outcome. Focaccia is a very forgiving bread and one normally can’t mess it up. The combination worked and the addition of sea salt gave a nice coarse crunch and saltiness to the topping. I would recommend you not to skip the coarse sea salt. S’s verdict was that the focaccia tastes awesome because of the sea salt.

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Mango and Dark Chocolate Trifle | Quick Dessert Ideas | Party Dessert

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Last week the kid turned 14 and he had a wish list of food items that he wanted me to cook. Topping in the list was a cake baked and frosted by me. In addition to that he wanted daal makhani and momos. I requested him that I would bake him a cake after the summers but he didn’t budge.

So I baked him an eggless dark chocolate cake with a dark chocolate Ganache filling and frosted with whipped cream. Finally I topped the cake with chocolate curls and fresh cherries. For the cake I used my eggless sponge cake with home made cream recipe. I removed 3tbsp of flour from theoriginal recipe and replaced it with 3tbsp of dark cocoa powder and also reduced the sugar in the cake, as the cake had a ganache filling and frosting too.

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