Myriad Musings

I am a engineer. Working on my Phd to boot. Still, I have not posted my last 3 creations to Gayathri's  eggless breaking grou p because I didn't know how to transfer photos from my brand new iPhone to my blog without posting to g+! Sad isn't it? I made this cake with 1 tin of Amul Milkmaid - part of my buy Indian ethos  and I am mad at Nestle for some long forgotten reason (GMO in baby food?) - and just 100 g of butter.  I always taste my batter and tasting eggless batter is totally risk free , I felt the cake was a tad dry so I ground up some coconut and almonds and added it to the batter.  I threw in a handful of chocolate chips for good measure and Voila!  I use besan or ground popped bengal gram in all my baking of late, trying to up the protein factor. And I have started using rectangular trays of late, the height of the final cake may be lower, but so is the individual portion size. 1 Tin Amul Condensed Milk 100 g butter softened 1/2 cup hom...

I now have a challenge to the food blogging community at large. Help me come up with a set of easy to prepare menu items to tempt my son's taste buds. These are my constraints: 1. Vegetarian 2. Commonly available ingredients only - I live in Chennai, TN 3. Should be good to eat after sitting for 4-5 hours in an unrefrigerated lunch box 4. Should not take more than 45 minutes to prepare. 5. Should be easy to eat for a 5 year old - no messy burritos type foods. 6. Should be nutritious (I know, that goes without saying) 7. No frying 8. Shd preferably have passed a kid's test for acceptability ;) Please post your recipes or links to the aforementiond recipes by the end of July i.e 27th July Thanks a lot! Todays lunch was almost successful - the lil darling's only complaint when he got off his school van was, he didnt have enough time to eat. Pasta Salad 1 cup of pasta 1 cup of dried chickpeas, soaked over night and pressure cooked until soft 1/...