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...

Without making a single brownie :) Today we had to renew my son's passport.  Our appointment was at 9:45, which meant we had to leave home by 8:45.  Gau is on his first-term break; He does not see the light of day before 9 am at the earliest. The only hope of getting out this early was PBJ for breakfast.  Since we got back only at 10:50 and I wanted to be at work within an hour at least, I planned the simplest lunch possible - Dal Tadka and Potato Fry.  I came home at 6 pm to an empty rice bowl :) I think proceeded to make the quickest dessert possible:  Coconut Chocolate Ladoo. Gau popped one in his mouth and exclaimed "You bought this?  You made this!" I must have spent an hour in the kitchen today in entirety, but hours at the stove has never generated such a enthusiastic response.  Viva to Simplicity! Eco-nut makes a lovely Peanut Butter and I buy organic jam or imported jams to keep the sugar level low. I buy whole wheat bread usually....