Mango-Maple Syrup Butter
For this recipe you can use mango, papaya, even peaches or pears. Maple syrup has a flavor reminiscent of jaggery from Bengal’s date palm trees. This elegant butter is a natural for company brunch with assorted tea breads, muffins or biscuits. Preparation time (after ingredients are assembled): a few minutes Ingredients • 2 table spoons (30 ml) sugar • 5...
Minted Cucumbers and Strawberries
Though mint and cucumber are a year-round favorite salad combination in India, strawberries are a rare treat. The first time I savored them, they were hand-delivered –carefully wrapped in a khus leaf parcel and perhaps the importance of the occasion made them the sweetest I had ever eaten. Because they are such a rarity in India, they are almost always relished on their own or in this type of simple salad. In England I...
Bhagavad Gita Cake
1. Assembling the Bhagavad Gita CakeOn a prepared cardboard keep two layers of chocolate cake with chocolate icing in between the layers on one side of the board and two layers of orange cake with orange icing in between the layers on the other side, both should be touching each other closely-resembling an open book. 2. Keep an open Bhagavad Gita book in front of you and shape the cake accordingly. Giving a slant on the...
Orange Sun Cake
Plan View the plan details on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INVHQ0aRavA 1. Two cakes are made. One rectangle shaped and the other one round shaped. 2. The rectangle cake is cut in half and filled with orange filling and then iced. 3. Do not cut the round cake in half horizontally and fill it with orange filling as was done with the rectangle cake, because it is needed for full support and made to stand erect like the...
Fresh Fruit Plate
There are no separate courses in a Vedic meal, though for a full-scale feast menu more than 30 dishes there is an order of serving. Fruits may be served at any time in the meal, from beginning to sweet conclusion. For breakfast, cut fruit often make up the entire meal. As a snack, a combination of three or four fruits is infinitely satisfying. Fruit combinations are endless, limited only by availability and...