Strawberries come into season between November and March every winter in India. One of the best ways to put those strawberries to use (short of just eating them, of course)…
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Today, Magic Marinade turns four. I decided to commemorate this with a redesign of the entire site, and a special dessert that has been a long time in the making.…
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The last week has been amongst the most stressful ones I've been through this year. It had started to reach a point where I felt like the stress was starting…
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The Pineapple Upside-down cake was never my favourite sort of cake. Most of the time it'd be dry or overtly sweet, and somehow, cooked pineapple was never something I was…
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Delhi carrots have been in season for a while, and one of the best things to do with them is to turn them into delicious Gajar halwa— a light (if…
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I bought the most average plums of the season the other day. They were lush and dark, and quite firm (most lush and dark plums that are purchase-worthy ought to…
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It has been a little over a year since my first foray into the world of choux pastry. I always wanted to give making my own éclairs a shot, but…
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Inertia and procrastination have kept me from posting here for a while now, but I plan to fix that this month. I've always wondered how many people out there actually…
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I haven't set any major resolutions this new year, but I reckon starting the year off with a post (a strawberry and chocolate laden one at that) is probably a…
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I've been looking for a recipe for a good boozy chocolate cake for a while now. Not the ones with a 'hint' of brandy or vodka or rum, but one…
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Sometimes, I bake when I'm blue. As therapeutic as the exercise is, I think I enjoy baking and cooking as a celebration a lot more. I've had a pretty tough…
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Many recipes (especially custards and lemon tarts) call for the use of multiple yolks, but most of these recipes aren't thought through completely, and end up with large amounts of…
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I bought a bag of hazelnuts last month, and I've been looking for things to do with them ever since. I'd bookmarked this recipe for chocolate hazelnut biscotti a while…
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Almond biscotti is a deceptively simple thing to make. While you're mixing up the batter, you're thinking, "well, this is all very easy, it barely calls for any special technique…
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My earliest memory of choux pastry is from college. We used to order up éclairs, because as impoverished students, the moderately priced chocolate éclair was just about within budget. The…
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Cherries are now in season here in Bombay (and possibly other parts of the country too). I've never been a big fan of Indian cherries as they always seem to…
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This is probably the second or third post (and surely not the last) I’ve put up that has been a product of a relatively sudden and massive chocolate craving. The…
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I had a massive chocolate craving last week, which I decided to satiate with these salted caramel tarts. I'd picked up this really nice Valrhona 70% dark chocolate (with little…
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Mango season is almost ending, with the onset of the monsoons here in Bombay. But there still are parts of the country where you'll find mangoes in the markets. The…
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Until I actually made it myself, I always thought making cheesecakes was something reserved for the advanced baker. This cheesecake is actually put together in a blender in just moments.…
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