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Giggle Brownie!!   How time flies....  I had started writing this recipe just after the covid pandemic had started to subside. Today we look back and it seems we have forgotten that time. Sometimes I get this feeling - was it for real?  .....Yes it was - for the entire world was shaken up! And then, here we are - believing firmly  - "This shall too pass....count your blessings one by one!!    Notes from 2021 -  Finally woh din aaa gaya.....                                                   Kids got their vacations - n we were already dying to fly away!! Mumbai was bursting with Covid numbers. After our floor, it was almost 7-10 cases per day in our society. This was second wave at its peak!! Flying to Doon at this point seemed like we were characters in some English movie who were escaping the city.....    Well, that wa...

                                      There is a long time before we can actually start behaving normal. I mean - no mask days are very far off. Today I took appointment at a hospital for a general dental check up and the instructions were - carry mask, sanitizer, only 1 person allowed...., blah blah blah!! So, this is happening when that side is all vaccinated. Yes, we on this side - it’s for us!! Or are we still not sure of the vaccine. 😅                                      I started writing this 20 days back!! How time passes....phew!! Today we are on a absolutely different phase - scarier one!! Confirming more confinement days 😓🤐😷.  Numbers in Maharashtra going up on daily Basis. The senior citizens almost vaccinated now ....but Mumbai is beyond everything! Second wave 🌊! Really! It’s ...

                     Weather is turning really hot now. Days are sultry and hot hot, sometimes it feels AC is not working with full efficiency!!                 Working with full efficiency!! Point to ponder!! What is working with full efficiency? At this time, with corona Kaal going, anyone who is stepping out to work - full consideration and relaxation should be given to them. Doctors, policemen, community workers, essential services workers - everyone should be given full credit and acknowledgement for the work they have done during these distressful months.               So, next time if you come across anyone out of these, instead of accusing and pointing fingers, just acknowledge their contribution. We have a choice to sit at home - all we have to do is to follow few simple rules. They are The warriors, who stood out there for us!! So, let's be tha...

              This is in continuation to my journey into my watching "Fauda' series and ending up making baking a part of awesome middle eastern cuisine.                If you guys, hoping some of you are visiting my blog, haven't tried baba ghanoush yet, please try it. It’s an amazing variant of our baigan Bharta 😄.               Just the other day someone shared that they had the opportunity to eat beet root hummus somewhere .....😁. Sounds interesting....and I have already grabbed a recipe for it. Will be on the table pretty soon!             Well here we are talking about challah bread. I saw the picture of this bread in one of the baked goodies delivery group we have. The Challah bread got me interested for its shape and name. I did my research and found out - it is the religious bread eaten by Jewish people during Shabbat ( the...

                                        Well this is a simple quiche recipe! But you see, not only it is difficult to pronounce, as it’s a French word - also it doesn’t make sense 😜. I love to call it passion Tray. Once you make it - you will see it’s a complete meal - and if you have assembled it with love and passion - it becomes your passion Tray.                      Yes, baking is not easy - all the accurate measurements you have to do with precision n crack the eggs ensuring shells don’t fall in there 😆!! Well jokes apart its an amazing journey. I used to believe in the fact -  cook by your instincts saying aabra ka daaabra.....and suddenly discovered what an amazing thing precision is!!                     Very recently, while I was on one of my over zealous baking r...

Valentine’s Day is here, I mean was here.... just today! Wanted to splurge into a whole variety of bakes!! Managed some of it. After all the whole baking thing is time consuming - so if u are not smitten by the baking bug it’s going to be a hell of a task for you!! 😅 For me it works as therapy. I don’t keep the time count as I enjoy it. Few of my friends have taken into the baking fun after all the recipes I shared. Each one has done excellent, may be better, but then it stops there. After a recipe or two - even if came out excellent - there is no spree. It stops there. So, I guess for me it’s the bug 😍😍!!  For V Day I had planned on Rum cake, inspired by my lovely super talented sishters Christmas rum cake.  Fruits and dry fruits were soaked on Christmas Day 😈. What I loved about the cake was it had very little all purpose flour. So the cake was all rum n fruits 😍.  To complete the platter I added some almond cookies and garlic Parmesan bread twirls too! Cake was no...