Eggless Pancakes :-)

You Need (4-5 pancakes):

• Maida (Flour) – 1 cup
• Milk – 1 cup
• Sugar – 1 tablespoon
• Salt – ½ tablespoon
• Vegetable Oil/Olive Oil – 1 tablespoon
• Baking Powder – 1 tablespoon
• Butter
• Honey/Maple Syrup

Preparation:

Batter up: Whisk together the maida (flour), baking powder, salt and sugar. Add milk and oil and mix slowly and gently. Set aside for a few mins. After about 10 minutes, give it a mix again and set aside.

Heat-on: Heat a non-stick pan until it gets hot. Switch off the stove and leave it for 2-3 minutes. Again switch it on and put on medium flame. Grease with butter and pour one ladle-full of batter gently such that it doesn't spread

Flisyde: Wait until bubbles appear over the pancakes. Then flip over. Cook the other side for a minute and transfer to serving plate.

Serve hot topped with a liberal amount of butter, honey or maple syrup.

Enjoy the warm, fluffy and super soft … eggless pancakes!!!

The video below will give you a good idea of the preparation:

You can even try out pancakes in different flavors e.g. blueberry, strawberry. All you need to do is, add blueberry/strawberry paste/syrup to your batter and follow the steps above.

Matteo Coffea ... Now at CMH Road!

Location: CMH Road, Indira Nagar, Bangalore

YeaY!!! Some great news for folks in this part of Bangalore. Matteo has opened up a new gargantuan sized cafe at CMH road. The place is great and the coffee too! \m/. My favourite pick ... Cafe Mocha Grande!

@the CMH outlet

World Cuisine for Vegetarians

Who says vegetarians don’t have much choice when it comes to food??? Sorry to disappoint all you meat eaters, below is a list of all the cuisines I have tried (sitting here in India), all the while maintaining my 100% vegetarianism :-):

Indian

• Punjabi (Personal Favorites: Kadai Paneer, Tandoori Mushrooms, Rajma Chawal)
• Mughlai (Personal Favorites: Garlic Naan)
• Rajasthani/Marwari (Personal Favorites: Missi/Bajra Roti, Gatte ki Sabzi)
• Gujrati (Personal Favorites: Dhokla, Thepla)
• Kerela Cuisine (Personal Favorites: Appam, Coconut based Stew)
• Andhra (Personal Favorites: Meals)
• Karnataka (Personal Favorites: Open Butter Masala Dosa)
• Maharashtrian (Personal Favorites: Vada Pav)
• Bihari
• Bengali
• Orissa
• Chaats (Aloo-Tikki, Kachori)

European

• Italian (Personal Favorites: wood burn pizza (cheese n mushroom)
• English (Personal Favorites: Baked beans & Toast)
• Spanish
• French (Personal Favorites: quiche) 

South East Asian

• Bali-nese
• Vietnamese
• Thai (Personal Favorites: Red Thai Curry)

Other International 

• American (Personal Favorites: Burger loaded with Cheese)
• Chinese (Personal Favorites: Honey Chili Potatoes)
• Mexican/Tex-Mex (Personal Favorites: Fajitas, Burrito)
• Middle Eastern (Personal Favorites: Falafel, Couscous)
• Caribbean

And my list keeps growing! I must say, Bangalore is a great destination if you want to experiment with international cuisines! 

How many have you tried??? Vegetarians ... go for it!!!

Krispy Kreme @ Bangalore: 100% Veg.

Location: Church Street, Bangalore

This is probably one of my shortest reviews. I just need two words to describe the Krispy Kreme donuts:

Simply Awesome!

A great plus point for the Indian market is that they are 100% Vegetarian. So no one will be left wanting for this feathery light, great tasting delight.

The very first outlet at Church Street has this bright and cheery feel to it. It’s quite spacious but always jam-packed esp. on weekends. It’s like the coolest place to hang out at. Bangaloreans now have a new favorite.

Besides, you can watch the donuts rolling out on the conveyor belt, getting fried, glazed, laced with sugar and finally going into hot cases ready to be served out to the eager-impatient crowd at the counters.

Goooo for it Bangaloreans!!!

Mad Over Donuts (M.O.D) are in for some very serious competition.

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Kuch Acha Khana Hai: Rolls in Bangalore

Location: Indiranagar, Bangalore

Sometimes you just feel like having something good … you go like “kuch acha khaane ka mann kar raha hai!” You don’t want something very light, you don’t want anything too heavy … and you exactly can’t place what is it that you want to have? Who is with me???

In such a situation what works well for me is having a roll … yes a roll … a.k.a kathi roll, wrap.

Two of my favorite roll joints in Indiranagar are Chakum Chukum and Istanbul Doner.

Chakum Chukum offers a wide variety of rolls both veg. and non-veg. One roll is a decent size which easily gives you a tummy full. What’s more … for the health conscious wheat roll is available in place of maida. Add a dash of the three varieties of chutneys waiting at the tables and you get a great snacker. They also offer something called stuffed mughlai paratha … all non-veg. so I can’t really comment on that.

A relatively less known place (in my opinion) is the Istanbul Doner. The menu, as the name suggests is slightly inspired from the turkish part of the world. They offer wraps of in a soft bread (something akin to pita bread) which sort of has a different taste and texture to it. Besides that, there are salads, cheese nuggets, hummus, falafel etc. Limited choice for vegetarians again but good for at least a couple of tries.

Whenever you feel like having ‘kuch acha’ these are a few suggestions to experiment with!

Some other top of the mind roll options: Khathi Zone, Calcutta Roll Club (Jeevan Beema Nagar)

Garma Garam Chai: The Tea Culture in Bangalore

With the cool of winter gradually settling in Bangalore, I’m sure everyone one would want to curl their hands around a hot cuppa and cozily slurp up the contents. Yes South India has the coffee culture and nothing beats the good old filter coffee.  However, in the past few years, tea culture has really picked up in the city. It’s matured from serving the classic plain tea, to serving it up with added indigenous ingredients like tulsi, ginger, cardamom and masala to specialty teas such as jasmine, peach, white tea etc. etc. For the health conscious there is a whole range of green teas and herbal teas being served. Besides there are people like me, who would pick tea over coffee anyday.

In this post I’m going to be talking about a few good tea bar/cafe options for Bangaloreans.

Infinitea: This is a premium tea bar located at Cunningham Road. It attracts a lot of foreigners besides the uber chic crowd of Bangalore.  Serves a lot of tea types – blacks, greens, oolongs, fruits, herbals and exquisites.  Also has good spread of snacks to go with. Ambience is great too! I rate it as excellent and strongly recommend to all tea connoisseurs. Read Reviews here.

Chai Patty: small tea shacks located at three locations in Bangalore – Indirangar, Kormangala, Whitefield. I’ve tried the one at 100 Ft. Indiranagar. The joints are rustic in feel … similar to roadside shacks with modas, floor seating and chai served in kullads (earthen ones). The teas are okay and snacks (pakodas, maggie, pasta etc.) are good in taste. But, with the amount they charge and the quantity they serve and considering they are not premium/specialty, it’s not worth my loyalty. I would still recommend tea lovers to give it one try. Some of you might like it. Read Reviews here.

Socie-Tea: located at Indirangar 13^th Main, I happened to visit their Facebook page and decided to give it a try. The experience wasn’t bad at all. Again, this place has a rustic feel to it … floor seating, wooden furniture, chai and pakodas on the menu. I went for the good old masala chai … the quantity was good for the amount they charged. My only criticism is that the tea was a little too watery for my liking. Overall a decent place for some garam chai without leaving a hole in your wallets.

Tea O’Clock: I happen to know this one because it’s located at the back gate of Baghmane Tech Park (where I work). I think all office goers and sutta people know how important a good glass of chai is; during one of those mid-day breaks or post lunch breaks when we are literally snoring away in front of our computers. TOC offers what all office people need …  really really good chai which refreshes you and keeps you going @ work. You can choose from plain, tulsi, ginger, illaichi, masala, lemon and black. I think they should open more outlets in office cafeterias, in food courts and behind many more tech parks. This one is always thronging with ID badge wearing folks!

That was my Tea round up. Having one right now … sooor … sooor. Having tea is not fun without soooring it from a cup! :-)

Tex-Mex Tacos

Ingredients:

For Guacamole:

•  2 avocados, peeled and deseeded
• ½ bunch coriander, washed and chopped
• 1 tomato, diced
• ¼ red onion, diced
• Salt to taste
• Juice of 1 ½ limes

For Filling:

• 1-2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 button mushrooms, diced
• 2 zucchini, small diced
• ½ cup sweet corn kernels
• 1 cup purple cabbage
• Salt and black pepper 

For Tacos :

• 2 Cups Flour
• 1 Cup Corn Flour
• Salt
• Water
• Vegetable/Olive oil

Preparation:

Tacos: Mix the flour and corn flour, add some salt and make a soft dough adding water as required. Leave the dough aside

Filling: Heat oil in a large frying pan. Cook onions over a medium to high heat until transparent. Add mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes or until reduced in volume. Add remaining ingredients zucchini, corn, purple cabbage and cook until mixture becomes semi dry. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Glaucomole: Scrape avocado and place in a bowl. Add the chopped coriander, onion, tomato, green chilli, lime juice & salt. Grind in mixer and keep aside.  

To serve:

Divide dough into equal parts and roll it. Then cook on hot tawa, applying oil on the both the sides. Cook till its light brown on both the sides.

Apply a layer of glaucomole on half side of taco and then add filling on  top of it. Turn the other half on top of the filled one and make it a half circle (as seen in the pic)

Serve with small slice of lemon on top of it Mexicana ishstyleeee…..

Enjoy…  J