Well, I can finally say I did it! Is it perfect? Well of course not, but I'm pleased with it! It is referred to as the Queen of Goan sweets. I'm speaking of course, of Bebinca (also called bibik). A long story follows, it tells of my first encounter learning to make bibik with [...]
Oh it's getting close to the end of the posts, not necessarily the baking, just the posting! So I haven't really done a new version of Spicy Cheese straws or crackers, so this is it. It uses a secret ingredient to add a bit of a crunch to the cookie/cracker. Of course it's spicy but [...]
When I was growing up, we knew the Christmas Season was upon us because mum would start making her Christmas sweets. She would usually start at the end of November with her fruitcake (recipe on the site) and then follow up with neuries (like a sweet stuffed empanada but deep fried - yum), nankhatais, kulkuls [...]
Okay, you do not have to make it spicy if you don’t want to (oh my goodness, I can’t believe those words left my lips! I’ve been in isolation way too long)! Actually this was one of my dad’s favorite dishes. It has a balance of sour/sweet from the addition of vinegar and sugar to the [...]
When I went shopping last week I bought a head of cauliflower - bright and fresh looking, some green leafy parts on the side. How could I say no!? This is a really tasty dish and even the carnivores in your family will enjoy it! This is cauliflower florets, marinated and oven roasted with - [...]
This is the third and final Goan sweet recipe of the 2020 series. It is a lovely textured cake called Baath or Batica (pronounced the same way as the first spelling). This was also one of those cakes that was made with thousands of variations all incorporating the same ingredients in slightly different quantities and [...]
The second in the Goan sweets category is called Bolinhas. These round cookies are easily recognizable because of the traditional “X” mark on top. It is another coconut based sweet and is also addictive. I made this a couple of times before hitting the mark, but I think this version of the process is spot [...]
I am adding three Goan sweet recipes to this series – a simple Coconut Sweet - Gons, a more traditional Coconut Cake – Baath, and a roundish Coconut Cookie called Bolinhas, with a twist. Jeez, you’d think coconuts grew on trees back home! My wife and I picked the latter two from a collection of [...]
My mum was a marvelous cook! She could make anything tasty! I think most of my love of food came from her love of cooking for us. This is one of our favorite dishes and one of the few I can duplicate thanks to her patience for translating “this much...” into “1/2 tsp...”. This is [...]
This is a recipe from the Pondicherry region of India and is an adaptation of a recipe from Rick Stein, a brilliant British Chef. Pondicherry was a French base for 300 years. If you haven't heard of it, just watch the movie “The Life of Pi” for some stunning views of this place. It starts [...]
