Baker's Nest with Nature's Best

05/10/2016

Season's special . . . must try frozen dessert

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/low-fat-sitaphal-kulfi-custard-apple/

Sitaphal is also known as Sugar apple or Custard apple. They are currently in season here in Mumbai, and you can find them everywhere. But, my family refuses to eat the fruit by itself, so one inte…

30/08/2016

Yummy breakfast for Paryushan . . .

Healthy and Eggless easy recipe with powerhouse buckwheat . . .

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/eggless-buckwheat-waffles/

Buckwheat is not a derivative of wheat, in fact it does not belong to wheat family at all. Buckwheat seeds are eaten as groats or flour; hence it is referred to as a pseudo cereal too. Buckwheat is…

22/08/2016

Sweet and Soft . . .

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/milk-bread/

This is my first bread recipe on the blog and it had to be this milk bread. You would have read about my love for this milk bread here, typical from Iyengar bakery, since I was a child. This soft a…

19/08/2016

Easy, eggfree, soft and fluffy . . . . must try Bluberry Muffins

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/eggfree-blueberry-muffins/

Yeah, blueberries . . . Well, you can replace blueberries with chocolate chips or chunks or raisins. But blueberries are wonderful; I have used frozen blueberries here. I stocked on some wonderful …

12/07/2016

Plums are in season . . . make the most of it

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/plum-jam

Avvi loves jams and enjoys all the different fruit jams that I keep experimenting with, though strawberry remains an all-time favourite with us. Infact, Avvi prefers jams to ketchup, so we are alwa…

05/07/2016

Enjoy a rainy evening with your loved ones and . . . these healthy peanut bites.

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/07/05/masala-peanuts-no-frying/

It’s been pouring in Mumbai. I do not enjoy getting wet, but sure like to look out of the window from the comfort and warmth of my house. Add a steaming hot cup of tea with a dash of ginger or lemo…

28/06/2016

Simple and easy recipe . . .

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/eggless-tutti-frutti-cake/

It’s been really long since I posted. Although, there were interesting things that kept me occupied (read vacation), I took a bit too long to get back from my slumber. Blogging is a lot of hard wor…

02/06/2016

YAY !! 300 Facebook likes . . . Thank you

27/03/2016

Traditional misti doi in cheesecake . . . . Enjoy

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/misti-doi-cheesecake-eggless/

I have been baking a lot these days and enjoy experimenting with yeast, but do not blog about it as frequently as I would like  . . . . .  it’s just lazy me. So, I made this last month and was love…

06/03/2016

Coffee + Figs + Chocolate . . . . awesome combination

Easy ice-cream recipe

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/coffee-n-fig-ice-cream/

The days are getting hotter and exams are over. It’s time for fun . . . . This ice-cream is an explosion of flavours. Coffee, figs and chocolate . . . exactly in that order. Fresh figs are st…

25/02/2016

Snacking time . . .

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/02/25/peanut-butter-cookies-eggless/

I usually make cookies on weekend to pack it in the snack box for my kid during the week. But cookies do have a considerable amount of fat even though I try to reduce it as much as possible. So rec…

14/02/2016

Ishqwala love !!

https://bakersnest.wordpress.com/2016/02/14/fresh-fig-brownie/

Happy Valentine’s day !!! We really don’t have a ritual for Valentine’s day, but rather just go with the flow. Today it was celebrated with the whole family around the breakfast table. It was wonde...