The Pink Café

Hello friends, Its been long I know; I had crazy days all these way which forced me to stay away from my food blog. But as usual we cannot stay away from our close things forever, so I am back. The security settings of my new phone is another culprit, as whenever there was a little time I try to post something, my stubborn new phone has tons of excuses saying, "No I won't share my stuffs with another machine". Finally today I thought I have to put an end to this, by cheating my phone; and figured out it was so easy; reality was " I was dumb" :O So what do you see here? some maroon colored sphere shaped beings rolled over granulated sugar, and looks so enticing; isn't it. So this is another research outcome from my kitchen. To be fair with you, let me tell you one thing. When I started with the main ingredient of this, I was wondering too, what the hell I am up to :P But the fruit of the effort as always turned out so sweet. And what to name it? As ...

I have made kebabs in many different ways before, using chicken or potatoes, and Kebabs is a loved snack at home. It is an easy dish but a perfect tea time snack and so filling that you don't have to plan a dinner separately on Kebab snacks days. But always one thing that makes me concerned about is the oil frying part of it. Kebabs should be cooked in enough oil to be dipped in it, so that it cooks evenly. This time, there was some sausages left over in my refrigerator, some salami and one piece of boneless chicken, when I was searching for ingredients for the evening snack.  I want to finish this off as it can go stale if kept for long and my vacations were almost ending. First thing came to my mind is Kebabs or Patties, but dropped the thought thinking of the unhealthy cooking and I know my boys had a lot of oils and sweets all these days.  I was thinking of an alternate snack, just when the idea of baking them has come to my mind. What if I can bake the patt...

During my Christmas vacation to hometown, my husband asked me to go stay at his place, as for government offices there is no work from home option and month end is really crucial for them. For me anyway it was planned off days and it doesn't really matters where I am, and it was an option to be with him. So right after the Christmas day, on 26th night we back packed everything, even some foods and headed to Thrissur. I have been many times at Thrissur with him, and most of the times his colleagues would come and meet us at home. Everyone has only one demand, that they have heard a lot about my cooking from my hubby, my advertiser :P and of course they got to see my recipes and food photos in facebook, which made them believe strongly that I cook lot of things :D  Likewise, this time when I was there, the same ask started the day I landed, and I find someway happy to cook things and make others eat, more than I eating them. So I encourage any such asks. The first day to o...

Christmas season is incomplete without cutlets for a Malayali :) And for me fish cutlets, especially because of having a fish lover at home, my 9 year old boy. Gauthu likes all snacks made of fish, like fish cutlets, fish fingers, fish steaks and baked fish with chips, but not a big fan of traditional curry and fried ones.  I made a big batch of fish fries the other day and he did not appreciate it much. So whenever I am home, I used to make one of the fish dishes he prefers. This time because its Christmas season, I had a couple of such varieties in my kitchen. The fish I got this time was a freshwater one with soft flesh. All you have to take care is to buy fleshy fishes, so it would be easy to remove the thorns. Fish cutlet is such an easy snack, which can be made from a few ingredients, which are readily available at any home. You cannot go wrong with this recipe, and yes, if you are looking for an evening with admiration from your guests, this would be the right way to go ?...