NAN KHATAI

A close relative of the short bread cookies, these are popular cookies in western India, made usually during Diwali by The Maharashtrian and Gujarati communities. Most households in India do not own ovens. The ladies make the dough at home and bring it to the commercial bakeries for baking. Before the festival you can see…

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

  Its been a tough, tough few weeks. Change is good, change is needed, but change is a challenge. When in Mumbai I was raving and ranting about the dirty streets, the mad traffic, the choking pollution and dust, the rogue drivers, the incessant honking, the pot-holed roads and the hawkers and the noise….. Now…

SHORTBREAD COOKIES

  CLASSIC VANILLA & MOCHA-CHOCOLATE   Its February already. The winter chill hasn’t receded yet, but there are a few warm days in between, the New Year is new no more and resolutions are long forgotten (Hurrah!!). Don’t get me wrong, but I find that festivities are such a hype and strain at times. They…

CHRISTMASSY BUTTER COOKIES

This has been an amazing, exciting, super busy month. I am surprised I am sitting and calmly banging away at the key-board and my brain dares to think a thought. The long list of to-do baking grows longer with each passing year as requests and orders keep pouring in and closer to the holidays some…

RUGELACH

Cookie, pastry, cream cheese rolled into one..Rugelach. Crumbles like a cookie and flakes like a pastry, filled with chocolate, nuts, cheese or anything you desire.

DARING BAKERS’ CHALLENGE- MACARONS

Macarons…..temperamental, finicky, crispy, chewy, a French classic. Not a cookie but an experience!!

TAHINI AND ALMOND COOKIES WITH ORANGE ZEST

Savoury and sweet, these are lovely tea-time cookies. Rich tahini partners beautifully with orange zest.