http://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/ragda-patties-ragda-pattice.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/ragda-patties-ragda-pattice.html#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2016 05:26:33 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21578 Ragda is a gravy made with peas and spices. This is one of India’s famous street food and I had this on my list forever, but was postponing it because I had no sev on hand and there is no Indian store near by. Finally, made it last weekend and it was a bit time...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/ragda-patties-ragda-pattice.html/feed 1 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/avocado-cucumber-sandwich.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/avocado-cucumber-sandwich.html#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:37:19 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=19742 In our last week’s bounty basket we got a few English cucumbers. These are the long variety with tiny seeds. This simple cucumber sandwich is a perfect teatime snack and the usual sandwiches have a spread of butter and topped with these beauties. Since avocados were on hand, I decided to replace butter with avocado and...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/01/avocado-cucumber-sandwich.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/08/cilantro-garlic-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/08/cilantro-garlic-bread.html#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2014 03:57:25 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=17466 Garlic adds a lot of flavor to bread and this is a tasty snack to make for the evenings or as a side for dinner. You can bake the bread fresh like I did or use store brought bread making it easy. You can bake bigger version of this bread or make this one without the...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/08/cilantro-garlic-bread.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/06/pav-bread-homemade-white-indian-dinner-rolls.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/06/pav-bread-homemade-white-indian-dinner-rolls.html#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:11:00 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=30 Dinner rolls are one of the easiest recipes to begin the baking journey with. The same dough can be used to form different shapes. I always been making this dough in bulk and I freeze the extra rolls. My daughter likes crescent rolls and I set some dough to make those for her too. Pav...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/06/pav-bread-homemade-white-indian-dinner-rolls.html/feed 57 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html#comments Sat, 03 May 2014 20:16:39 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15919 While talking to my friend Rachel, she casually mentioned this egg casserole that she had made sometime back. I asked her for the ingredient list and decided to try it out at home. It used simple ingredients and I had this big loaf that needed to be finished. The nice part is that it takes minutes...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2014/05/egg-casserole-with-vegetables.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 01:41:11 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14953 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake” we are baking a whole wheat sandwich bread. I was skeptical since I have not had good results when I substitute whole wheat flour for all-purpose flour and the muffins used to turn out a tad dense and so on. After having cold feet for a while, I...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html/feed 4 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/hokkaido-milk-bread-with-tangzhong.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/hokkaido-milk-bread-with-tangzhong.html#comments Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:00:46 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10424 Time flies fast for sure. It looks as if I posted croissants just recently, but one month has gone by and the next bread is ready to be posted. To be frank, I have never heard of this bread nor the method and the whole process was interesting. I was happy that it was not...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/hokkaido-milk-bread-with-tangzhong.html/feed 13 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:05:58 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=8817 I love baking bread and when I saw the event “We Knead to Bake” by Aparna, I could not resist. For this month we are baking a pull apart bread and we were able to pick our choice of filling. Since I had already posted a garlic parmesan pull apart bread I decided to use cilantro pesto....]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/onion-cumin-pull-apart-bread.html/feed 25 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/12/rolls-with-freeze-and-bake-option.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/12/rolls-with-freeze-and-bake-option.html#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:10:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=6980 I have been so off with my festival recipes because of the trip. Hard to believe, but it is going to be 2 months since I baked. Hands are itching to bake, but there is just too much to do post-trip. I am happy for the cooking and baking I did before the trip that...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/12/rolls-with-freeze-and-bake-option.html/feed 7 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/bread-pudding.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/bread-pudding.html#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:57:45 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5751 I have always made French toast and this is the first time I am making the pudding. A reader requested for the same and I finally got around to making it. Keeping the basics of French toast in mind, I baked this yummy pudding. Do you have a lot of bread lying around? This pudding...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/10/bread-pudding.html/feed 8