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/2016/02/bolillos-mexican-rolls.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/02/bolillos-mexican-rolls.html#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2016 05:02:52 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21705 I recently came across bolillos as part of the bountiful basket offering and immediately started looking for recipes to make the same. The process is pretty simple and uses the usual bread ingredients. The one new thing about the recipe is the glaze that is made of corn starch and water. It also took a...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/02/bolillos-mexican-rolls.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html#comments Wed, 25 Dec 2013 02:00:11 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=16125 For this month’s “We Knead to Bake“, Aparna decided to go festive and chose this rich delicious cake. Although the cake in itself is simple to make the lack of the spring form pan and some ingredients caused me to have cold feet. The baking group was pretty helpful and patiently answered my questions. You...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/12/bienenstich-kuchen-german-bee-sting-cake.html/feed 2 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/vegetables-in-hot-garlic-sauce.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/vegetables-in-hot-garlic-sauce.html#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:13:53 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=11982 I had no idea that these sauces are a breeze to make and have tasted similar ones in only restaurants. The recipe is very simple and corn starch is the thickening agent. You could add any vegetable of choice and tofu would be a good candidate too. We had it with fried rice and felt...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/vegetables-in-hot-garlic-sauce.html/feed 3 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 04:38:53 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=9401 I add baby corn to pasta and that was about it until now. Only when my store stopped carrying baby corn I realized that I actually miss the corn . I am sure I did not see it in the store for a few years and recently when I spotted them I pretty much picked...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/03/szechwan-babycorn.html/feed 11 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/capsicum-spring-onion-noodle-soup.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/capsicum-spring-onion-noodle-soup.html#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 06:06:48 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=9493 The weather seems to be perfect for soups as we are gearing up for a winter storm. While flipping through the cookbooks I have accumulated over the years, this soup caught my attention. It was very simple to make and tasted great. This is the first time I am trying noodles in soup and totally...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/capsicum-spring-onion-noodle-soup.html/feed 10 http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/chinese-vegetable-soup-hot-and-sour-soup.html http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/chinese-vegetable-soup-hot-and-sour-soup.html#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:00:40 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=9877 The weather has been perfect for this soup. A high of mid 50s followed by a blizzard watch sounded weird to me and I was looking out to see if we were really going to get the predicted snow. Well, it finally happened and in a matter of minutes the streets turned white. Now, that...]]> http://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/02/chinese-vegetable-soup-hot-and-sour-soup.html/feed 12