Exploring Tastebuds

      INGREDIENTS: 3/4th cup All Purpose Flour 4 eggs 1/4th cup Cocoa Powder 1/4th cup Bournvita 5star 65 gms Semi Sweet Chocolate 3/4th cup Oil Milk to thin down the batter 3/4th cup Powdered Sugar 1 tsp Vanilla Essence 1 tsp Vinegar 1 tsp Baking Soda 1 Baking Powder 1/2 tsp Cake Gel METHOD: 1. Beat egg till double in quantity and fluffy. 2. Add Sugar,Vanilla essence, Cake Gel and beat well. 3. Slowly add oil and keep beating. 4. Sieve and add Flour, Cocoa powder, Baking Powder. Beat well. 5. Add bournvita, melted chocolate and beat. 6. Mix vinegar and baking soda, when it bubbles add it to the batter and beat. 7. Grease and Bake in a Preheated oven at 180C for 30-35mins.

2 chefs 12 cities 12 cuisines : Indian culinary route 2015 , Marriott Whitefield                              From the warm welcome to a goodie-bag goodbye, it was a completely worthwhile evening to spare from my hectic schedule of college and french classes at Marriott Whitefield's Indian Culinary Route 2015 . It started off in brief with a lovely ginger and coconut flavored welcome drink, eye pleasing decor,  the sound of beautiful Indian instrumentals, the highlight of the event , 'the lip smacking food'  made by the 12 specialty chefs from the best of 12 Marriott's all over India and ended with a variety of delectable desserts by Marriott Whitefield.  ginger and coconut welcome drink I started off my journey by adoring the ethnic set up of the dining table with customized table mats for the event, the basket of flutes wrapped in colorful threads and then prepping mysel...

Lately my mom's dear friend taught me how to make this lovely sponge cake, Its truely amazing, spongy and soft,  So, if you are home chef, this recipe is surely an addition to your recipe notebooks and something which will give your homemade cakes a professional touch, We made this sponge cake with a chocolate ganache icing as filling and coffee flavored whipped cream icing. Its a must try for all and its pretty simple to make too. :D Ingredients: For cake : 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp cake gel 3/4 tsp baking powder 1-2 tbsp cocoa powder 1 tsp vanilla essence For chocolate ganache filling: 150 gms melted chocolate compound 4-5 serving spoons full of whipped topping For coffee flavored whipped cream icing: 6-7 cups of whipped topping 2 tsp of coffee 2 tbsp of boiling water Method:  Beat eggs and sugar in a container till white and fluffy or about 10-12 mins, (keep the container slanted while beating) Sie...

Indiranagar is the most posh area of Bangalore city, with a wide range and variety of brands to be found in its 100 ft. road and various main's. With the top noch brands you have thesetiny little street vendors in those various mains. If you pay attention, you can find a wide variety there too, from north to south indian food, in those lanes of the posh locality.  .  Well, me being a food explorer I am glad to bring to your attention the 'Sri Durga 99 variety dosa'                        9th main road , Indiranagar , 1st stage is the exact address of the place where from the entrace of the lane through the 100ft road you will find this vendor from morning till evening. From variety of fillings you can choose your favourite, and just incase you are indecisive, the vendor has 99 types of dosa on his menu , literally on his fingertips even if the menu is unavailable.          ...