Healthy Puran Poli
Indians celebrate Ganesha Chaturthi on 19th September this year. Keeping that in mind, Team Avant Garde Cookies decided to make Lord Ganesha’s favorites for the 1st week of AGC. Ganesha Chaturthi is...
View ArticleBreadsticks | Italian Grissini
I think yeast is starting to love me. How else would you explain every yeast experiment succeeding? (touch wood!!!) In fact, I’ve already made them thrice, in varying sizes. Homemade breadsticks are...
View ArticleQuick Garlic Bread
Here’s a super quick garlic bread recipe. It tastes as good as the authentic version but gets done in under 5 minutes!! Isn’t that wonderful? This is my go-to recipe for whenever I’m hungry and mom...
View ArticlePizza Pinwheel
Once upon a time in RK’s kitchen, yeast flatly refused to dance to RK’s tunes. No matter how hard she tried, the yeast didn’t budge. Dejected and clueless, RK went about her mission despite the lack of...
View ArticleGarlic Cilantro Rolls ~ with extra cheese!
First of all, wish you all a very happy Deepavali! It’s the Indian festival of lights! The time to celebrate, wear new clothes and distribute and eat sweets! And what am I doing? Well, studying for an...
View ArticlePasta Pizza ~ an interesting Italian fusion!
I have never been a big fan of Pasta. And then I made Marinara sauce at home. That entirely changed my opinion of Pasta! Honestly, if I were just boiling some Pasta and mixing with a ready to eat...
View ArticleNo Knead Burger Buns
I have said it before and I’m saying it again. Given a choice, I would definitely buy bread rather than making it at home. The kneading, the waiting, the baking… is all too much for me. That being...
View ArticleCaramelized Onion Buns
I’ve learned quite a bit about the workings of yeast and the art of making bread, thanks to MasterChef Australia. I decided to put one of those tips to use. I’ve been thinking of making onion bread for...
View ArticleFrench Fougasse
One year ago, if you told me I would be making Fougasse, I would have laughed at the possibility. The idea of having to wait hours for a piece of bread just wasn’t my.. thing. And yet, here I am today,...
View ArticleMexican Tortilla Pizza
Somebody on my Facebook Page requested for Pizza recipes. And so I made a Pizza! (Did you know I take Recipe requests? Just drop a comment on my Facebook page and you can find your dish on my blog...
View ArticleBruschetta ~ the instant Party Snack!
Hardly do I come across recipes that are quick, delicious and worthy of being featured in a Party menu & healthy. If it is a Party snack, one inevitably tends to use cheese or chocolate or deep...
View ArticleHerb & Cheese Pull Apart Bread
Yeast loves me. Seriously. Don’t be jealous! It always works for me. If only I had a better oven, I would have baked every bread in the world! As it happens, my convection oven works pretty well for...
View ArticleCaprese Salad Pizza
Anyone who knows me probably knows that I hate salads. I just cant wrap my head around the fact that eating veggies is good, especially raw. But then, what if I combined salads with my favorite form of...
View ArticleMethi Thepla | Fenugreek Tortilla
Believe me when I say this unleavened bread is delicious. Seriously. Write that down. Thepla (read: Thép-laa) is the only Gujarati dish that I love. And I’m sure you will too. Of course, I couldn’t get...
View ArticleHomemade Croissants
{Disclaimer: I’ve tried to keep it as short and simple as possible. And yet, there are over 50 photographs in the post. Since this is a particularly tricky recipe, I did not want to leave out any step....
View ArticlePain Au Chocolat – French Chocolate Bread
A few days ago, I posted a long recipe for Croissants. It took me 50 hours of work to get that post ready for you. Thankfully, I had some dough left over and decided to make Chocolate croissants. Do...
View ArticleGarden Fresh Pizza
The only thing that prevents me from eating a Pizza every single day is the price of cheese. You heard me. Not the obesity scare. But the expensive mozzarella cheese that seems to get over with every 2...
View ArticleSoft Pretzels (Laugenbrezel) ~ for Easter
This was the first recipe I made for this blog. I’m making Pretzels now! Who needs awards?! I have my journey immortalized on this blog to prove how far I’ve come! From being a messy cook to the now...
View ArticleHokkaido Milk Bread with Tangzhong (Hong Kong Pai Bo)
I think I just had a foodgasm! Yes, I’m one of those cheesy people who love to associate food with pleasure. And why not?! Have I got the recipe to make the best fluffy bread ever! And it has an...
View ArticleHomemade Croutons (Crispy Bread Cubes)
A crouton is a piece of sautéed or rebaked bread, often cubed and seasoned, that is used to add texture and flavor to salads, notably the Caesar salad, as an accompaniment to soups, or eaten as a snack...
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