Eggless banana bread

Recipe contributed by : Rashmi Sampat

My son loves banana bread so I was constantly looking for a good recipe which I can follow all the time. After lots of trials and errors, finally I was able to make this recipe as my final master piece. Original recipe asked for 1 cup of sugar which was too much for me so I altered to ½ cup, and if sometimes bananas r too sweet than I reduce the sugar even more because I don’t like my bread too sweet. Hopefully, you also like this recipe as much as I do.

Servings : 10
Time: Prep time: 10 min+ 60 min for for Baking
Difficulty Level: Easy

Bhugga Chanwar ayn patata taryal(Sindhi Brown Rice and Fried Potatoes)

Recipe contributed by: Dhara Balwa
Bhugga Chanwar is a sindhi recipe. Basically, it is brown rice with the brownish color being imparted from onions. I recently, however, learnt to make the Parsi caramelized rice. Preparing combining the two methods gives the brown rice a nicer color. This rice is usually accompanied with dry chori & potato subzi in same gravy as the rice or with fried potatoes prepared the Sindhi way. I like the combination of rice and fried potatoes. So, those are the recipes I will share here.

For Brown rice:

Serves heartily: 3
Time: Prep time: 10 min+ 30 min for soaking rice. Cooking time: 20 min
Difficulty Level: Moderate

Angoor Rabdi

Recipe contributed by: Rashmi Sampat

Here is a delicious recipe I inherited from my aunt, Sandhya didi. As with most of the recipes, this was born over the phone. I wanted to make something new for Diwali that I had never made before. My aunt suggested that Angoor Rabdi would be fun to make, of course, not easy--but definitely fun and delightful. Luckily, my mom was visiting me, and I took the mammoth task of treating my family with this delectable dessert.

Serves : 15
Time: Prep time: 20 min. Cooking time: 120 min
Difficulty Level: Moderate

Gaajar ka Halwa

 Recipe contributed by: Dhara Balwa

 

Starting the cooking blog with last course first! Yup, that is us. After all, in India, when you are doing anything new and you want to start on right foot, you make something sweet. Hence, the Halwa. Carrot Halwa is one of the easiest and simplest Indian desserts you can make. The added bonus is the goodness of vegetable. The only thing you need to make the halwa the traditional way is TIME and a strong hand. There are various other quick recipes to make the halwa but nothing to me tastes as good as cooking it the old way-Adding milk and heating and stirring it for a long time.  

Serves heartily: 4
Time: Prep time: 20 min. Cooking time: 90 min
Difficulty Level: Easy

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Hi All,

Let us introduce ourselves in Q&A format. It is easy to follow! :)

What is Cooking Club?

-- Cooking club was formed to document recipes, especially the family and local recipes. Think of them as your recipe cards, only online!

Who are the members of this club?

-- Family and friends and their family and friends.

How did it all start?

-- It all began with a conversation we, cousins, were having one fine day. We were exchanging recipes which does sometimes includes friend's recipes too. An idea was born out of it. It's not new. There are already websites where you sign up and can add your recipes to the list. It is just a little different here. Apart from our recipes, we encourage all our friends and family, and their friends and family to contribute to this blog by sharing their recipes.

 All one has to do is cook and take picture(s), roughly jot down the recipe and e-mail it to us and we format it to go with style of the blog. The contributor, of course, get the credit for the recipe. It is understandable that one doesn't always have the time to write or format and edit their work. So, we love to do it for them.

Why only the people we/they know are allowed to contribute?

-- We want to stand back behind the recipes we post making sure they are nothing but the best and the time you spend on trying the recipes is well worth with delectable results. We have tasted the food cooked by the contributors at some point in our life and they are all cooks that create delicious food. We also trust the judgment of our family and friends when they refer the recipe of someone they know.

We hope you find something that tickles your belly on our blog that is created just because of our passion of cooking and sharing delicious food.

We are looking forward to sharing recipes. Happy Cooking! :)

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--- Rashmi Sampat & Dhara Balwa