Gluten Free Fresh Raspberry Cake | Eggless Baking

Nothing says summer like fresh berries! This year began with strawberries which I turned in jam and syrup. Raspberries and blackberries followed and we just ate them fresh except for the occasional cake. The blueberries are still plentiful and sweet - and except for the one time I make a fresh blueberry sauce for pancakes, we are eating them fresh too. I plan to share the berry recipes from this year starting with this wonderfully light and airy Fresh Raspberry Cake with I baked using Gluten Free Flour. Needless to say, this wonderful cake is eggless too!

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake | Intense Deep Dark Chocolate Cake | Eggless Baking

I have been baking eggless for a really really long time!! I have been baking Gluten free for several years too!! However, I have not until now shared gluten free recipes regularly on my blog. Over the last two years I got so many requests from friends and family for the recipes of the gluten free cakes and bakes that I make that I have decided to start sharing my recipes on Annarasa | AEOF.

Whipped Mango Yogurt with Champagne Mangoes

A quick ripe Mango dessert recipe today. It is mango season and its time to enjoy mango recipes old and new!! Sharing this quick recipe that you can make if you have a bowl of mangoes on your countertop and you are itching to try something different with them. More recipes below if you have mangoes to share!!

Strawberry Coffee Cake | Eggless Baking

Strawberries may seem like an odd choice in a baked product, but they actually taste really yummy enveloped in a sweet batter cake. They cook and become incredibly soft and jammy. You almost feel like you are eating a jam cake with all the best flavors surrounding it - vanilla, cinnamon, strawberry. The crunch of the cinnamon sugar adds a wonderful texture to the finished product. There are two ways (well, so many actually!!) to enjoy this cake. The first is warm with a good vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of strawberry syrup. The second is with warm fresh vanilla custard. Yumm!!

Banana Walnut Cake Bars | Eggless Baking

The other day I was reading an article about how Banana Bread is having a moment!! Well, why not - there really is nothing like a bread, bake, or cake made with ripe, sweet bananas!! This is a recipe for Cake Bars and the traditional much loved combination for Banana Cake Bars tends to be chocolate chips. Since we are clean out of those and we are working with what is in the pantry, I decide to go with an ingredient that is much underestimated but truly delicious - walnuts. Walnuts really do very well in baked goods - they give bite, texture, and a flavor to them. If you have never tried baking with walnuts, this a recipe you might want to try!!

Maple Corn Muffins with Maple Butter | Eggless Baking

Winter baking is my favorite! Fragrant bakes, cozy home, and big appetites. Last week I made Orange and Cranberry Loafs with dried cranberries and fresh orange pieces! They were for sharing - I made 10 loafs and my home was redolent with the smell of citrus!! The recipe is coming up soon on the blog. But today, I am sharing a recipe for Maple Corn Muffins with Maple Butter.

Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Almond Breakfast Bars | Eggless Baking

Almonds are a nutrition powerhouse. I love cooking and baking with them and my latest passion is to bake with almond butter. Last month I baked the super delicious Cinnamon Almond Raisin Twists where I used almond butter as a spread in the twists. And last summer my Almond Butter Oats Cookies were such a treat that I keep getting repeat orders for them!!

Dates and Walnut Cake | Eggless Baking

Date and Walnut was and continues to be one of my favorite cakes. I remember baking it as a kid in high school. We always ate it with hot custard or vanilla ice cream. This recipe is heavily tweaked from my original as it had no eggs and is made with a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat flour. The eggless version comes out really well - great crumb, it slices well, and is incredibly moist and delicious.

Semolina Carrot Quick Bread Revisited | Healthy Snacks

Semolina Quick Breads are a tasty and healthy alternative to heavy, oily snacks. They are nutritious, filling, and if you are particular about your baked goodies - eggless! Earlier this year I posted my favorite recipe for Semolina Loaf. The recipe was loaded with vegetables and made for a delicious and dense bread. Since then I have tried many permutations of the recipe, and off late we have settled on a somewhat lighter version of the same.

Banana Oats Breakfast Cake | Eggless Baking

Banana Bread or Banana Cake is a favorite in our home. I bake it at least once a month - and have many variations of  this delicious cake on my blog. I have baked Banana Cake with raising, with nuts, multi-grain flours, with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips - the list goes on! This latest is a wonderful Breakfast Cake as it is made with oats. Its dense, healthy, and nutritious and packs the power you need in a breakfast food. I love baking this Cake on weekends, for road trips, or to take along on hikes. At home I just warm a glass of milk and enjoy the cake with it. For the road I pack individual slices in cling film and add them to our snack packs. They are perfect with a hot glass of tea after a good long walk.

Kele aur Saunf ka Pua | Deep Fried Sweet Dumplings | Kumaoni Recipes

Kumaoni cuisine is unique in its ingredients, recipes, and taste. The recipe for Kumaoni Puas | Deep Fried Sweet Dumplings also carries the unique taste of bananas and fennel.

Sweet fried dumplings are found in pretty much every cuisine! Today I am sharing a family recipe for Pua or a sweet fried dumpling from the beautiful hills of Kumaon!! These Puas are unique in that that are made with bananas and fennel and so packed with nutrition and energy needed to survive the cold winters in the hills. My grandmother always made these delicious Puas or Puae as a Prasad on certain festival days. But they were made more frequently to requests by her grandchildren who just love their taste and enjoyed munching them as a snack after school or sports!!

Daring Bakers' December 2013: Chocolate Whoopie Pies

December was a cold cold month here, or so I thought!! January is turning out a lot colder than anyone expected. We are in the chiller, so to speak. But I have to say that the December Daring Bakers' Challenge of making Whoopie Pies cheered me up no end. I have walked our local farmers' market every summer and gazed at the bakery stands with their delicious wares. I have looked at wonder at kids, students, and sundry adults dive into enormous Whoopie Pies of all sizes, flavours, and colours. But I have so far never been able to work up the courage to actually purchase one and eat it.

Zucchini na Muthiya | Zucchini Dumplings | Farm Fresh Produce

Muthiya or steamed dumplings are a quick, easy, and healthy snack and I love to make them for tea or sometimes even for early dinner. Muthiya  is a classic Gujarati snack dish and it is made with a combination of flours and some vegetable - often though not always lauki | dudhi (bottle gourd). Methi, dill, carrot are some of the vegetables that are added to muthiya dough, though you can use any vegetable you fancy. We don't get good quality lauki around here except in late summer when I stop by at the farm to pick it up. So I generally make muthiya with zucchini.

Gajar ki Puri | Carrot Poori | Deep Fried Carrot Flatbread

Today's recipe is a well loved one - carrot puris. A simple fried bread made with multiple flours, grated carrots, and spices. These are good snacking puris and perfect for the lunch box. Kids love them for their chewiness and their taste. I like to make a big batch once in a while and save them in the refrigerator. They will last for at least a week - if you can keep your hands off them. Just warm them in the microwave using a damp tea towel and you are good to go.

Cashew, Cardamom, and Butterscotch Cookies | Eggless Cookies

Our weekend was hectic but good. As it was a warm Saturday with milder breeze from the south and west and we were able to spend most of it out of doors. Sunday was so sunny but marked the return of the chilly north winds and so we stuck it out at home. We are in the midst of an unpredictable stretch of spring, complete with sunshine, thunderstorms, monsoon like showers, and snow - yes snow!!

Chocolate Chunks Cookies | Eggless Cookies

I like to bake cookies. Apart from the taste, I love knowing exactly what they are made of - no artificial ingredients, no colors, nor preservatives, no hydrogenated fats!! This is not to say that I am not occasionally partial to the biscuits I grew up eating in India. Its more that I am now more comfortable with the home baked versions. You can put them together so quickly and most of them can be stored for up to ten days, provided you can keep your hands off them.

Vrat ka Khana | Fasting Foods: Farali Pudina Raita | Minty Yogurt Dip

Yogurt is a must have during fast says, be it plain, in the form of lassi, or a fruit smoothie. This is the simplest way to spice up your yogurt and probably the tastiest if you are fasting!! I love this simple raita as a dip because it perks up all fasting treats. It tastes particularly wonderful with any deep fried fasting foods - like farali pakoras, sago vada, fried potatoes, and more.

Yummylicious Banana Cardamom Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This is one of our favourite banana cakes. Seasoned with cardamom that complements bananas so beautifully, it is a perfect treat for the festive season! Of course, I love that the cake is eggless too. Usually when I make this cake in the afternoons for tea, I just dust it with some icing sugar! This time however to chase the rainy day blues away, I decided to indulge and frost it too:) The frosting recipe is very easy to do, just throw it all together and blend it and you are good to go.

Tofu Tikka Masala | Yogurt Marinated Tofu in Tomato Gravy

 
Tofu is a wonderful substitute for paneer (Indian Style Cottage Cheese). I use regularly in my kitchen and so was surprised to find that I have posted just a handful of recipes on the blog. I would love to share some of the delightful dishes that I have whipped up successfully in my kitchen with my readers and so here goes. Last week I made my tried and tested recipe for Tofu Tikka Masala | Yogurt Marinated Tofu in a Tomato Sauce.

Gajar Koshimbir Ver 2.0 | Carrot Yogurt Salad

Today I want to share another go to recipe of mine. Carrots are great for salads and and I always keep a fresh pack handy at home. I buy organic carrots for salads. They are really tender and sweet and juicy and bursting with flavour!! Last week when I made my Hara Masala Makai Pulao | Spicy Green Corn Rice, I made this delicious yogurt based salad to accompany it. Did I mention its the simplest thing in the world to put together, you'll never be left wondering what to add to the table should someone unexpectedly drop by!!