Wanderberry Tales

Come the Fridays (Oh yeah that's right, weekends are Fridays and Saturdays in UAE) and the desire to try out something new in the kitchen erupts. We desperately needed a snack to pump us out of our laziness into action! I had a chicken breast in my fridge and mozzarella cheese too. Well, Friday magazine also published a recipe of Beef and Mushroom rolls which came as my inspiration. So it was decided, I am gonna make a roll and I am gonna bake it as well. I made the Filo pastry for the rolls as well, I must say it came out pretty good - definitely worth a try. Ingredients For the Filo pastry All Purpose Flour - 2 cups Warm Water - 3/4 cup Salt - 1/2 tsp Olive oil - 3 tbsp Corn Flour - for dusting For the filling Chicken - 200 gms Onion - 1 big finely chopped Garlic - 1 tbsp finely chopped Parsley - a handful chopped Pepper powder - coarsely ground Tomato sauce - 1 tbsp Mozzarella cheese - 200 gms Salt to taste Oil - 2 tbsp Method To make the...

Fish Mappas or Meen Mappas is a traditional Kerala recipe flavored by the addition of coconut milk. This is served along with appam, idiyappam or bread roll.  My recipe is an adaptation of the one I had seen on cookery show - Shappile curry naville ruchiyum on television. I have tried this recipe a couple of times with different fishes like Karimeen and Vatta. It turned out the best with Neymeen/ King Fish which I made this time and we finally decided to put it up in the blog. Unlike fish molly, mappas is a little tangy due to the addition of kudampali/ pot tamarind and blends well along with the creaminess of coconut milk. This recipe is now a favorite with us. So, here you go -  Ingredients Fish slices - 9-10 pieces( I used King Fish - you may use karimeen or pomfret also) Onion - 2 medium sliced lengthwise Green Chilly - 4-5 slit Ginger - 2 tsps chopped Tomato -1 medium sliced lengthwise Fenugreek seeds - 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Tur...

And it is a year already! This blog was born with little or no idea how long it would sustain but here we are - Our first milestone! And we intend to attain many more. It has been a tremendous learning experience all along. We confess that we are not the experts, we experiment, trial and errors along the way and happy successes too. We have presented our successes to you and learnt from our failures to better the food we present to you in every way. My gratitude to all my family, friends and everyone of you for the encouragement through your constant likes and comments! Cheers to one year of happiness through food blogging! Lemon Cake with Honey Lemon Drizzle - that is our latest fad. Here is the recipe for you - Ingredients For the cake -  All Purpose Flour - 2 cups Sugar - 1 cup Vegetable Oil - 1 cup Egg - 3 no.s Vanilla essence - 1 tsp Baking powder - 1 tsp Lemon zest - 2 lemons Lemon juice - 2 lemons salt - 1/4 tsp For the drizzle -  Ho...

In the hustle bustle of modern life, people find it difficult to cook up elaborate recipes. We look out of quick wins that soothe our taste buds after a stressful day. A couple of my bachelor friends requested for recipes that are quick and easy to whip up. So both the needs combined together, we decided to come up with some easy beginners recipes - that are soul satisfying in both the ways. Here is a recipe with hard boiled egg that takes you a maximum of 5 minutes to make if you have boiled eggs with you. It is a spicy kick to the normal boiled eggs. Ingredients Egg - 2 no.s Oil - 1 tbsp Chilly powder - 2 tsp Salt to taste Method Take 2 eggs in a saucepan with water just enough to cover the eggs and bring it to a boil. Simmer on medium flame for ten minutes and switch off the flame. Transfer the eggs to a bowl of tap water and let it cool. Peel the egg under running tap water - makes it easier for the shells to come off. Using a knife create slits on the ...

I have been wanting to bake cookies for quite sometime. The last two attempts of mine was futile and I decided to give it a go once again. This time around I was lucky. I managed to get the heat and the texture somewhere close to what me and those who ate my cookie would call it RIGHT! Peanut Butter and banana are my favorite combination any day and any time. I had ripe bananas with me and I made my own peanut butter - so then that was decided. It is going to be a banana peanut butter cookie. Here is my recipe for those who would like to try out the same. Ingredients All Purpose Flour - 1 and half cup Banana - 4-5 small ones or one big Creamy Peanut butter - 1/4 cup Butter - 1/8 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Baking soda - 1/4 tsp Egg - 1 Vanilla essence - 1 tsp salt - 1 pinch Method Preheat the oven for 15 minutes. In a bowl, mash the bananas. The riper the bananas, the easier it is to mash. Add in the peanut butter and butter along with the sugar. Stir it in well...