Black Forest Cake / How to make a Black Forest Cake

Black Forest Cake is a very popular party cake. It originated in Germany and traditionally a black forest cake consists of several layers of chocolate sponge cake with whipped cream and cherries between each layer. Then the cake is decorated with additional whipped cream, maraschino cherries and chocolate shavings. In a typical black forest cake each layer of chocolate cake is soaked with Kirschwasser - liquor distilled from cherry. Or it is even soaked with alcohol like rum or brandy. I normally soak the cake layers with fresh grape juice but this time I used the cherry syrup. You can even soak it with sugar syrup. For the cherries you can use the canned cherries that are available.

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Mango Banana Milkshake

Here's another milkshake, this is with the goodness of mango and banana! Both the fruits along with a scoop of vanilla ice cream makes this a delicious shake. I like my shake thick and I enjoyed this a lot!

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Triple Chocolate Fudge Brownies

I baked some brownies after a very long time. I only bake a large batch when we have guests a home, for my sudden cravings, I always make my favorite 2 minute eggless brownie! It felt good to bake after a long gap! I made these for a friend who came over.
These brownies were awesome, so fudgy, just the way I like them! 

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Aval Upma / Poha Upma / Flattened Rice Upma

Aval is known as  flattened or beaten rice in English and this is de husked rice which is flattened into flat dry flakes. I first had this in my perima's house and I fell in love with the flavor. So many recipes can be made with aval and this is an easy breakfast recipe and can be made as a quick snack too. Although simple to make this is a flavorful dish. All the ingredients which goes into making this dish makes this a very flavorful and tasty dish.
Also check out the red aval upma recipe and the white vegetable aval upma recipe.

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Mango Lemonade

Lemonade is my husband's favorite so I decided to spice it up a little to make a mango lemonade. During the strawberry season, I had made strawberry lemonade which tasted really good so I wanted to try a mango flavored lemonade too and this tasted just as good. This is such an awesome drink for this summer.

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Spicy Onion Tomato Chutney | Easy Chutney Recipes

This is the most favorite chutney in my home, I have already posted 2 other onion tomato chutneys. One is onion and tomato chutney with coriander and curry leaves and the other is an easy onion tomato chutney. This is also an easy to make, no fuss chutney and tastes great with idli and dosa.
I love the color of this chutney, I was first introduced to this chutney by a cook we had a long time ago. She cooked for us only for a month but I learnt so much from her!

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Mango Juice

Here's another refrshing juice to beat this heat. How can a mango season pass by without makng some delicious mango juice! This tastes so good and is my favorite alternative to slice or maaza and of course without the added preservatives and other chemicals, this is any day my favorite compared to slice or maaza.

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Masala Dosa Recipe

Whenever we go out for breakfast, my default order will be masala dosa! I'm sure it must be the same for many South Indians! Stuffed with potatoes, this is one of the yummiest breakfast dishes and it's very easy to make, if you have the dosa batter.

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Curd Rice / Thayir Sadam / How to make curd rice

This is my comfort food, the ultimate comfort food! I'm sure it's the same for many South Indians. It's amazing how such a simple ingredient can make such a delicious food. It is so simple and easy to make. What I have posted below is the special curd rice made with seasonings. You don't have to add all the ingredients that I have added, what you add depends on the availability of each ingredient. You can add what you have and leave the rest out and the curd rice will still taste yummy!

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Mango Ice Cream / Homemade Mango Ice Cream

I make lots of ice cream at home and I always use whipped cream and fresh cream combination to get a creamy and rich ice cream. But I had many readers write to me saying they are not able to get whipping cream and is there any other way to make home made ice creams. So I went about searching for ice cream recipes and I landed here. 
This ice cream is made using only milk and fresh cream. Very easy and simple to make, I used my blender to blend all the ingredients together and it took about 5 minutes. 
Check out my other mango ice cream recipe too.

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