Brownies | Easy recipe | kukskitchen

Nothing beats the aroma of freshly baked chocolate brownies wafting through your kitchen. With a perfect balance of gooey and fudgy, this step-by-step guide will help you whip up a batch of indulgent brownies that are sure to impress.

Maggi Noodles Stir fried with Egg and Vegetables | Kukskitchen

Have you seen Robin Williams' 1998 movie called Patch Adams where a frail old wheelchair bound female patient dreams to swim in a swimming pool of noodles before she died. I could easily be that lady when I get old, such is my love for noodles.

Chicken and Mushroom Linguine | Kukskitchen

A quick and easy dinner is what you want after a long day at work when hungry tums are waiting to see what you are making. My little one loves pasta, but I rarely make it for fear of carb over-load and more importantly my hubby dear is not a big fan of this Italian staple. I do love this recipe which is quick to put together and is great on the palate. The sauce is so creamy you want to lick the plate afterwards.

Cinnamon rolls | Danish | Kukskitchen

Danish pastry are my favouites to have with coffee or tea. For those who knoow me well know how much a costa addict I am. I have my special time at work, when I walk to the costa shop at the front of the hospital. I am such a regular that the girls at the coffe shop know my drink and make them in advance when they see me in the line. They have some of the most amazing Danish pastries and  cakes. They are made in the stoore every day, heaven!!!. The aroma just fills the place and some times they make their way back to my office room with my favourite coffee.

Chocolate Marble cake | Kukskitchen

Marble cake is a fond childhood memory. It is one of the cakes that my mum used to make and we loved her cakes.

I remember one evening my mum had made her chocolate marble cake with butter cream frosting and my brother's friends visited. My brother had (still have) really good friends. I can not remember if it was his birthday, but a few of them stayed the night. We all had a piece of the cake each after dinner. It was getting late and we all retired to bed. Now, the rest of the delicious cake was in a serving dish covered by food net on the dinning table. The next day morning when I came down from my room, all I found was an empty plate on the table. The cake was no where to be found. Mummy was enquiring about the 'lost cake' and the very conscientious, sincere R chettan confesses the truth. At night when everyone was fast asleep he came down not one but many times to our dining room finishing off the cake one piece at a time till none was left. I tell the tale each time I have this cake remembering the taste of my mum's delicious marble cake and butter cream frosting.

French Toast | Bombay Toast | Kukskitchen

My mum used to make these eggy breads called french toasts and us kids use to love them. In Inida they are also called Bombay toasts. My sister still tells tales of the first time she ate it as a little child on one of her trips with our daddy from a restaurant. Unfortunately I dinot get to taste it from the above mentioned restaurant as they were already closed down before I was even born......what a shame. I donot regret it much since the place was take over by a Brahmin vegeterain restaurant who served delicious masala dosa and chutney.

Pancakes for kids served with vanilla icecream @ kukskitchen

My son loves pancakes. They can cheer him up at the end of a tiring day at school. They also act as a power breakfast especially on weekends when his tiny muscles need all the energy they can for a fast action-packed day.

I know I have shared with you all my version of high protein skinny pancake here.  This version has more carbs per gram and tastes delish served with some chilled icecream.

Chocolate Mousse | Kukskitchen

Yet another year has gone by and it's Valentine's Day again.

After dinner for dessert  made this smooth soft delicious mousse, which my son says is the best dessert I have ever made for him. He wants it now every single day as dessert. Now, you'll know how long those desires last :P.....

Savoury Muffins to get kids eating vegetables | Egg Muffins | Kukskitchen

I struggle to get any vegetable down my little one. I frequently try to disguise them but kids now-a-days, as sharp as they are, realise the difference in taste and pick them out. So I changed my strategy. I will tell him what is in there but club it with some thing he finds really yummy.

Presented below is one such invention - Savoury muffin. He likes muffins (who doesn't!!) and he likes eggs and sausages. I have tried various vegetables in this muffin and he eats them hands down each time. Amma 1- Mathai 0. 

Make sure you serve with carbs in some form to make it a balanced meal. These yummy muffins go well with potato wedges and ketchup. To make them at home, blanch cleaned and wedged potatoes in boiling water for 6-8 mts. Drain and dry. Toss them in salt and pepper and a pinch of red chilli powder and oven bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

Kaya pola | Keralan sweet plantain souffle | Kukskitchen

Kaya pola is a traditional malabar dessert made especially on special occasions like iftar. It is quick and easy to prepare and uses very few ingredients.

Red velvet football cake | Kukskitchen

When I decided to do my month of cakes I knew instantly which cake would make the grand finale at the end of the month - the red velvet football cake. I made this for my dear dear son's fourth birthday when we invited his school and other friends over to a soft play centre. We had loads of fun that day. It was a football themed party - surprise! surprise!  The kids had a gala time with the care taker turned football coach 'training the young beckhams' how to score goals.

Christmas beetroot cake | Kukskitchen

Cakes are an essential part of any christmas, but always feel guilty after having a generous portion ( actually several generous portions) of the scrumptious cake. For christmas last time I decided to go for a healthier option which would involve my not so veggie loving son to eat ( with delight) a vegetable that he has refused to try before - Beetroot. My dear friend Priya of Cook with priya, who I met through blogging, posted a gorgeous beetroot cake a while ago which I thought was perfect for my needs. So decided, I went for it.

Chocolate and banana cake | Kukskitchen

Last few days pf school year is fun-packed and involves a lot of yummy food. I was very quick in offering to bake for every occasion possible in my little one's school: be it his last day party or garden picnic. I ended up making a chocolate and banana cake for one of them and used the recipe to make muffins for the garden picnic along with black forest berry and whit chocolate muffins. They went down well.

Black forest berries and white chocolate muffins | Kukskitchen

It was a friend at work's birthday and what better gift than a box of yummy muffins. She absolutely loved the soft and moist black forest berries and white chocolate muffins I made for her. And she deserved only the best.

They are more a big-girl's-muffins. If preferred, add frozen Blueberries, Blackberries or mixed berries instead of black forest berries. Buttermilk gives the muffins a lovely light texture. While making them please make sure the berries are frozen when added to the muffin mixture. so they dont go all runny.

Mini strawberry cheese cake in a shot glass | Kukskitchen

A perfect dinner party dessert. Wow ur guests with ur presentation and then win them with the amazing taste of creamy strawberry creme.

Italian fluffed omelette | Kukskitchen

My SIL R is an amazing cook, lucky my bro, I would say. She luvs to try out a variety of cuisines. Recently she ventured in to presenting her inspired recipes on the television too. Bravo dear!

This post is dedicated to my dear SIL where I try her first TV recipe. See below for the video of her describing the recipe. I appologise to my non-mallu friends since this video is in malayalam.

I made a few minor changes to suit my customer - my son.

Here is how I made it.

Haresa | Basbousa | Healthier no-egg middle eastern coconut and semolina cake | Kukskitchen

Haresa / Basbousa (coconut semolina cake) is a middle eastern delicacy. It is a cake that is healthier quite flavoursome and very light on the tumm.  No eggs are used and a fraction of the usual amount of butter is used to prepare it. It is perfect if you are looking for a delicious dinner party dessert which your guests would luv but which would not travel up their hips straight. :)

Vanilla cake with strawberry mousse filling and white chocolate ganache icing | Kukskitchen

Valentines day-Time for a special sweet treat eh?

I tried used vanilla extract with seeds for the first time and boy did it make a difference! The simple vanilla cake was a treat in itself.

Home made pizza base: with my kinda toppings :-) | Kukskitchen

Pizza is a favourite especially when catering to kids in a party. My son luvs it and so does his friends. I prefer making my own pizza base as it is way better than the ready-made ones. I have altered my technique over the years and the one described below is by far the best. I luv pizza hut and some of my alterations have been for my base to look and taste like theirs. Make them yourself and let me know. :-)

Makes: 2  large (10") pizzas

Misal pav - SNC challenge | Kukskitchen

SNC challenge

Divya Pramil of You too can cook Indian Food is the brain behind SNC challenge - recipe exchange where two teams challenge each other with their authentic recipes. The teams get a month’s time to prepare the recipe and post on their spaces. This is the 3rd event of the series and December month's challenge is posted by  Meena from random ramblings  (Northern team) and yours truly ( South team).