MERI RASOI

I got this recipe from Nita Mehta's book. The bread is very " khasta ", not sure how to translate that to english - maybe you could say butter crisp. It's not crisp like potato chips but crisp like phyllo pastry. You can fill the bread with any filling of your choice. The original recipe called for a mushroom filling but since we don't eat mushrooms I made a potato filling like the one used for samosa. For the bread: Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 cup butter (cold) 1 tsp baking powder 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup milk 1/4 tsp ajwain (carrom seeds) Method: Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt together. Cut butter into small cubes. Rub the butter lightly into the flour till it resembles like bread crumbs. Add milk and kneead lightly to form a dough. Cover and keep aside in a cool place or in the fridge till you have the filling ready. Roll out the dough into a square about 10" long. It's more important that the dough layer be thin - so if it's com...

This recipe is courtesy my daughter, i have included her in my team:) for this blog, She is very fond of cooking or should I say working:).. Read it in her words....... I got this recipe from Cook With Love and must say this was my best experience with a recipe tried for the first time! The banana bread came out perfect, in fact DH and I kept comparing it to the Banana Walnut loaf that Starbucks sells . Believe me, it WAS that good! The crust has a slight crisp texture and the inside was soft and moist! Since I had 2 bananas, I scaled the recipe to 2/3rd and that seemed to suffice for 2+ persons. Ingredients 1 cup sugar 3 bananas 4 tbsp melted unsalted butter 2 tbsp yogurt 1 and 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla extract 1/4 cup milk 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional), I’d 1/4 cup and that seemed fine. Method Pre Heat oven to 350 degree Fahrenheit Mash the bananas. Add sugar and yogurt to it. Add butter, salt, and flour. Mix well. Add Baking Soda, ...