Crepe Delight

Crepe ( Caramel Delight)

Crepe for breakfast

After a long dry and hot summer spell, the rain drenched Bangalore made use forget the sleepless summer night. So, for a change, I made crepe for breakfast. This time, I tried one stuffing - banana and caramel sauce.

How do you make crepe at home?
Like every other household I used a non-stick pan to make crepe at home. But now, I use the crepe maker. Thanks to my brother for gifting crepe maker for my b'day. When I started with the crepe maker, the wooden ladle was a bit of a problem. My hand wouldn't move the way I want. Sometimes, it would get struck and my batter would be uneven. Well, practice solved these little problems.

So, what about crepe recipe.

Earlier, my mom used to make crepe but it was called churul appam. It's crepe filled with coconut and sugar mix. Well, in our family, it was common to make this Indianised crepe for breakfast. 

Baking Ingredient Store in Trivandrum City

The Baker's Walk ( Baking Store in Nanthencode)

It's more good news for home based bakers and baking professionals. We have another fabulous and customer friendly store in Trivandrum.

For a long time, I wished there was a store which is easily accessible to people living in and around the city centre. And that wish has come true with this baking store at Nanthencode junction. The people who run this store is very friendly and they can patiently answer your calls regarding the availability of any item or ingredient. This store has become my rescue for all my last minute purchases. Sometimes, I have called them around evening 8ish in the evening and rushed to pick few baking items for the next day's class.

Baking Ingredients, Tools Available at Bakers's Walk

1) Baking powder
2) Icing sugar
3) Fondant cutters and modelling tool kit
4) Baking trays and molds
5) Dry fruits
6) Cooking butter
7) Ready-to-use fondant
8) Packing box
9) Cochineal colour and other essence
10) Cupcake liners
11) Cream cheese ( check for the availability)
12) Chocolate bars ( Dark, milk and white)
13) Bread box
14) Sprinklers
15) Whipping cream
15) and more..

Address:
The Bakers's Walk
( Opposite to Watt's Lane)
Nanthencode, Trivandrum
Ph 0471 4000977
Store timing: 11:AM to 8:30:PM
Sunday Holiday

I wish them all success. They also conducting few demo lessons in icing for beginners. I hope Trivandrum folks will find this store useful to try out their baking experiments.

Sardine Curry Day in Bangalore

Sardine Fry, Mezhukkupuratt and Moru Curry for Lunch

Fish Stall in Domlur  ( NLP Fish Stall)

From sea to fish stall and then to mud pot 

Fish Curry -  ( Sardine Curry)

Red Fish Curry - Kerala Style

Fish soaked in water ( Before de-scaling work)

Sardine Curry, Kerala Style

Are you like me - a devoted sardine fish fan? Well, I was not a born fish lover, but I acquired the taste recently, especially after my marriage with this fishy person. At first, I could hardly stand the smell of fish, and sardine been the worst in the list.

But, with time, my taste buds are attuned to fish rather than all kinds of meat.

As we buy sardine on a regular basis, it's also a challenge to make different types of curry or fry - from fiery red fish curry to meen peera ( Fish cooked with coconut).

Here are few tips on sardine cleaning and preparation:

• Soak the fish in water. This helps in easy descaling
• Use rock salt to remove the fish slime. Some people use lime or vinegar.
• Use kitchen scissors to slice a part of the stomach area  
• Try to use mud pots for making fish curry. It taste more earthy. 
• Experiment with different tangy material ( I use tamarind, sometimes raw mango, etc)

Variations in cooking sardines

I often think of making different types of curry, but mostly I end up doing red fish curry or some close variation to it. Well, it's easy to stick to the same old recipe, but I know it's important to try new  recipe. Next, time I attempt a new dish, I'll share it on the blog.

Till then, keep enjoying sardines!

Baking Ingredients and Accessories Shop in Bangalore

I keep getting these questions from students and home bakers:

• I just started baking...where can I buy ingredients required for baking?
• Which is the closest baking store? I'm put up at White Field...
• I'm planning to buy an oven - Which brand do you suggest?
• Where can I buy corn syrup, margarine, almond meal, etc?

These are just few questions I get from home bakers and from first-time bakers who are hunting for baking items. One thing on the mind of most buyers is this, which shop is closer to my home. Well, we know the Bangalore traffic, so it makes sense to hunt for a nearby shop.

So, based on my knowledge and some online research, here are the list of shops selling baking accessories and ingredients

Institute of Baking and Cake Art ( IBCA)

This place is located at Mission road in Bangalore. IBCA takes baking class, and it has a store selling a wide range of baking accessories to baking ingredients.

Ingredients available at IBCA:
Ready to use fondant, icing sugar, yeast, bread knife, cutters of all shapes, gelatin, cookie cutters, fondant modeling tool kit, buttercream kit, sugar craft kit, spray gun, all varieties of chocolate, cake stand, etc
Physical Address: Address: 46/3, Mission Road-Double Road Junction, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560027
Phone # 080 2210 6619
Website URL: http://www.ibcablr.net/

 Lakshika Traders

Lakshika Traders 

This is a shop where I purchase most of my daily baking needs. It's closer to Ulsoor and it's closer for those who are staying near Ulsoor, Domlur, or Indira Nagar side.

The list of baking accessories and ingredients available at Lakshika:

Baking trays, packing box, bread box, cupcake liners, pineapple syrup, cherries, Tropolite whipping cream, chocolate bars, Dry yeast, fondant modeling tool kit, dried fruits ( during Christmas time), sprinklers, vanilla essence etc,.

Reach the owner Mr Suresh, at 9986017826, 07204911669
Timing: Open from 10:AM to 8:15:PM
( Home deliver option available for higher orders)
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New Arife Lamoulde 

Arife Lamoulde - Bangalore

Arife Lamoulde has a good collection of baking accessories, products and baking related items. After this stop opened in the heart of B'lore, it has become a one-stop shop for home bakers and professional cake sellers. There are few special items which I buy from this store - glass bottles, good quality chocolate powder, liners, trays, and buttercream sets.

This baking store is located at Koramangala 7th Block, 227,1st Main Rd,
Koramangala, Bangalore ( Back gate of Bosh, Opp side of )

Baking Ingredients available at this store:
Corn syrup, Amri Colors, Chocolate bars, Icing sugar, cutters ( A wall full of all types of cutters), whipping cream, chocolate essence, chochneil color, packing box, glass bottles, cake stand, fondant rollers,

Facebook of New Arife Lamoulde
Phone:080 4121 1122
Timing: 11:AM to 7:30PM
Sunday Holiday

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Baker's Needs

Baker's Need - Lingrajpuram

#1, Lakshmi Venkateshwara Complex Oil mill road, Arvindnagar, Lingrajpuram
Bangalore, India 560084

From Americolor, gel colors to Entremet Silicon Moulds are available in this store. You can also order hand painted French macarons and other treats from this place.


Contact Baker's Needs at Ph# 080 4173 3571
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General Food Additives
Located at Sheshadripuram, this store sells different kinds of baking ingredients, cookie cutters, baking trays, chocolate essence, piping bags, baking pans, hazelnut paste, etc.

Telephone :  +91-80-2336 7878, 2336 0517

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Bakers Nest

Located in the busy locality at Nagarathpet, Bangalore, this shops is for wholesale and retail users. In the initial days of my baking class venture, I frequently visited this shop for all my baking supplies.

This shop stocks cupcake liners, chocolate molds, cake boxes, chocolate packaging boxes, and many more.

PH: +(91)-80-41076838, +(91)-9980733205

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CCDS at Kumara Park West, Bangalore

Buy a wide range of Wilton products from this store - from cake molds, to tiered cake stands, cupcake liners, cutters, molds, etc.


Shubhodaya, #86, Railway Parallel Road, Kumara Park West

 www.ccdsshop.com 

Ph 9739098882

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Food Hall #1 MG

Mall Baking trays, Liners, Corn Syrup, Different Cheese, etc

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SPAR  Hypermarket in Koramangala

Baking trays, cupcake liners, cream cheese, etc.

JAMAL’s Forum value mall ( Whitefield)

Basic baking stuff such as trays, cups, cake cutters, etc

MK Retail ( Indira Nagar)

One shelf is packed with silicon molds, cutters, liners, cake trays, and more

Adams & Company 

One of the oldest shop's in Bangalore supplying bake ware, remiken bowls, blow torches, Wooden pizza serving platter. glassware, cupcake trays, spatula, and more.

Phone number: 080 66817444

Nilgiris ( M.G Road)

At one time, this used to be THE store selling baking ingredients and accessories in Bangalore. Well, even now they are very popular with dried fruits, Christmas cake dried fruits, different kinds of essence, etc. Time and time again, I visit this store to buy cochniel color.

Commonly available items in the store: Baking store, tutti-fruity, essence, bread molds, whipping cream, Fresh cream, Gelatine powder, Marshmallows, etc.

Online Stores Selling Baking Ingredients:

1)

http://mybakersmart.com/

2)

Potluck With Students at Trivandrum

Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it.

It's being now 6 years since I am into baking, icing and cooking classes and in Trivandrum it's being 4 years now. So I decided to have a get together with my students and organised a potluck at my home in Trivandrum on 12th April 2016.

Bakers at the Potluck Event - Trivandrum

We gathered together and shared our doubts, innovations, creations about cakes, icing and cooking. It was also a ground to meet each other who shared the same interest. Those who were into selling cakes shared their experience which was helpful for the newbies.

Let's hear her story, her Journey - Small Intro from everyone!

I was surprised to see 25 people who turned up in spite being a working day and we got to taste 25 dishes which was out of the world, everything was so perfectly made. The foods ranges from Pullisery to Chicken Pasta and the sweet dishes from cakes to kesari and everything was made at home by each person with so much of love.

Food Assembly - Everyone's Hand in These Delicacies

           
  Well, before we headed for the luncheon, we shared a lighter moment with a ice-breaker game. 

Winners of the game with their little goodies!

At the table - tasting time 

Thank you all for making this event so wonderful and memorable. It was one of the unforgettable day in my life,

We're the Champions - Group snap!

We are planning to have another potluck on July 2016 but this time with a purpose ,that we will make lunch packets and distribute lunch at Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum (RCC).

If I have missed out any of my old students please sms your name and number to 08861389165. I will add you in my whatsapp group and will inform the dates

Finally, I should thank all for giving me a surprise Birthday Cake!!!