Happy Friday Friends :)
Sorry Friends!!
Confused?? Yeah, a
big sorry to all my blogger friends’ coz I am not able to visit all your space
regularly because of relocation… Will comment and view all your space once I
get settled… Sorry again!
Now let’s meet our
today’s blogger friend… Very sweet and lovely blogger, ARCHANA from Tangy Minds.. who
own an aromatic baking blog. But happened to view her blog only recently and
felt really bad that I missed her blog all these days. Happy to be one of her
follower now. Her blog is exclusive for baking n sweet! Lots of yummy n yummy
recipes hidden in her blog... And it’s so tempting too while viewing n reading
her recipes….
Love to share few of her
delicious and interesting recipes like Crème Brulee, Basbousa, Special dessert from central asia, eggless cauldron cake, leche flan and pavlova…. This is not all !! Lots and lots of
baked goodies filled in her space. Don’t miss friends :) I just loved
her blog and bookmarked few to try in future.
Ok now let’s hear from
Archana….
Priya : Love to hear few words about you n your blog and
who is your greatest support?
Archana : I am Archana graduated in Computer
Engineering, Chennai & worked in Bharath Matrimony R & D as Software
Engineer by profession. I am hearing impaired, married and having cute
daughter. I have no idea about blogging life. Before my marriage I never
cooked a single thing except maggi noodles and eat along with my brother and my
mom won’t allow me to cook J After my wedded life, my husband is
really great cook and he has taught me everything in kitchen just like kitchen
formulas J I am still a beginner in cooking and after entering the U.S.
I was so much involved in baking than cooking J I was so good in
baking and I feel I want to share it with my friends. My family and my friend
has inspired me to do blogging that leads to my blogging life as TANGY
MINDS J My blog is full of sweet tooth pastries, baked goods and
treats too. I am really enjoying the life of blogging, sharing the recipes, got
in contact with my dear blogger friends’ lots and lots. It was fun and loving
and chatting with FB blogger friendsJ My greatest support is my dearest
mom and my hubby.
Priya : Your Favorite chef, favorite cookery show
and favorite cookbook.
Archana : My favorite Chef in Chennai is Dr.Chef
Damodaran I used to watch jaya tv Suvaiyo Suvai J And an American
Chef named Paula Deen J
My most favorite cookery
show is FOOD NETWORK TV Channel in the U.S.
My most favorite
cookbook is BAKING with Cake Boss. J
Priya : Can you share us about your first cooking
experience and the recipe which you tried first?
Archana : My first cooking experience is Hyderabadi
Veg biryani when I was in Chennai. I love veggies.I had cooked once with my
trusted National Electric Rice cooker.It was so amazed and so tasty with lots
of an aromatic spices and homemade masalas and my family loved it. My first
baking experience is classical traditional Apple Pie and my brother loved it.
It was baked at my home before my wedding J
Priya : What comes to your mind when you hear the
word “Sweet “.
Archana : Sweet is my most favorite in all aspects.
When I see the sweet at first I will have traditional boondi laddoo. At recent
times when I see hindi film ENGLISH VINGLISH Sri devi made laddoos.It made me
crazy to make it atleast one day J
Priya : What’s your family’s most favorite recipe
which you cook? Pls share with the link if you had posted in blog.
Archana : My family’s most favorite recipe is An
Indian Pastry called “DILPASANDS”
BAKLAVA is my hubby’s
least favorite Turkish dessert
Priya : Please share some kitchen tips or secrets
of yours…
Archana : For Baking Tips
Always use parchment
paper in any cake pan to avoid sticky. If not having parchment paper, grease it
with oil or butter and dust it with flour.
Wrap aluminium foil on
the top of the cake to avoid too much browning while baking for the last 10
minutes of baking time.
Never open the oven door
while it is baking.
For Cleaning tips:
For cleaning
silver articles, Add baking soda and salt with very hot water in a bowl. Add
silver lamps small ones into it and let it sit for about ½ hour or till it
gets cleaned up to remove the dirt.
Priya : What do you like in my blog and please
share your suggestions to improve mine.
Archana : I liked your blog which has lots of authentic
South Indian dishes and your new ones in which I have not heard of. I love your
Oats Moong Dhal payasam I will make it for sure. Your blog is so simple, very
creative, excellent pictures, well explained and new dishes of your own. I want
you to add more and more baking recipes J
Guest post :
I like her blog and it
is full of well explained steps and creative recipes on her own. She is so
sweet and having her as my sweetest friend! She is very active in her blogging
life and makes lots and lots of friends and implements new more recipes in her
blog.
Here is the recipe I
made it and it is very healthy one. It goes great for kids too. Ragi is very
good health for everyone :)
Serves: 20
Preparation: 10 Minutes.
Cooking Time: 20 Minutes.
Ingredients :
- Ragi powder 1 cup
- Powdered sugar 1 cup
- Cardamom powder 1/2 Tsp
- Ghee 1/2 cup
- Badam(Almonds) or Cashew nuts coarsely chopped.
Cooking Instruction:
- Sieve ragi powder in a bowl. On medium heat, lightly roast the ragi powder into the non stick pan for few minutes till raw smell goes. Keep aside once roasted.
- Add 2 Tablespoons of ghee to the small frying pan, while ghee is hot, put chopped cashew nuts or badam and cook till it get light brown in color. Turn off the heat and keep aside.
- Sieve powdered sugar in a separate bowl and put into the ragi powder mixture. Add cardamom powder to it. Mix well.
- Put the remaining ghee in the saucepan on medium heat till it gets hot. Turn off the heat.
- Immediately pour the hot ghee into the ragi sugar mixture. Mix well with wooden spoon. Add roasted cashewnuts or badam.
- Apply ghee on both sides of your hand. Make it into balls while it is semi hot. If allow it to cool then it won’t make balls.
Tips: Make sure the powder mixture is semi hot
and make it into balls.
Thank you so much
Archana for participating in my event and really enjoyed your lovely chat with
healthy yummy recipe. And thanks a lot for your lovely comments about my blog
and I will make sure to add baking recipes soon :)
Friends, hope you all
had a great time with an interesting chit chat… will meet you all next week..
Happy Weekend!
welcome to hyderabad!!!yummy laddoos...
ReplyDeleteArchana loved u r friday chat with priya,very healthy ladoo...
ReplyDeleteVery nice guest post... happy to know more about archu akka... ladoo looks so tempting...
ReplyDeleteNice knowing more about u archana..and I know very well how good you are in baking and in dessert making...Great work Archana!
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Yummy ladoos
ReplyDeleteYummy and healthy ladoos :-)
ReplyDeletesuper yummy ladoos priya.... healthy sweet....ladoos....
ReplyDeletelooks fabulous and healthy ladoos...lovely post
ReplyDeleteLovely dear :) it was so wonderful and had best time to spend with u :)
ReplyDeleteThanks all of u for your comments :) :)
ReplyDeleteSuper healthy and nutritious laddoos, Glad to know more about Archana, wonderful guest post by her.
ReplyDeleteGreat guest post, Nice to know more about Archana. Healthy ladoo.
ReplyDeleteSweet post priya:) liked the chit chat
ReplyDeleteGreat venture :) New to ur space.. U have an awesome one.. Happy to follow u :)
ReplyDeletevery nice post...with yummy recipe
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