Besan Paare (Spicy Indian Crackers) Recipe by Manjula www.manjulaskitchen.com Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour (plain flour, maida) 1 cup gram flour (basen) 2 tablespoons fine semolina flour (fine sooji) 4 tablespoons oil 1 1/4 spoon salt, adjust to taste 1 teaspoon red chili flakes 1/4 teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain) Pinch of asafetida (hing) About ½ cup water Oil to fry

Whole Grain Vs.

This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was an orange tian. I had never heard of tian before so as far as that was concerned the challenge was new.

Easter is right around the corner, and while you can buy a bunch of chocolate eggs, you can also follow along with Not Martha ’s instructions for making Chocolate Easter Surprise Eggs . These treats are hollow chocolate eggs made by filling real, hollowed out eggshells with melted chocolate. A few candies and other little goodies inside of the hollow eggs make these a lot like Kinder Surprise eggs (love those candies!) and make them a fantastic Easter surprise.

A few weeks ago, I picked up a couple containers of Ad Hoc Milk and Dark Chocolate Frosting from Williams Sonoma because I couldn’t resist the chance to try some of chef Thomas Keller’s famous goodies in my own kitchen. At the same time, I picked up a box of Ad Hoc Yellow Cake Mix to go with the frosting. After all, gourmet frosting calls for gourmet cake, doesn’t it