Raphanus Sativus aka European Red Radish...

Red Radishes got included in our meal plan recently. i.e when i stumbled upon this easy and delicious   Salata recipe in a Greek Cookbook that I had borrowed from the library. Till then I simply admired the vibrance of their hue. don't they look gorgeous !!

   

My husband took these photographs and he likes the second shot (the horizontal one) more. but i like both. so sending both the black and white photographs to Black and White Wednesday #88. 

Black and White Wednesday is a Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar and this week Sreevalli of  Ammaji Recipes is hosting it.

p.s : As most of you might have guessed, Raphanus Sativus is the scientific name of Red Radish. I found it on wiki when i was feeling all geeky and wanted to find out some facts about these veggies...

update : Priya, the second colored click is for you  :-), 6/21/2013

Pinwheels for Paratha... (BWW #82)

Last week I stumbled upon the pictorial recipe of Kerala paratha at Cooks Joy. Needless to say I tried it right away. though my  parathas' did not turn out as flaky as hers, i thought they were pretty good for a first attempt..

For the recipe hop over to Vardhani's place Cooks Joy. I am sure her clicks will tempt you to try your hands at the pleated pinwheels soon...

Sending the photograph to Black and White Wednesday #82, a photography event started by Susan of  The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar and hosted this week by Alex of  Food4Thought.

                   

Oven dried oats vs Cheerios..

a while a back I had written a pretty lengthy post on how the chemical properties of oats makes it difficult to completely substitute all-purpose-flour with oat flour in most recipes. there i had also mentioned how soaking oats overnight and oven drying them before grinding helps increase the mineral absorption power of the oats. GNOWFGLINS is where i picked up all this information. and though that information was full-proof it wasn't for grabs for a busy mom... so i had been looking for alternatives. and last week the idea of ground Cheerios popped up...

for experiment sake i used it to bake a batch of chocochip cookies and it really worked.  so if you are also looking for an alternative to all that hard work... ground cheerios might be the solution. perhaps most of you knew it already... but thought i'll post it.. in case you have overlooked that cereal box lazing on your kitchen countertop.

Sending the image "CHEERIOS"  to Black and White Wednesday #79, a photography event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of  Cindystar and hosted this week by Shruthi of Food and Clicks.

Dough Crafting....

Baby Boy's first craft... impression on flour-play-dough that  he made in his daycare

and mamma's regular dough craft ... delicious aloo parathas rolled and fried to perfection each time following recipe from  Manjula's Kitchen.

Sending the first photograph to  Black and White Wednesday, a photography event started by Susan of the Well Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar and hosted this week by Aparna Balasubramaniun at My Diverse Kitchen.

Sealing the freshness...

Asparagus is in season. even a big brunch is pretty inexpensive. a reason good enough for us to buy it in bulk. however the quantity is way too much for our family of two and a quarter. so a portion of the bunch always needs preserving. and the way is do it is by

trimming the ends of the spears....

placing the trimmed stalks upright in a glass with at least an inch of water...

covering the spears loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerating. a very useful tip that i learnt from

Nici  @ Posed Perfection.

Hop over to her space to gawk at her delicious asparagus topped pizza. i have it bookmarked for the weekend. don't you want a slice too ? 

Sending the first photograph to Black and White Wednesday, a photography event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of  Cindystar and hosted this week by Haalo of Cook Almost Anything.

Delicious Italian Easter Breads

Italian Easter Breads in preparation...

and afterwards...

prepared with flour, eggs, butter and love 

and 

Dorothy's Bread Machine recipe of her Grammy's Italian Easter Bread.

If you are in search of that perfect bread machine recipe for Italian Easter Bread... then look no further.  Hop over to 

Shockingly Delicious and get started on your bread. 

Sending the first photograph to Black and White Wednesday, a photography event started by 

Susan of  The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar and 

hosted this week by  The Well-Seasoned Cook.

Jamaican Banana Fritters...

Jamaican Banana Fritters. filled with the goodness of oats and banana, these fritters make the perfect breakfast bites. for the recipe hop over to Sumee's Culinary Bites and delight your family with milk and fritters at breakfast today...

Sending the photograph to Black and White Wednesday, a photography event started by 

Susan of  The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar and 

hosted this week by Lynne of Cafe Lynnylu.