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5K Visitors, and a well deserved VACATION @ Sasuraal Genda Phool...Don't go Anywhere I WILL BE BACK..!! & a Thankyou Note..!! It's celebration time again..@ TS. This time it's because Traditional Secrets touched 5000 visitors since May 2010, well i really do not have words to express my gratitude to all of you who made this possible,,i'm really humbled beyond words can ever express..!!! All i can say is Thank You...Thank you and Thank You..!! When i started this blog I just had Madhuri of Cook Curry Nook Fame,Deepti of Some Salt to Taste Fame..,Suma Rowjee of Cakes & More to name a few and few more great blogger friends from whom i really really learnt a lot...Running a blog, plus home, my lil one and keeping up with the passion of my life and writing about it would definitely not have been possible without the support of these friends and of course MY BETTER HALF who i turned BITTER many a times..when i did not give much needed attention to my Home...whil...

5 Minute Eggless Microwave Wonder Chocolate Cup Cake  I'm sure it's not the first time we're hearing about a Microwave Cup Cake...you google search and BAM you'll get thousands of results, but i got experimenting with Cottage Cheese (paneer) for the first time in a 5 minute Wonder Cup Cake..well i happened to see the recipe of a chocolate pound cake using paneer on a friends blog this got me all curious to see what would happen if i used cottage cheese / paneer instead of egg in the 5 minute microwave cake, the way it turned out...was aweeesomeee..!! i loved it..!! BELIEVE ME even my 2yr old just ate it as if she had'nt had food in years...saying "mama..AAA"...and opening her mouth for more until all that was in the cup was gone..into the little one Tummy..dum..dum...so go along and say Yumeey dum dum..and enjoy it...!! Try this...and to make it yummier i dunked it in maple syrup ( psst: if you wanna be a real Sinner...dunk it in warm chocolate...

Eggless Choco - Nutty Cookies The Best Thing about them: I fall in love with these cookies each time i bake them, actually one can never stop raving enough even as the aroma waffles through the entire house as these cookies still bake in the oven, a heavenly combination of Chocolate and Nuts...Hmmnnn....!! The Worst Thing about them: I cant stop myself from eating them through the day, i don't wanna share them with one single soul..to top it..I'm drooling.. ahemm ...sorry about the gooey mess that went on the keyboard even as I'm typing this..!! Okay lets forget all about the mess and concentrate on the recipe of the cookies: Over the past year or two(i.e since i actually began baking out for just the sakes of passion of  baking) i realized that baking gives you such a high..even when i'm feeling down,low...or just feel any negativity creeping in me and i just resort to baking Believe me it just beats my stress away...and i'm all set and dolloped like chille...

A few days back i happened to post my *Tried & Tested* version of  20 min Choco Almond - Cashew Secret Center Crumbly Cookies and a very old school friend popped me a question on how about an egg-less version and  and i decided to give that a try well with slight variations of my own..;).This is an exceptionally easy one for baking beginners.These are Classic Shortbread sort of Cookies which absolutely melt in your mouth...but technically these are cookies which use Cornflour along with normal All purpose Flour while baking these.The Cocoa in it adds a much needed twist to their melt in the mouth texture apart from the fact that these are Egg less.I used a bit of yoghurt and maple syrup while experimenting with flavours and while adding to it's health value i don't think it did much harm to the cookie's texture too...;) This one's gotta be a keeper ladies..;) So Reena, here's what i got for you especially: Eggless Chocolate Crumbly Cookies*Tried & Tested*...

Absolutely delectable, pure melt in the mouth Chocolate coated crumbly cookies with Almond or Cashew surprises in their Secret Center's...;).  Sometimes they remind me of the crumbly cookies we would get along with the how cup of freshly brewed Filter Kaapi we would often get i think in Indian Coffee House,Hotel Chalukya & Grand Ashoka way back in the early 1980's in the then Garden City " Namma very Own Bangalore"...Hmmm...how i miss my childhood, where dad and mum would take me out and as they would sip on their hot Strong Filter Kaapi i would loathe my self to some Awesome Cookie's. Anyways coming back to 2011...I had a lot of cashew's and almonds lying at home and wanted to make something which would turn out real quick and perfect to the core since i was trying something like this with my lil daughter around, so i had to make it before she ran out of patience . These turned out just sooo....perfect to my ne...

Another really easy peasy recipe of a gr8  going with hot hot phulka's (absolute no oil puffed skillet baked Indian bread...can't believe that's the english translation for such a simple and small word like phulka). I had been lazing all day...since i had that odd feeling i'd land up with a cold and cough...and by the time i realized, it was already well past 1300hrs...and my hubby could land up for lunch anytime...i just have under 60mins to minutes to cook up something for lunch, and i set my eyes on my beautiful "Baigan aka Brinjal" i set out to cook lunch and it turned out really yummy...and in under 45mins...for those who have never done it this way lemme tell you i am doing it the traditional way by actually cooking it on the flame but if you have alternate ways of doing it like try a skillet,go right ahead and do it...the only difference would be that when you cook the brinjal directly on the flame it acquires the smoky flavour...in addition to the supe...

We started The New Year with an absolute melt-in-the mouth Indian Delicacy " Gulab Jamun"..;)...Hope the whole year gives us sweet news and joy all thru..Anushka & AJ seem to be in love with Gulab Jamun's...the first time i did it i made it this way,i came across this awesome recipe from Sailu's Blog(A fellow blogger),but i had a bit of my own adjustments made to suit our tastebuds..). But when my lil one doesn't give me enough time i just go for the other option "MTR" my favourite and most reliable brand in making gr8 Gulab Jamun's..;) Okay...That's one fact the second fact being that i can fastforward the whole process...and the final fact being that sometimes even i am short of time and most importantly patience...like i am today,believe it or not i've been typing this post for the past whole week...;( sorry guys..i really wish i could really really write the whole in and out of loads of "gup-shup" but seriously... m...