Good bye 2014 and Welcoming 2015

Happy New Year Wishes to all..

2014 was like a roller coaster for me, actually my year 2014 started in India and i came back home during february with loads of beautiful memories from India. I had many funfilled moments with my Chennai blogger friends and stayed with Kalpana of Life with Spices 's cozy appartment for three days, i still cherish those awesome moments.

When its comes to blogging, i kept my work somehow constantly eventhough i have to go through many difficult moments. However Blogging helped me a lot to forget all those challenging moments, yes life is not that much easy to manage.

I ran two whole month's of blogging marathon with Indian regions and International cuisine as theme for 26days starting with alphabets. Do check Indian Food Odyssey and Around the world to know my adventures.

Also i have some proud moments to share, one fine day i got a mail from a journalist of the famous Indian magazine 'The Hindu' asking about Pondicherry cuisine, obviously i said ok hence my first interview of this year got featured here. Next one appeared here and third one is here as the star of the week.

Not to forget i participated three cooking classes conducted by famous brands here in Paris and had loads of fun learning delicious dishes with some French bloggers.

I have posted 278 posts during this whole year and approaching my 3000th post very much soon.

Without any fail i want to share few of my best recipes i have dished out during this year. Here comes:

Few of my best recipes:

January:
Gooseberry Lemon Rice

February:
Vazhaithandu Paruppu Thogayal

March:
Rose Malai Jamun

April:
Davanagare Benne Dosa

May:
Patterned Chocolate Roll

June:
Strawberry Rolls with cream cheese glaze

July:
Hidden Heart Mocha Cake

August:
Three Layer Chocolate Cake

September:
Belgian Gaufres

October:
No Bake Gajar Halwa, Kesar, Gulab Cheesecake

November:
Pondicherry Plum Cake

December:
Christmas Tree in Brioche

Hope you enjoyed this post and am very thankful to each and everyone for being part of my blogging world, nothing is possible without you all.This post is going to Srivalli's Best of the year 2014.

Bye 2014!!!

Boterkoek - Dutch Butter Cake

Dutch Cuisine is well known for its simple dishes with many vegetables and little meat. Dutch cuisine means Netherlands cuisine and their foods are not well known as other International cuisines like French,American or Chinese,but there are many Dutch delights which you must try atleast once in your kitchen.Those delicious Dutch foods includes Poffertjes, the small,fluffy pancakes traditionally consumed during fall and winter,Bitterballen the deep fried snack balls typically served with mustard sauce as dipping,Stroopwafels, a delicious chewy cookie,Oliebollen the popular doughnuts,Limburgse Vlaai, a delicious pie with a tasty light crust, Patat the Dutch style french fries etc and the list goes on. I always want to make their utterly delicious super buttery cake ' the famous Boterkoek'. Finally i got a chance to give a try to this incredible bake as this month's  International Food Challenge ,a monthly event started by  wonderful food blogger Sara goes Dutch Cuisine.

Spaghetti With Cheesy White Alfredo Sauce

White Alfredo sauce is one of the easiest, no fuss dish you can make it just in few minutes with simple ingredients available in your kitchen. Its definitely a cheaper, flavourful, quicker sauce. The main ingredients for making this sauce is garlic cloves, cream and parmesan cheese. If you are in hurry, you can dish out this cheesy white sauce quickly.Actually my today's post goes for a simple but flavourful Alfredo sauce, if you want to add meats or sea foods or else vegetables,just go with your choice.However this simple Alfredo sauce works awesome to serve with any type of pasta. We had this spaghetti with alfredo sauce for our lunch during this weekend since i was bit busy with my Christmas shopping, trust me this sauce is just fabulous.

Toaster Sandwich

I adore few of my kitchen gadgets and i cant survive without them. Since ever i got my toast sandwich maker, this gadget took an important place in my kitchen. Even my younger son prepare his favourite sandwiches with my modest sandwich maker. Sandwiches are easy to make and its satisfy immediately some hungry tummies quickly. Whenever i feel lazy to cook, my sandwich maker comes in rescue.My today's post is a simple sandwich with a spiced mashed potato masala. As all of you know, am running the last week of blogging marathon of this year with Menu card as theme, this toaster sandwich is also from the online menu card All Menus.