Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Crumble

Peanuts and peanut butter are always in my pantry, thanks to my husband's love for all thing peanuts. So, when he asked me why I hadn't baked anything with peanuts/peanut butter yet, I had to rectify my oversight one weekend.

And this cake was born. Peanut butter features both inside the batter and in the crumbly topping. And for an extra notch of decadence, there's chocolate chips as well. My husband wants to marry this cake and live with it forever.

Nutella & Vanilla Marble Cake

This was an experimental cake from a few weeks ago. It came out decently and served as a simple dessert and tea time cake.

I realized that I hadn't utilized Nutella in any cake recently, so I decided to add it to a regular vanilla sponge cake (with butter and sugar levels adjusted). (If you're reading this, sorry J, for the blasphemy of using Nutella ;))

Triple Chocolate Orange Brownies

Chocolate cravings were ignored for months together, before I finally succumbed to make an "evil" batch of triple chocolate goodness in the form of these brownies. It is fudgy and chewy and slightly "dark" in flavor - as in, it is not too sweet.

I adapted this recipe from a handwritten recipe that I noted from a magazine a long time ago.

Rava Dhokla

A slight variation of the previous recipe, this dhokla is prepared by steaming a semolina-yogurt batter that is seasoned with green chillies, ginger-garlic, cumin, sesame seeds, coconut, and cilantro leaves.

Another easy and tasty appetizer that is also relatively healthy.

Dhokla

A quintessential Gujarathi dish, dhokla is nothing but steamed chickpea flour, seasoned with spices and coconut and cilantro.

Makes a great appetizer - healthy and tasty!

Two-Potato Vindaloo with Bell Peppers

All of us are hunting for different variations of curries and gravies. So when I came across a two-potato vindaloo recipe in this awesome book, thanks to my super wonderful friend, I had to try it.

I adapted the spice powder recommended in the book, removed a couple ingredients, substituted a couple more ingredients, etc. etc. and came up with this version.

The curry has a different variation of flavors (with a predominant note of curry leaves) and is sweet and spicy for a fulfilling meal.