Cooking is therapeutic. At the same time, if you are in a bad mood and carry it on while cooking,it can very easily ruin your food and your already ruined mood. So when in a bad mood, enter the kitchen with a view to create something and elevate your mood.You are sure to do a great job.
I was always interested in cooking or let me put it this way ,that I always had a desire to cook.It never seemed mundane to me.In fact , I wanted to study home science, but ended up a medical doctor.My mother who is 85 ,cooks till date and that too fabulously and has been a great source of inspiration for me.My mother , however,wanted me & my siblings to focus on our studies & hence I really dint cook much till after my marriage.Luckily ,for me, my mom in law & sisters-in-law all were fab cooks and that really motivated me further to learn to cook.I could'nt even light the gas stove, when I got married.So I firmly beleive,cooking is not a big deal at all, if you are motivated.
I must mention, a major source of inspiration here,Mrs.Kamla Lal, who was our land lady, a math teacher and an awesome cook.My mother,mom & sisters in law were all into traditional Indian cooking, but Mrs Lal , makes food from any part of the world.Before she went into full time catering, she would send something that she'd cook,every day, to my kitchen.Mini burgers, chocolate fudge,meringues,pop overs, mini chocolate eclairs,plum cakes, Khao Suey...the list is endless.My major interest was in baking and confectionery and Mrs Lal's dishes were there and made you feel that these are not just something you see on the shelves of a bakery and salivate but something you can actually make at home.That did the trick.So here I am ,cooking with passion and have my dear family, colleagues and friends encouraging me , so much so, that one of them created this blog for me.Thanx ,my dear guinea pigs.
Since my last post, I made traditional trifle which has a sponge cake as its base.I like to make my own, but you can buy ready sponge cake, soak with juice of your choice/condensed milk diluted with milk/diluted liquer....use your imagination.Top it with fruits and jelly cut into cubes.Finally drizzle cream/custard over it.You can garnish with roasted nuts. When made in individual glasses they look very colourful and appetizing.
Today i made Tiramisu cake.It was really a "Cake walk".I had already made the sponge cakes yesterday. So i just sliced each into two, so I could ice them.I soaked them in a mixture of strong coffee & Kahlua.The mascarpone cheese from Sugar & Spice was very nice.I just had to whip the cream,add strong coffee & Kahlua to the cheese, fold the cream into the cheese coffee Kahlua mixtur and my icing was ready.I iced the cake halves , placed one half over the other and iced the top & sides.I had seen some Kopikos imported coffee candies in a tin,in the market.I picked some coz I thought I would crush some and use them like praline to garnish my coffee cakes and Tiramisu .This is precisely what I did. The other cake, I covered with grated coffee flavoured chocolate. I made some individual tiramisu desserts, as well, in liquer glasses, .Tiramisu was really easy.Its my favourite dessert and I am so delighted that I could churn out not one but multiple.I shall post the detailed recipe subsequently.Till then.....Take care.Thanx for following my blog.
P.S.Remember, if I, who could'nt light the gas , can cook today, anyone can!!!
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