Food Blogging in general makes you think about food, recipes ideas, writing and presentation in ways not thought of before. Food Blogging Event in particular makes you put on your thinking cap and takes thought process to a whole new level especially when a new food ingredient is involved. I was stumped when the key ingredient for this time’s AFAM event was announced as DATES. Dates adorn our pantry as a garnishing ingredient for our cereal or oatmeal and occasionally to be eaten as is. Other than that I have very limited or in fact, almost no experience at all…
Steamed Toor Daal Dill Cake
When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade, said somebody. Groovy! But what does one do when given a soaked cup of Toor daal? This was my quandary one weekday evening after getting back from work, when I found myself staring at soaked Toor daal, when I thought I had soaked Chana daal earlier in the morning that day to do God-knows-what. “Serves you right, for placing the Toor daal jar right next to the Chana daal, anybody in the right mind would be confused” said the inner voice. “Yeah right! I have hundreds of chores to finish before setting foot…