Vishaka Rautela

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Pasta with a charred red pepper sauce

I call myself a foodie but I also have a long list of food I hate. My friends and family have been given that long list to memorise as it seriously upsets me when they don’t remember what I hate. ???. Yeah. I am a fussy foodie. On the list, besides a million other things is …

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Stuffed Mushrooms

Have u seen those cartoons that have these hearts popping out of their eyes when they see or hear something they love. Well I get like that when someone says mushrooms ??, esp stuffed mushrooms. I have been making these stuffed mushrooms for years and just realised for some reason have never featured them on the …

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Eggless Red Velvet Cuppies with Cream Cheese frosting

My Achilles heel seems to be red velvet. Always stayed away from it. I attempted it once on my birthday and got a Maroon colour cake with a crusty texture. It was tasty but not the red velvet I wanted Tried another recipe today and the taste and texture is awesome but still didn’t get …

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Mix Berry Vanilla Cake

What if you miss celebrating your dearest friend’s birthday. Simple you just surprise her the next time you meet. She is someone who keeps nagging, is it eggless  or please make eggless na.   A recipe I see so many bakers using recently has been on my mind. Everyone has good things to say about …

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Cheesy Bacon Egg Cups

U know those easy food videos that keep popping up in FB. The ones that are so droolsome. Well I save those and I keep wanting to try some of it but keep forgetting Today for breakfast, chose one of those from Tasty and boy was that good. Not good, it was awesome My killer …

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After Eight Layered Cuppies

Another combination I love is mint and chocolate. Adore after eight chocolates and have been wanting to try that combination Here are chocolate cupcakes with peppermint flavour and whipped cream in the layers. Layered cupcakes are a great option to mini cakes. Ingredients 4 eggs 1 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 3/4 …

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Strawberry Margarita Truffles

6 months ago a group of strangers from Chef at Large met up for lunch. The meet that started at 12 pm went on till 11:30 pm. We realised we had loads in common esp daaru and madness and thus the Vella Gang was formed. We laugh, we cry, we share, we drink and we …

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Walnut & Strawberry Chocolate Fudge

My daughters school has a Diwali party today and she wanted to me to make something to share with her friends. It slipped my mind till late last night and then I panicked. God, am late. She is gonna be mad if I don’t make something. The easiest recipe came to mind. So made a …

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Candyland cake

My son turned 5 and we have been having a countdown since a month. Every time I asked him what cake do u want, he kept having different requests. Once he wants a Spider-Man cake then a car cake then a jake and the never land cake then …. Finally I told him, leave it …

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Spinach Mushroom & Bacon Quiche

I just returned from a home bakers convention and feel all geared up to try so many new baked dishes. For some reason I always baked sweet and never savoury. I secretly always drooled at quiches and pies with the hope of making it some day. The only thing that frightened me was getting the crust …

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