This is a very easy snack to curb your cavings any time of the day. Mumbai Chilli Cheese Pao is inspired by the many Parsi or Persian cafes in Mumbai and Pune. A lot of people also know them as Irani cafes. The persian recipe and flavours that exist in India today sort of travelled from the then Persia when a large chunk of the population migrated to India many many years back. We’re so thankful it happened because a new cuisine was born – which is served till this day in the

These are really the softest buns you’ll possibly make at home or even eat. Buns and breads are eaten in different forms globally and in all cultures and cuisines. These are very versatile and can be used for multiple purposes. You can use it as a base for garlic breads, to sandwich a patty, make sliders, Mumbai-style vada pav, or just an accompaniment to your main course as a soft and fluffy dinner roll. The possibilities are endless! It tastes best just softly warmed and sm

An ‘easy to bake’ bread with hidden flavours. Simply follow the recipe, bake your own herbed bread and slice it to admire the piece of art that you baked. Serve it with a topping, or simply toast and butter it… will taste good any way! We have already taught you a regular whole wheat bread, now its time to up your game with bread-making. We make this exactly how we made our whole wheat bread earlier. The process remains same but we’re making a white loaf and putting a layer o

Yeast is a microscopic fungus which is used for leavening or raising agents in baking. When yeast is added to flour for making a dough fermentation occurs converting the starch into carbon dioxide and alcohol. Yeast requires warm temperature for fermentation to happen, but extremely high temperatures can also kill it. Carbon dioxide produced during the process creates air pockets hence rising the dough. On baking the yeast dies and the air pockets become stable, giving the ba

Whole-wheat bread… who doesn’t want to bake a fresh loaf at home! We know you’ve all been eager and want to bake one yourself, especially when you’re home-locked and otherwise too. We call this a 50-50 wholewheat bread because we’re using wholewheat flour and wheat flour half and half. You can use more wholewheat flour but that’s a choice. It keeps getting denser with more wholewheat flour and lighter or fluffier with more flour. When we say more or less, it doesn’t mean more

Mushroom buns are fairly easy to make, wholesome on their own, and can be used for breakfast, packed for your office lunch, served as an evening snack or dinner accompaniment. These are simply yumm! Ingredients for the dough Here we’ve taken, flour, sugar, salt, warm water, butter, milk and yeast. You can use any yeast you’re comfortable using (fresh or dried, for fresh just double the amount of yeast in the recipe. We’ve used Fleischmann’s here. They also have 7g sachets whi