The Pandemic changed how we live,eat,breathe and even think.But what didn’t change was the constant search for tasty home cooked meals.The ones which don’t make you feel faint reading the recipe. Growing up my mom and sister never let me miss tasty home cooked meals .
While my mom made ever day meal delicious my sister was the quintessential gourmet cook.Her love for Sanjeev Kapoor ,Tarla Dalal ,Nigella Lawson and the Masterchef Australia show kept me and my tummy happy.I was a willing clean up incharge.I was also the official taster.
Life was good.In my hostel days in Delhi I found idling, dosa and breK pakora my staple snacks.Having that fir three years has made me unable to look at an idle or dosa from 2010to 2013 .After that I was happy indulging in Idli for breakfast from Ramkrishna lunch home , right across our place in Kolkata.
When I traveled to Malda for work, outside food was a strict no no.The favourite Rannar mashi arrived.She was kind helpful, with a sweet temperament but she had a love for extra oil.My airfryer helped her fight the pour-extra-oil-over-everything syndrome.But this is my nostalgia speaking.Since 2020 March I have no cook.Everytime we talk to a cook,COVID strikes somewhere and we battle on.
But I digress,I got today’s book Bread and Breakfast from the Blogchatter library to avoid slowly falling into the dumps of boring recipes.It didn’t disappoint.The book is written by Lawyer author blogger and is chock fill of delicious recipes, both using bread and from scratch.I am forever trying to make ragi idl and faring miserably.So hopefully this time I will do better.
There are twenty recipes. My favorites from the book are :
Bread rolls,Focaccia,Ragi idli Ragi dosa, Wheat jaggery chilla,Cheesy moonglet.
Biggest draw back is, I can’t taste along,while I read.There should be tasters with cook books. Definitely something to think about.Ever since I read the book I am dreaming of bread rolls and Cheesy moonglets.
The book: Breads and Breakfast by Shail Parekh Thosani
Blurb:Cooking a variety dish does not mean it has to be complicated and lengthy. The cookbook contains two sections, the first section is based on simple and easy to make recipes using breads (both brown and white) and the second section has very easy to make breakfast recipes.
Each and every recipe has very simple and easy to follow steps and the outcome dish, be it using breads or from the breakfast section, all have very unique flavors.
Download the book https://www.theblogchatter.com/uploads/ebookl/1621507780_ShailBreadsandBreakfast.pdf
Who is this book for?
The home cook who wants easy doable recipes for snacks or breakfast. With this book you can’t go wrong.The busy mom planning tiffin and snacks. The wannabe teenage cook to try their hands at easy to make delicious recipes.
Who is this not for?
If you are on a strict diet.
Pros :Easy, locally available resources,delicious recipe.
Cons:Makes you feel hungry (not really a con).
Download this but don’t binge!
This is part of the Blogchatter Book Review Program and the Blogchatter Half Marathon.
