Month: August 2020

Easy No-Knead Sourdough Bread

I’ve wanted to bake sourdough bread for years, but was always intimidated by the amount of work it seemed to involve. It took a global pandemic and a quarantine to allay those fears. Nevertheless, sourdough baking is life-altering and once you get started, you will never look back. Or buy […]

 

How to create and maintain a sourdough starter

Welcome! If you’re here, it’s probably because you’re considering sourdough bread baking. Sourdough bread is fermented bread made with naturally occurring yeast and bacteria in flour. All you need to bake sourdough bread are 3 ingredients  – flour, water and salt. That’s it! No milk, oil, sweeteners, preservatives etc. Plus […]

 

Curried Lima Beans

This recipe features a traditional Indian Gujarati dish (Gujarat is a state in India known for its distinct cuisine) called Vaal nu Shaak. As is the case with most traditional dishes, every household usually has their own version of the basic recipe with a few tweaks. I learned this dish […]