Of boys and brownies!

i owe my love for food to a boy

save all the awws!!
this is an ex-boy!

no, i wont make you read through the whole sad story, i'm too kind for that!

so when youre 16/18/21/ ( i'm not going make my age any more obvious) you listen to sad mushy feeling-busting love songs, cry into pillows ,meet the best friend for coffee(or whatever liquid it takes) , wallow in it in whatever way you can and then VOILA  one day you wake up and dont feel so bad!
if youre lucky, you also realize what a douche he was!

you pull your socks up, put on some pink lipstick and catwalk back into your life! #yaymoment

then, growing up some more  realization dawns, that you dont need the drama anymore!
you look for the THE ONE or someone close, because stability would be nice and comforting! (i know, wise words right)
then you meet someone who fits the bill, and feel, did i conquer Mt.Everest or what!

then 'someone' pushes you off Mt.Everest, Jill comes tumbling down

survival of the fittest! survival involves change! bigger the better!

i changed my job, moved to a different city, and started living all by myself !

the thing about living alone is that you start realizing that food is a massive part of your life and day!
initially its a rainbow variety of takeaways but then palate boredom sets in and then a boycott is issued against takeaways of any kind!

thus began my experiments in the kitchen!

sometimes it would be something as simple as a toasted loaf of bread with some chopped tomatoes,rock salt and extra virgin olive oil drizzled on it!
some other times, i'd chance upon a neglected pack of vermicelli in the kitchen closet , add some orange zest, sugar and cream to it to get a divine pudding for dessert!

a while later, i started baking!
brownies were the first baking that i did with chocolate and iv been an incessant brownie baker and eater ever since!

the first batch that i made was cakey and crumbly, i would realize much later that  it had a good amount of flour and not a lot of butter which gave it its cakey crumby texture!
ofcourse , i loved it anyways! because,

there is NO wrong brownie! 

much later , i made a chunky brownie, out of sheer convenience!
i had one egg and so added extra butter and extra sugar and extra chocolate to make up the batter!

THAT brownie, was my undoing!!

my very own EUREKA brownie moment!

chunky, gooey, fudgey, ..   one bite, and you went straight to chocolate heaven!

goes without saying that these are the only brownies i bake ever since!


i have tried a lot of combinations since then with white chocolate chips, snicker bar chips, salted peanuts, etc but , this is my most favourite combination!
happy happy meal!


salted caramel and dark chocolate ganache brownie bars:

i must warn you, these are like resuscitation after absolutely anything that could have stabbed your good day!
moderation is not going to be easy!
  
-once baked, chill the brownies in the baking tin for atleast 3hours or so,  
-pour hot and freshly made caramel sauce on top, sprinkle some rock salt and chill again, till the the caramel sauce cools and sets.
-once set, pour some dark chocolate ganache (made with some dark rum and 40% or  70% dark chocolate) on the caramel and let it chill and set!
-cut into squares

now,  no matter who asks,  Dont Share! 

CHEERS!  To boys , who make us see the talented brownie bakers we were meant to be!

First hi-hullos!! :)

IN NIGELLA WE TRUST

so.... i love food!

i chop, knead , bake , host , feed , and that is pretty much all it takes for me to have a great day! (throw in a foot massage and its christmas!)

once upon a time i lived a life where i was too busy to bother entering the kitchen! 

now i make hourly visits, with or without purpose!

now there is a different kind of hope with which one opens the fridge door even though you know what youre going to find! (green veggies et al)
and then there is that surge of joy when in the middle of a sleepless night the door opens and you strike gold in the form of some leftover dessert or simply a half eaten bar of chocolate!

most weekends i have orgasmic food dates with some fellow food junkies on a regular basis where we talk and dissect food and recipes and ovens and not to forget.. Nigella!(cant leave her out, she brought oomph into the kitchen). 
and since i'm impeccably single at the moment, these are the only occasions i get close to using the words date and orgasm.
 
so i thought, why not just write about it all! (food included, not just about being single silly!)

and therefore , my blog is primitive , like the stone age man, whose only concern in life was eating food and making children!
   
and thats my first post, i know its not a lot, but have a wee bit of patience now will you!

pleased to meet you too dear reader!!

Nigella does it again!