Recipes from Incredible Kitchen

  The notions of family and food are deeply intertwined in all cultures and it’s no different in India where women put so much effort, love and care to cook for their families and our family is no different. My mom is an amazing woman: warm, kind and affectionate. Not only is she a fantastic cook: she prepares three full meals from scratch, every day, three times a day, but her food is delicious. She puts so much love, attention and care into her cooking and she is constantly innovating and trying new ways of cooking so I thought why not share her knowledge and skills with all our friends and beyond?Hence the idea for Incredible Kitchen. The shared experience of cooking and eating together can turn strangers into family and create lasting bonds. My hope is that by cooking the recipes from Incredible Kitchen and sharing the food with your families and friends, you will become part of our family: the Incredible Kitchen family. With love, Kanwal from Incredible Kitchen  

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Banana & Walnut Cake

An easy recipe for a most wonderful banana and walnut cake. Let's get baking!

Here comes my confession! I do not like bananas. You ask, “why are you sharing banana and walnut cake recipe?” Well, while I don’t like bananas, I do love recipes with bananas! I love banana shakes, banana ice cream and carmalised bananas! And banana and walnut cake is one of my favourite cakes. I bake this banana and walnut cake all the time and it goes perfectly with tea and coffee. It’s a…

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Home made Christmas Baubles

Home made Christmas Baubles

Little joys of christmas – home made baubles I made these little Christmas baubles (first image) at home with just salt and four. They are super easy and a really fun little project to do! & they last forever and you can use them again and again. If you want to give it a try, recipe below! Ingredients 2 cups plain flour1 cup white salt1 cup water Steps Knead the doughRoll it out 1/4 inch…

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Holiday Gift Wrapping Ideas

Holiday Gift Wrapping Ideas

Is there any more joyful time of the year than the festive Christmas season? Lights twinkling, aroma of cinnamon & ginger wafting through the air, cakes baking in the oven, and lots of fun little decorating and diy crafts! One of the most joyful things is creating something with your hands whether it’s to knit a scarf or create a christmas decoration. And with Christmas season around the…

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Thumbprint Peanut Butter w Raspberry Jam

An easy recipe for amazing thumbprint peanut butter cookies with raspberry jam. The recipe is easy with step-by-step instructions. Let's bake cookies!

Question for you all: what’s a good time to have cookies? a) Never b) Every once in a while c) Once a week d) Anytime! If you answered a, I am not sure why you are reading this post! But if it’s any other choice, you will love these thumbprint peanut butter cookies with raspberry jam! But if you answered d, then you are a being after my own heart! In that case, you should check out other…

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Boondi Ladoo for Diwali

A super easy recipe for boondi ladoos for making boondi ladoos at home! Get ready for diwali with this recipe for boondi ladoos. Happy diwali!

Let there be light! & sweets! Diwali is the Festival of Lights but I think it should be called Festival of Lights & sweets given the copious amounts of sweets made and consumed! & boondi ladoos are a very popular sweets in India. They look super festive with beautiful yellow colour with a bit of real gold & silver foil decorations on the top. Boondi ladoos are very easy to make and you can…

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Raspberry& Yogurt Bundt Cake

This is an easy to bake bundt cake with raspberry and yogurt! Let's celebrate the end of summer with this beautiful raspberry cake with pink glaze! Enjoy baking!

End of summer is upon us but I am trying to squeeze every bit of summer as possible before we head into autumn. I have a few more recipes to get through before I start with autumunal recipes. This cake has bit of yogurty flavour but if you are not a fan of yogurt but you can also replace it with sour cream / whole cream if you are not a fan of yogurt and it tastes just as delicious. The…

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No Churn Blueberry Ice Cream

Egg free no churn blueberry icecream is one the best ice creams that I have ever made! This egg free no churn blueberry icre cream recipe is super easy to follow. Let's make some blueberry icecream!

One of the most joyful things about summer is ice cream! However, I stayed away from making ice creams for a long time as I didn’t have an ice cream maker at home. But once I discovered the no-churn ice cream, there was no looking back! Since then I have made all sorts of ice creams with this method. This egg free no churn blueberry ice cream is one of my favourites to make over the summer…

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Cream Cheese and Chocolate Cake

Gorgeous cream cheese and chocolate cake is a perfect cake for evening tea or a celebration! This cake is so delicious that you will make it again and again. Let's get baking!

This beautiful cheese and chocolate cake was hands down my favourite chocolate cake that I baked this year! The delicious moist chocolate cake layered with a decandent cheese layer. While the It’s a tricky cake to bake so I would highly recommend getting a good quality bundt pan. I used a pan from nordic ware but I still have broken the cake on occasion when taking it out of the pan. The cheese…

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Meringue with poached cherries, whipped cream and pistachio

This is a stunning summer dessert recipe for meringuewith poached cherries, whipped cream and pistachios. This is a gorgeous dessert for summer picnics and celebrations! Get baking now!

Meringue with poached cherries, whipped cream and pistachio In my view cherries are the finest jewels of summer. I love eating cherries but I love them equally in desserts, cakes and ice cream. For this dessert, I paired poached cherries with whipped cream and toasted pistachios with home-baked meringue. It’s a lovely fresh summery dessert perfect for picnics and celebrations. I covered the…

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How to Style Ice Cream

How to Style Ice Cream

Is there any major cuisine which doesn’t have ice cream or some kind of frozen treat? I don’t think so! However, ice cream is hard to photograph. Even before you say action, it’s melted & your shot is ruined. After shot lots of ice cream, I thought I will write a blog post sharing some of the tips which makes it super easy to photograph ice cream. One of the first things to do before you get…

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Key Lime Tart

Super easy recipe for making key lime tart at home! Easy to follow step-by-step instructions to make key limes tart using Bengali Gondhoraj limes. Let's make key lime tart with a difference!

Who loves key lime tart? But have you ever tried key lime tart with a different kind of limes? I live close to a bengali grocery store and they have always have these amazing limes. These are super fragrant lime are called Gondoraj. They are large oval shaped lime with hard skin. As soon as you slice one, the kitchen is filled with this amazing fragrance. The juice is amazing in taste too! So…

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Eggless Cake (With Condensed Milk)

An easy recipe for making eggless cake with condensed milk. This recipes results in a moist and delicious eggless cake. Get baking!

Love of cakes! Especially eggless cakes! I grew up eating only one kind of cake:  an eggless cake with condensed milk! So it holds a special place in my heart and is still one of my favourite cakes to eat. And it’s one of the more popular cakes to bake at home in India because it’s egg free and condensed milk is easily available.  But just because this cake is egg free does not mean that it’s…

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Pretty Pink Macarons

Easy recipe for macarons using french meringue technique using step by step instructions along with additional notes. Let's make macarons!

Does the world really need another macaron recipe …? Hmmm… Seeing that you are reading this easy macarons recipe, I guess, I have decided that world does need another macaron recipe! It took me about half a dozen attempts to make my first good batch of macarons. I made copious notes during each attempt which helped me fine tune the ingredient ratio and process steps. The trickiest was to get…

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Zeera Biscuit

An easy recipe for amazing zeera biscuits! Get reading to make these delicious zeera biscuits.

If I were going on a deserted island and I was allowed to take only one kid of biscuits, it would be zeera biscuits (cumin seed biscuits). Zeera biscuits are a super popular treat in India. Every bakery worth its name makes zeera biscuits. A perfect combination of salt and savoury with a hint of spice which comes from zeera (cumin seeds) these biscuits melt in the mouth. And these go so so well…

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Coffee Cupcakes w Vanilla Bean Buttercream

One of the easiest cupcakes to make! Super delicious and ready in under half hour. What are you waiting for? Let's get baking!

Instant coffee cupcakes with vanilla bean buttercream are one of the easiest cupcakes to make. They are ready in under 30 minutes and are super delicious. I normally don’t make buttercream with frosting sugar and prefer a swiss meringue buttercream. But this buttercream works really well with these cupcakes. Strong, slightly bitter taste of the coffee is beautifully complimented by the sweet…

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How to Make a Perfect Meringue

How to Make a Perfect Meringue

Meringue is a pain to make! what is wrong with my meringue? How to make a perfect meringue? Is there a recipe for making a perfect meringue? These are some of the common complaints when making a meringue. Not to jinx myself but I sort of never had any trouble making meringues. First time I tried making a meringue, it turned out absolutely fine. However, meringue kisses were another…

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6 Week Food Photography Course

6 Week Food Photography Course

Learn to photograph food over six weeks

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