Comments on: Honey~Date~Walnut Cake (Kharjuram Cake)

by: Suganya

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:04:12 +0000

I finally made this cake y’day, which has been in my bookmarks for a long time. Let me say it was de-li-cious. The flavors were simple but quite pleasing. Thank you!

So glad to see you Suganya after such long time. Hope everything is going great at the homefront. Happy that you tried and enjoyed this cake. Thanks for the feedback.
-Indira

by: Vineela

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 02:31:12 +0000

Hi Indira,
I tried this cake of yours, it turned out great. Thank you sharing this wonderful recipe. I have tried out a couple of your recipe’s, every single one has been a big hit. Apart from the recipe’s there’s so much information out here.
Thank you,
Vineela.

by: Kavitha

Sun, 20 May 2007 21:50:27 +0000

Hi Indra,

After consequetively failing 3 attempts in baking with various other recipies, I came back to your site today and looked for recipies of cake. I should first tell u that all the recipies i tried from ur site have always been successful..

Today i followed ur honey walnut cake recipe line by line..I wanted to make sure that i follow ur steps very carefully ..so my laptop was with me in my kitchen with ur page open

and you know what..today it was a success !!!
i got a cake just like the above picture..but a rectangular one

I am very thankful to you for making mine success..thanks to your decsription

I donno what I was missing..may be if i know the reason for all the ingredients like baking powder baking soda..i cud have not missed last few times..do you know..why both are needed till last time i used only baking bowder..i donno if that cud cause a disaster..Any info u can provide wud be useful..

Thanks again,
Cheers,
Kavitha.

by: lalitha

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 03:35:40 +0000

thought you might enjoy this article:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/food/ci_5321059

by: Virginia

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:05:19 +0000

For buying ingredients for South Asian and Middle Eastern cooking, other things too

http://www.kalustyans.com/

I’ve shopped there for 30+ years, starting when it was recommended by Madhur Jaffrey in her first book. Huge selection of dates, nuts, honey. Probably not the cheapest place you can find but absolutely reliable in all ways.

by: Andrew

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:14:53 +0000

Hi Indira,

Im amazed at the size of dates and walnuts you are using in this recipie - i cant seem to find any that are the same size as the pan i use to keep my honey in.. where do you get yours from?

Many thanks!

by: Kay

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:29:35 +0000

Awwwwww! How sweet of you… I’m sure this gift and the gift of your friendship is well appreciated. Congratulations to your friends!

You are a very thoughtful person.

by: Aparna

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 19:31:22 +0000

Hi Indira,

I really like your presentation skills. I keep checking if you have posted any new recipes, the joy of seeing them fulfills my stomach.
I always visit your site whenever I am trying a new recipe.
I had a question for you. By reading your recipes, I feel you do not like the milk and eggs which we get in U.S. Can you please tell me the reason and what alternatives you use or which company products you use for milk and eggs; since I am allergic to many food items in U.S, it was not like that when I was in India. Will appreciate your response. Thanks.

by: Padmaja

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:03:58 +0000

Hi Indira,

I love your tiffin carrier. Did you buy it in US? What are the specific dimesions for height, and diameter. How many cups does each tier hold? I have been shopping on line for one, but the descriptions are not very clear, and I would hate to pay a ton in shipping when I don’t know exactly what I’ll receive. Now that I have kids, and cook and take food everywhere, I think this will be very useful.

Maybe this could become a separate post to be filed under “Indian Kitchen”.

Thanks,
Padmaja

by: Katherine

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:49:27 +0000

thanks indira and archana for your answers to my question… i suspected that in other cultures, where the food is spicy, they allow babies to have spice earlier than they typically do here… i love spicy food and I can’t imagine the best way to get my daughter to enjoy it too is to feed her bland food for 3 or 4 years straight! Today she had cinnamon for the first time and loved it… of course I will wait on the hot chilis, don’t worry.

Apologies if it was not appropriate for me to use this space for this conversation — not sure of the guidelines here!