Salmon Bagel & Cheez cake

Lead Actor - The lady in the house

Supporting Cast - All those who feed off her hands

Dillema - What to cook.

I see my mother and now my wife(since we are home alone) faced with this dillema every night. Well I still being most of the time in the supporting cast get to only see it from a distance. Although I know how it feels to be faced with this question of 'what to cook' I still only have the task of feeding my sushi cravings every night. The ladies however need to feed stomachs. Believe me its very different !! Different and Difficult

So I wud just like to start todays posting by taking a bow to the 'Main Leads' in every house !!

On a sunday evening we were at one of our favourite spots in the city. The Godrej Nature Fresh in Bandra. Now if u r a gourmet foodie theres no way you can miss the godrej outlets that have sprung up in the city. This is the only place where I actually enjoy shopping.
Like I said earlier, the salmon fillet even after the slow relish got over in two servings last week. The last serving was a near perfect slice of sashimi on saturday night. I was in godrej with the sole purpose of replenishing my salmon for the sushi experiments i was to conduct during the course of this week. On our way to godrej we just played with the idea of makin a cheez cake at home, It was only after taking the 226 gms of philladelphia cheez in my palm did i think we could actually make our first cheeze cake. On my way home ,i felt a little guilty towards my Sushi experiment and promised myself to use the cream cheez for my sushi as well.

Salmon - philly Cheez - Cucumber - I had everything for a new sushi but then I also had one more thing. The Bagel !! I cudnt resist feeling its softness and the smooth underbase. I had eaten a cream cheez salmon bagel years ago and did not really chearish it and ended up paying 300 /- My cheez and salmon cravings which only get satisfied in Norway ,shouted loud last night. So i cut the bagel put the cream cheez and .. topped with salmon slices and .. !! The bagel which was originally bought for a monday morning breakfast ended up feasted on the sunday dinner table.

I sat contended in my living room without the television listening to spanish music selected by Asha to add to the mood. Oh ya it was the perfect cullinary evening .. but there was the climax and it was being worked on by her in the kitchen. "The cheez cake is made" the voice called. It was more of .. Hello Who is going to help with the cake ?? Well It was then that i rememberd about the cheez cake. It says that baking requires precise measurements topped with correct temperature and time. If these basics are managed the result would always be yumm !

Last night we pretty much messed up with all the three. But the result still was yumm !! To all u cheez cake lovers .. never eat a flavoured cheez cake .. rather eat your normal cake with a accompanyin sauce. Yesterday it was fruit of the season sauce .. Mango !

I realised last night ,a succesful baking experiment is more satisfying than a gone well cooking experiment. Coz in cooking you get to taste ur stuff at so many points during the process. In baking .. its only the before and after. Before it goes into the oven and after it comes out.

We are glad ours came out well !! :)

Sushi ! I will get back to u tonight again !



Heres a basic cheez cake process.

- Philly Cheez 4 parts , 2 parts White unsalted butter (parsi diary) , less than one part sugar, Condensed milk 1 part. Whisk whisk whisk dont use an electric device .. the more the pain the sweeter the result. :)
Now when the mixture is consistent and smooth then whisk 2 eggs into it. Make sure the Oven is heatin up at 180 deg Cel ( we got it at 300 deg celcius due to the metric system mess) ..

Line up the base and sides of the bakin utensil with butter and later dust some flour (courtsey asha) then grind ur marrie biscuits and mix it with butter 1/3rd of Marrie . Coat the base with the biscuit and butter mix.

Pur over the mixture and bake for 45 mins till the surface is nice and brown. I like it this way.

Bon Appetit !