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If you haven’t checked out Sweet + Simple Bakes, it’s a great new site that is being hosted by Rosie and Maria. It promotes baking for amateurs and gets us to make the most delicious, simple bakes every month. Kinda like a Daring Bakers for those who have never baked, don’t bake much or those professional bakers who just want to get back to the basics.

For this month’s Sweet + Simple Bakes challenge, we got to make fabulous Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. I’ve made muffins before, but this was so good and so simple. The banana added a moistness to the muffins, which we loved.

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Samosas are my primary love. I can have them any day of the week at all times of the day. Needless to say, this isn’t possible - it’s not the most healthy snack - especially when it’s fried. But these aren’t - or atleast they don’t have to be.

This recipe was passed onto my mom by her college roommate, and is definitely an old, traditional Gujarati recipe.

Samosas

For the Shell:
2 cups All-Purpose Flour
1/4 cup melted butter

For the Filling:
1.5 cups boiled Potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces
1/2 cup Peas, cooked
2 tbsp Amchur powder (dried mango powder) or Chaat Masala
2 tsp Chilli powder
1 tsp Garam Masala
Salt, to taste

Roast & Grind:
1/4 cup Fennel Seeds
1/4 cup Coriander Seeds
4-5 dried Red Chillies<br …

For the Open Sesame riddle (and I love DK and Siri’s riddles!), I was sent this one:

A moniker in my name for a city
A phrase with me will make you cherished
I am so good for you in my utter simplicity
In Medical dictionary the fact so furnished

I am so famous in the world of bytes
Known for many aspects of usage
I am fat and rotund and make crunchy bites
My fame known from many religious traditions - right from the old age

Am, I forbidden? Or mystical ?
or the eternal giver of Youth
I consist of five internal carpels
Am good for good health of your mouth

I am as b…