Cake House

'A Year in Provence meets Hotel Babylon' (Daily Mail) Content: House-hunting in Gascony (SW France) is not for the fainthearted as Peter (48) and Jan (45) discover. But they find their dream house. Starting its renovation they not only find an old grenade, but a bunch of secret papers as well. They are shocked being told about a murder in the village, threatened by snakes and other vermin and a mysterious derelict neighbouring farm seems to be booby-trapped, but why?  Jan wants to convert the house into a small luxury hotel but all Peter wants is a holiday home. Over time Peter’s resistance is eroded. What a woman wants…The house back home is sold, a flat found. They are now in France most of the time. The hotel is in business. Jan has interviewed Yvette, a local girl to help her with the rooms.  Delayed guests have arrived. Honeymooners. A ghost from the past drops in, Hugo Sanchez, claiming the house is his. Jan kicks out the first guests. New guests arrive, two househunting...

This is the consecutive third year that I am guest posting in  Lubna's " Joy from Fasting to Feasting ".  I am grateful to Lubna for the guest post invitation and this time I am introducing you to this amazing dish  Erachi Pola . Check this out in her blog and please let me know...

P rawns pulav is a simple and an easy dish to prepare within minutes. I made this within 30 minutes before going out as I had marinated prawns kept in the freezer for frying. To avoid consuming too much of oil if fried stuff, I thought of an easy way to have this marinated prawns and it came out perfect. The perfect blend of spices and the flavors of prawns combined in rice makes this a very tasty and yummy pulav which each and every prawn lover would love to try. Poppy seeds will be always there in my kitchen as I like to add them in chicken or egg gravy. Just take a spoonful and grind along with tomatoes or anything that goes well with it. Ingredients: Prawns (washed and deveined)- 100 gms Onions (sliced)- 3 nos Red Chilli powder- 2 tbsp Turmeric powder- 1 tsp Pepper powder- 1 tsp Salt- as required Cloves- 4 nos Cinnamon- 1 no Cardamom- 4 nos Rice- 2 Cups Water- 2 ½ Cups To Grind: Ginger and Garlic paste- 1 tbsp Tomatoes- 2 nos Poppy Seeds/ Khus khus- 2 tsp Green Chillies- 3 nos Cori...