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Going all the way to Mexico      Well not really, am at the moment sitting in London writing about a Mexican bread. Cemita originates from city and region of Puebla in Mexico. It refers to the bread as well as the sandwich itself. The bread bun or roll is made with flour, fat and egg and has sesame seeds on top. It has a brioche like texture, crispy on the outside and soft and spongy inside and slightly sweet. Found as street food in many cities and towns of  Mexico, as well as the streets of  New York and Los Angeles. The sandwich typically contains a white cheese, avocado,meat, onions, salsa and papalo herb. Papalo is very much similar to coriander. Some bakers added the herb to the bread whereas some added it to the sandwich. Apparently the cemita found outside Mexico is not the same as the authentic stuff. Well, I'm not an expert on this subject. All I can say is when the August challenge on We Knead to bake came up, I happily baked the cemita rolls and made my version of the

Taking tropical fruit to Europe Let me introduce you to the group: #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme.   Follow our Pinterest board   right here .   Links are also updated each month on this  home page . How is the theme decided? We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.   Would you like to join? If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to  foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com .      I just recently joined a new group which bakes. Different groups have different rules and different themes. I am excited and the same time a bit apprehensive. I am hoping I will be able to meet the requirements. As soon as the host for the month Pavani of Cook's Hideout  set the theme for August, which is bread made with summer bounty, I thought "it's not really summer in my part of the world". We are going through what is know

Appreciation      When one writes endearing comments on posts or facebook or likes your hard work, it brings immense satisfaction. Appreciating hard work has many advantages. One makes new connections, learns new things, makes one a better person, makes one work harder and above all makes one happy. We can appreciate what life offers us, appreciate what others do for us, appreciate when one cares for you, appreciate when someone teaches us. Appreciating someone else's work does not make one little but on the contrary makes them benevolent. Little words like sorry, thank you, hello,  makes ones day more happy. Lets make a conscious effort to appreciate more and complain less. That sort of contradicts what I wrote in my last post, however, after venting my frustration and anger, I calm down and appreciate the better things in life.    Coming to today's recipe,what is a raita? It is simply a yogurt based side dish which may contain raw or cooked vegetables, fruits or boondi (chick

Road frustration   Every person driving a car, matatu (local transport mini vans), rickshaw,lorry or riding a bike or scooter or motor cycle thinks that they own the road. Every person thinks that he/she has to get to their destination in a jiffy. Every person thinks that others waiting in the queue in a traffic are either stupid or foolish or not smart. The result is road hogs are born and the bigger the vehicle the more menacing they are. They manage to drive off smaller vehicles off the road. Rickshaws or tuk tuks (as they are called here) drivers steer in and out of lanes not worried about causing jams, scrapping other vehicles or causing one to brake suddenly. Their attitude is "you dare even touch and see the consquences". They know that the bigger will be blamed. Matatu drivers literally think they are the kings of the road and the rest are cockroaches. Road courtesy and manners are thrown out of the window. No one wants to follow correct lanes, give way, obey traffic