GOIABADA,PERADA,GUAVA CHEESE -THE GOA PORTUGUESA WAY

This recipe was born outa love ....for my mom , from whom i hear the fondest stories of her grand mommy making slices of perada , and filling jars and jars with them ,
 when they were kids...

I imagine mom , with her curly locks and dimple smile ,
 grabbing two little handfuls and more of these , and as she fondly and most cutely tells me how they took lods on the quiet , not coz she didn give it to them , but coz it was never enough...

I picture , all those hours of stirring , bend over wood fires ,
 in a mud pot and wooden laddle....
  ...and the excitement of the children when those sacks of guavas from their farms made their way home,
 well knowing what was going to be there in store for them in a few days from then.

Even as i write this , at 2.14 am , there is a large pot on the flame , with the guava pulp and sugar ,simmering away on low fire.

Yeah ,i have a few tricks up my sleeve , that i can afford to leave it un attended for awhile.

+ this time , im gng to split the time , like i'll have it simmering till i go to sleep , and then continue simmering tomorrow , which actually gives a better consistency.

 If u visit Goa too , Perada is a sweet every goan store stocks on and sells well ,not the spread variety but the bar variety..

PORTUGUESE CORN BREAD & SPINACH SWIRLS

There is something that makes me bright eyed and bushy tailed way before sunrise on some a day.
Something special the fragrance of which will have you run to the kitchen. 

And place the butter dish with the danish or french butter and your fav spreader out at the patio , warming in the rising sun , and as you sip in your esspreso or chai flavored with ginger , lemon grass or cardomn or all, let that freshly baked bread melt the butter, the delicate crumb, giving your taste buds , a great sunshine morning. . .

Yeah , no prizes for guessing this one, baking bread for breakfast is a delight i love to indulge in.

Peter r , thru his books, has given me something precious, the span of time, and along with it loads of convience , of proofing in refrigeration.

Slow proofing with instant dry yeast, (oh i love SAF perfect rise sachets but make do with gloripan angel instant yeast most of the time, due to un availia , but gloripan will soon be available in sachets too.