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summer

Desserts & Sweets/ Recipes

Thandai Mousse

Thandai Mousse / www.quichentell.com

Thandai mousse is such a perfect dessert for our scorching summers. It’s airy, tangy with a gentle sweetness that hints delicately at roses and saffron. Nothing about a thandai mousse should be overpowering. When you put a cloud-like spoonful in your mouth, it should dissolve on your tongue, like you’re getting a cool, butterfly kiss of  sweetness. Keep it light I’ve eaten many mousses, and a large number were too…

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Appetisers, Soups & Salads/ Recipes/ Seafood

Shrimp Salad With Tangy Thai Dressing

Shrimp Salad With Tangy Thai Dressing / www.quichentell.com

A shrimp salad came to mind when I spotted a box of glistening green tomatoes at the vegetable store. Don’t know why, but the idea of fat, crispy shrimps nestling in a big bowl loaded with a tumble of fresh, emerald tomatoes, crunchy cucumbers and fragrant herbs set off my imagination. Then I thought, a big bowl of that doused with an Asian-style dressing, all salty and lemony would make…

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