Savitha Balakrishna, Author at Recipes Globally

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Homemade Ricotta Cheese Cake

By Savitha Balakrishna on February 1, 2014 Italian Baking

Age-old Italian Cheesecake – Simplicity at its best!! Cheese cakes have been since ages, since from nearly 500 years old history states about it. Ancient Roman-style cheesecake uses honey and a ricotta-like cheese along with flour and is traditionally shaped into loaves. Italian-style cheesecake uses ricotta cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and sometimes barley flakes. […]

Clarified Butter

By Savitha Balakrishna on December 31, 2013 Indian Condiments, Oils

Ghee (Clarified Butter) – The Aromatic and Healthy part !! Ghee is a type of clarified butter that is prepared by boiling butter and removing the residue. Spices can be added for flavor. Ghee has a long shelf-life and needs no refrigeration if kept in an airtight container to prevent oxidation. The texture, color […]

About Savitha Balakrishna

My cooking started like any other married woman, when I got married. I have tasted my mom cooking, but never was interested to learn how. In the beginning of my marriage, being a career woman didn’t have time or patience to learn cooking. Finally, my BFF, who happens to be colleague stepped in, told me to watch some cooking shows on PBS (Saturdays, when I relaxed). So I started to watch “Julia Child & Jacques Pépin Cooking at Home” shows & “Martha Stewart’s Cooking” shows on PBS (Public Broadcast Service) and learned the techniques. And it gradually graduated to “Rick Bayless’s Mexico - One Plate at a Time” shows & Martha Stewart’s “Everyday Cooking & Baking” shows on PBS. And then to youtube videos of “Vah Reh Vah”, Manjula’s Kitchen & “Joy of Baking”. Now after 16-17 years of me cooking, here are mine.