2015 Bloopers from my kitchen - Revi's Foodography

If you have stopped here expecting to see one of my recipes, you would have to wait until tomorrow or be contended with all the recipes from my archives 🙂 Instead of posting yet another recipe today, thought of signing off 2015 on a lighter note.

2015 has been an exceptionally good year for Revi's Foodography. By God's grace I was able to post 200+ recipes this year and most of them have been well received. Both traffic and revenue have seen a steady growth month over month and it stands now better than what I have envisioned initially. A heart felt thanks to all of you who have been supporting Revi's Foodography with you lovely comments, feedback and visits 🙂

Most of the recipes I post is usually what I cook at home regularly. However there are times when I try recipes for the first time and post it if I really like it. Not all those trial end as per expectation. Painfully, at times it turns out so bad that it has to go straight to the bin.

Just for fun, thought of sharing some of those imperfections that was created in my kitchen during this year. Hope it brings about a smile on your face 🙂

Being successful is not about being right always. It is about committing mistakes, but learning from them and not repeating them again. Hope you are able to learn from the mistakes, skip over the challenges you had in 2015 and make your life more happier in 2016.

blooper-1 — Murukku is something I frequently make at home, since it is one of my favorite snacks. However, I always use a murukku press to make one. If it has to be Kai Murukku which is painstakingly shaped with hand, I normal buy it from stores. This year, for Diwali, I finally decided to give it a try. I really struggled shaping them by hand and not happy to see how they turned out. I truly agree now that cooking is really an art 🙂

blooper-2 — Cheese cake is one of my very favorite dessert. Learnt this year that gelatin is truly not a vegetarian product. So, I experimented using agar agar for my mango cheese cake instead of gelatin. Since it was the first time I used agar agar, I was not sure about the quantity needed. I guess I used way too little and the cheese cake never set and became gloppy.

blooper-3 — Mushrooms are RK's favorite and I frequently use it in Asian dishes. This was the first time I was using mushroom in a North Indian gravy. I was not sure about the quantity of water and cream needed. And I guessed I erred on the higher side and the mushrooms were overcooked and the whole gravy looked unappetizing to me.

blooper-4 — Gulab Jamun is RK's favorite sweet. I always use the ready made MTR mix to make Gulab Jamuns. For a change, this year decided to make Gulab Jamuns from scratch. Though it looked good after frying, they turned hard soon after. And after soaking in the syrup they caved in completely.

blooper-5 — Onion Chutney is again something I make almost every week as a side for dosa and idli. I finally decided to make it for the blog. However on that day the onion was not good and was way too purple in color. So the chutney turned out into a weird color, which was not at all pleasing.

blooper-6 — I tasted Sweet Potato fries for the first time at the Texas Fair. Since I was already a huge fan of french fries, I was immediately hooked up. However after the fair, I did not find sweet potato fries anywhere else. So decided to make one at home. But wanting it to be healthier I baked them. Not sure if the oven temperature was wrong or the way I cut the fries was wrong. The fries turned out burnt and soft.

blooper-7 — Choco chip cookies from Subway are super delicious. I wanted to try an eggless version at home. Just like shown on TV, I chose to use a ice cream scoop to scoop out the cookie dough. I guess the cookie scoop was very large. The cookies came out huge and cracked and didn't look like a good choco chip cookie.

blooper-8 — My love for fried food, made me try punugulu with the left over dosa batter I had on hand. To start with, the dosa batter was too thin and I added some rice flour to thicken it. It became too thick now that I had to add some water to the batter. This happened for a couple of times, before I realized that it wasn't going to work. The punugulu turned out shapeless and tasted imperfect.

blooper-9 — I love baking fresh bread at home. For this year's thanksgiving decided to make a pumpkin bread. While I always use pumpkin puree from the store, this time around I tried making my own homemade pumpkin puree. I didn't account for the extra liquid in the homemade puree. And the bread turned out very moist and broke down as I was cutting into it.

blooper-10 — All I knew while starting this recipe was that I wanted to use pecans and sweet potatoes. Without a clear direction, I finally ended up adding all ingredients to a bowl and baked it. The final product looked so gross that, I didn't even bother to click a snap of it: -)

Good Bye 2015 !!! See you all next year 🙂

Comments

Shelby says

January 03, 2016 at 6:34 pm

I love this post! I made a similar post last year about things I've learned from my failed recipes. They can be so frustrating but you do learn a lot from them!

- revifood says
  
  January 03, 2016 at 8:44 pm
  
  Thanks Shelby. I would love to read yours too 😀 Will stop by your space.
  
Jenn says

January 03, 2016 at 6:25 pm

While it is always disappointing when something doesn't turn out as you expected, there is usually a good story in the experience that you can share and laugh about later (after you've cleaned up the mess, put out the fire, etc) 🙂

- revifood says
  
  January 03, 2016 at 8:43 pm
  
  So true Jenn 😀
  
Traditionally Modern Food says

December 31, 2015 at 5:18 pm

I have also faced many similar situations..I have always tried pumpkin bread with homade pumpkin sauce and it was a disaster

- revifood says
  
  January 01, 2016 at 8:10 am
  
  And it is especially painful to have a failed pumpkin bread after roasting the pumpkin for so long to make a homemade pumpkin puree 🙂 Thanks Vidya for stopping by !

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