They are solar string lights for gardens. I have hung it in my conservatory for now. I plan to take some of these back to India to string them around my balconies 🙂
Solar string lights – Part of my ‘I need this in India’ inventory 🙂 I have some solar lights in the garden, and I love them, so decided to buy some for my balconies back home 🙂
Lucky you, Smits! I have been looking for solar lights for my garden here but yet to find them. The ones that are there are exorbitantly priced! Smitsy route your trip via Doha, na and bring with you a huge carton full of solar lights for me..pls pls pls 😉 😀
Hi
I tried your paneer pinwheels recipe and they were a hit. I’m planning to try and convert it into a sweet version and see how they fare. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’m sad that you will be leaving the country soon. I also tried the cookies and cream cheesecake but was disappointed with the layer of the cheese cake in comparison with the cookie base. Did you face the same problem? Please share. Thank you. (I’m off now to look for the solar lanterns! :))
I’m so delighted you liked the pinwheels! I tried it with atta – parantha atta and it came out quite well too. Not as flaky, but crsipy and still very tasty 🙂 Will post the recipe soon.
You didn’t like the layer – was the biscuit layer too thick for your liking?
You know, for the sweet version, you could try Maple-pecan wheels. Brush with maple syrup, add crushed/chopped pecans, roll and bake:) The thought makes me drool!
Yes, that was my thought. Try with honey (a la baklava) or use golden syrup/maple syrup and add chopped nuts (my choice being pistachios or almonds). Even pecan sounds good (drooling all over the keyboard now!). I will wait for the recipe with atta, would be interesting to give it a go.
I liked the cheesecake but I found the biscuit layer thicker than the cheese-mix layer unlike usual cheese cakes. My question is did you have an almost 1:1 ratio of biscuit to cheesecake layer or was there a difference (in comparison to a usual cheese cake)? I did try doubling the cheese-mix ingredients but didnt account for time and so some of it was not cooked in the middle. Tried it with a friend and so she wondered if this was supposed to be that way (almost 1:1 ratio of the layers). Any input is much appreciated. Thanks.
Lovely!
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Done 🙂
Pretty Smitha…are they lanterns?
They are solar string lights for gardens. I have hung it in my conservatory for now. I plan to take some of these back to India to string them around my balconies 🙂
Awesome! That would look fab!:)
Is it the roof top and the light glowing out of the pieces is comes from the room below?
They are solar string lights – they are quite tiny,actually.
what are these , house models or curtains with this design …
Solar string lights – the ones you hang in the garden. I had been eyeing these at Sainsbury’s – they were marked down, so grabbed them 🙂
I shud visit sainsburies then 🙂
but i was ALMOST right .. so what did i ALMOST win he he he he
Right – you were almost right 🙂 How does a box of brownies sound?
Yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 🙂 its sounds delicious
no clue what that is !? wonder how a blog that is named any excuse to write finds an excuse to write nothing and have us watchers curious !
🙂 So that I can get people like you to write instead 🙂
Lovely! Are they lamps?
Solar string lights. They are supposed to be hung in the garden – I have them up in my conservatory for now – testing them 🙂
Lamp shades?
Solar string lights – Part of my ‘I need this in India’ inventory 🙂 I have some solar lights in the garden, and I love them, so decided to buy some for my balconies back home 🙂
Lucky you, Smits! I have been looking for solar lights for my garden here but yet to find them. The ones that are there are exorbitantly priced! Smitsy route your trip via Doha, na and bring with you a huge carton full of solar lights for me..pls pls pls 😉 😀
I’ll send you some! They are so very reasonable here. Will send you the details and you can select the design you like 🙂
Oh that will be lovely!
Thank you re! 🙂
Come on! Have sent you a link. Do check it out and let me know which ones you like
Cn I get some too 😛
Of course yiu can! I’ll bring it when I come to India – will send you the link – you select which ones you like 🙂
Those are lovely….even though I have a murderous green thumb, I still love having them in my balcony. Need to get some of them ASAP 😛
Solar lights are just great, aren’t they?
Oh so pretty da!!!
Lovely ones, Smitha. Btw, are you moving back to India?
Yes, wanderlustathome, we are moving back to Bangalore this july.
wow! how lovely!! 🙂
couldn’t guess what they were till I read the comments! 😀
Wow.. and that remains, as I got answers for the why’s and what’s and hows 🙂
before i could answer, i got the answer.. i though it some scaled model of house with lighting..
Hi
I tried your paneer pinwheels recipe and they were a hit. I’m planning to try and convert it into a sweet version and see how they fare. Thank you for sharing the recipe. I’m sad that you will be leaving the country soon. I also tried the cookies and cream cheesecake but was disappointed with the layer of the cheese cake in comparison with the cookie base. Did you face the same problem? Please share. Thank you. (I’m off now to look for the solar lanterns! :))
I’m so delighted you liked the pinwheels! I tried it with atta – parantha atta and it came out quite well too. Not as flaky, but crsipy and still very tasty 🙂 Will post the recipe soon.
You didn’t like the layer – was the biscuit layer too thick for your liking?
Check out the solar lghts here – http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/global_search/global_result.jsp?bmForm=global_search&GLOBAL_DATA._search_term1=solar+lights&GLOBAL_DATA._searchType=0&bmUID=1337192120500
Loads of pretty stuff. I couldn’t find some of them in the store near me though.
You know, for the sweet version, you could try Maple-pecan wheels. Brush with maple syrup, add crushed/chopped pecans, roll and bake:) The thought makes me drool!
Yes, that was my thought. Try with honey (a la baklava) or use golden syrup/maple syrup and add chopped nuts (my choice being pistachios or almonds). Even pecan sounds good (drooling all over the keyboard now!). I will wait for the recipe with atta, would be interesting to give it a go.
I liked the cheesecake but I found the biscuit layer thicker than the cheese-mix layer unlike usual cheese cakes. My question is did you have an almost 1:1 ratio of biscuit to cheesecake layer or was there a difference (in comparison to a usual cheese cake)? I did try doubling the cheese-mix ingredients but didnt account for time and so some of it was not cooked in the middle. Tried it with a friend and so she wondered if this was supposed to be that way (almost 1:1 ratio of the layers). Any input is much appreciated. Thanks.
It is supposed to be a larger biscuit base than usual – I should have mentioned it!
wowww.. they look beautiful..
Amazingly beautiful!!
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