ASSORTED WHEAT COOKIES A cookie is a baked food, prepared with key ingredients flour, sugar and some type of fat. Cookies are typically small, flat and sweet and it may include other ingredients such as chocolate chips, oats, nuts etc. History says that cookies are originated in 7th century AD in Persia. There are 6…
Category: Sweets & Desserts
CHOCOLATE MAKHANA POPS
CHOCOLATE MAKHANA POPS Christmas bells are ringing and it’s time to make cakes, cookies,chocolates. Apart from typical and special christmas goodies , here is something healthy and chocolaty which can definitely be included in our list of Christmas goodies. Makhana aka lotus seeds, fox nuts is popular as fasting food majorly. It has similar benefits…
DOUBLE POTATO HALWA
DOUBLE POTATO HALWA Halwa/sheera is one of the most popular and traditional Indian sweet. Various halwa/sheera are prepared in different occasions in Indian households. India is a country of festivals and culture. Many religious festivals are celebrated in India with lots of enthusiasm. And religious festivals are celebrated with various rituals along with fasting. So…
VERMICELLI CUSTARD
VERMICELLI CUSTARD Custard is a saucy dish whcih is traditionally prepared with cream,milk and eggs , But we get custard powder in market which makes it easier for the preparation of custard. Egg less custard powder is also available in the market. Fruit custard is a very famous dessert. Chopped fruits with thick custard sauce…
KESHARIYA KHEER ( SAFFRONY RICE PUDDING)
KESHARIYA KHEER (SAFFRONY RICE PUDDING) Kheer, phirni or rice pudding, whatever we say, is a delicious creamy and popular Indian sweet/dessert prepared from milk and rice. Basic difference between kheer and phirni is of rice. In kheer ,whole rice is used and in phirni broken rice is used. We can prepare various types of kheer…
BEETROOT KALAKAND
BEETROOT KALAKAND Kalakand is basically a sweet of Rajasthan , though it’s also very famous in North India too. It’s taste and texture is grainy like burfi. I have added beetroot in it and made it healthier. Key ingredients of this sweet is milk, paneer,and khoya (evoporated milk solids ). So it’s a protein rich…
SEMOLINA CAKE
SEMOLINA CAKE Unlike regular cake, semolina cake has a different texture ,though it is moist. Semolina cake is very much inspired by the Mediterranean dessert Basbousa. Basbousa is a cake prepared from semolina which is infused with saffron and topped up with lemon, rose , orange syrup or honey and nuts. Lemon jest also used….
BATI CHURMA
BATI CHURMA Churma is a popular Indian sweet, prepared from wheat flour. Though making process varies from place to place but the key ingredients remain the same I.e. wheat flour, ghee ,sugar. In Rajasthani cuisine, churma is prepared from Bati – a baked wheat flour delicacy which is consumed along with dal. Dal bati churma…
DOODHPAK
DOODHPAK Doodhpak is an Indian sweet which originates from Gujarat. This traditional sweet is served and tastes best with poori ( puffed and fried Indian bread). Doodhpak means “cooked milk”. It is similar to “kheer”(rice pudding) but quantity of rice is lesser than kheer and also it not thick like kheer but still it is…
WATERMELON RIND HALVA
WATERMELON RIND HALVA Water melon is a juicy and watery fruit. It contains 92% of water and also contains vitamin A and C , potassium and magnesium in good quantity. Though whole water melon is edible, but major people eat pink/red flesh only. We through it’s rind in garbage as it has no taste. But…
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