Mitho KhichdoSweet Khichdo Makar Sankranti /uttrayana/ maghi / Pongal all are harvest festivals and homes are full of delicious aromas of authentic festive foods. The sun has transited from the zodiac of Sagittarius(dhanu) to Capricorn(makara). The sky is dotted with pretty and colorful kites. Emerald green fields are being harvested. Every state of our nation…
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SWEET WRAP
SWEET WRAP My family is bunch of Sweet tooths. Every now and then, they demand for new Sweets and Desserts. So in this festive season, I have prepared a sweet wrap/ roll using Kajukatlis, Condensed milk, choco hazelnut spread, peanut butter along with dryfruits, rice balls, hazelnut etc. I have used homemade wheat tortillas.Here is…
YELLOW DATES HALVA
YELLOW DATES HALVA Dates or Date palms are native to Middle East and North Africa where many varieties of dates are harvested and sold at all stages of ripeness. Date palm cultivation started in India in 2007. Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharastra, Tamilnadu and Kerala started it’s production. Gujarat is top producer among all and Gujarat state…
WALNUT CARAMEL SHRIKHAND ( MATTHO)
WALNUT CARAMEL SHRIKHAND(MATTHO) Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish, very popular in Gujarat and Maharashtra. Mattho is a shrikhand like sweet, prepared in a similary way but Mattho is thinner than shrikhand and usually fresh fruits are added in it. Key ingredients of both sweets are hung curd and sugar. Mattho is one if the…
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…
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…
GAJAR HALVA-RASGULLA TARTS
GAJAR HALVA-RASGULLA TARTS Tarts – Savoury & sweet both are favourites of all of us. Though tarts are available in the market, still we make it at home. Mini tarts are perfect for party. Here is something different then typical tarts. Made fusion version of tarts. Gave it typical Indian taste by filling gajar halva…
TWISTED TIRAMISU
TWISTED TIRAMISU Tiramisu is a coffee flavoured Italian Dessert. It’s key ingredients are lady fingers biscuits ( savoiardi ) & mascarpone cheese. Here I replaced mascarpone with fresh paneer & savoiardi with Hide & Seek coffee biscuits. Secondly, we know about chena, paneer & Bengali sweets. Major Bengali sweets have paneer as key ingredient &…
BASANTI PULAO/ BENGALI MISTI POLAO/ SWEET RICE
BASANTI PULAO / BENGALI MISTI POLAO Durga Pooja is around the corner. When talking about Durga Pooja, it reminds us of West Bengal & Bengali Dishes. Along with many other dishes, Basanti Pulao is one of the most favourite dish inDurga Pooja celebration. Basically in this Pulao, Bengalis use Gobindobhog rice, which are very aromatic….
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