Khoya / Mawa is a very important basic ingredient used in many Indian sweets. I don’t get mawa in any store near my house. Maybe I have to search for it. As I have to prepare some sweets for the BM#9 which uses mawa, I did a google search. It…
DIWALI SWEETS
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Chiroti
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#9. I am doing festival foods of India with step by step illustrations. For this day I planned on preparing chiroti. Chiroti is a special sweet from Karnataka. Actually, chiroti is prepared with chiroti rava. It is a very fine quality of rava. As…
Bandaru Ladoo
Blogging Marathon-Edition 9 starts from today. There were so many themes to choose from. As Diwali is fast approaching, I selected Festival Foods of India with step by step instructions. I usually love to do step by step post. So I am so happy to select this theme for this…
Athirasam and “Only-Sweets and Desserts” Event Announcement
‘Only’ Event is a very famous event going on in the blogosphere which was started by Pari and is guest hosted by a blogger every month . This event is also very special because, the person who is selected by Pari can also win a book by Tarla Dalal. For the…
Jalebi
For this month’s ICC Srivalli chose Jalebi. It is an interesting recipe. The preparation is quite complicated and it tastes great. I saw many videos and recipes before trying it out. The consistency of the batter is very important in getting crispy Jalebis. For Jalebi the batter should be little…
Godhumai Halwa / Wheat Halwa
This is the recipe given by Srivalli for August ICC. I couldn’t participate in that challenge. But I wanted to try out the recipe. So I prepared it today and I should say that I succeeded in my attempt. The halwa was so soft and I could cut it to…
Kurs
Today is the last day of Blogging Marathon-Group1. I prepared Kurs – a Sindhi sweet made of flour, vanaspathi and sugar. It just melted in the mouth. It is a very traditional sweet prepared for Diwali. I have never tasted it, so I don’t know whether I got it perfect.…
Khus Khus Jo Seero
Today is day sixth of the Blogging Matathon. I prepared this sweet for today’s pooja. This was amazingly delicious and rich with loads of dry fruits, nuts, milk and poppy seeds. We had a small portion after the pooja and I will be distributing this to my friends. I hope…
Tosha
This is a Sindhi sweet and I prepared it for the fifth day of Blogging Marathon. It is absolutely delicious and the taste resembles the south Indian Badushah. But it doesn’t look like it. I have seen many bloggers posting tosha. BM has given me an oppurtunity to try it out. It…
Poosanikkai Inippu Somas / Sweet Samosa with Pumpkin Filling
I love to experiment with sweets. If you read my blog, you will know that I have a huge collection of sweets compared to other dishes. Sweet samosa has been in my to do list for long. Had lot of pumpkin sitting in my fridge. So I thought of combining…