Paan Coconut Burfi – A delicious after meal treat for everyone Paan is the trending flavour nowadays and you can see so many desserts with the flavour. I myself have done paan cake and paan mousse and loved it. So why not use it in burfi? Most kids don’t like it, but my daughter loves […]
My mom was a pro in making coconut burfis. Whenever there was a festival at home, she used to make a huge batch of burfi. Not only for us, but also for friends and family. I remember her going to a family friend’s house for navratri just to make them a huge batch of coconut […]
For the final day of recipes from Asian countries, I picked a delicious sweet from Iran. I also came across this sweet in Turkish cuisine, and there are some variations in the recipes available online. I chose to make the simplest one. Made entirely of almond flour and sugar, this one was somewhat like halwa […]
The second country I chose from the list of Asian countries is Bangladesh. Being neighbor of West Bengal, most of the recipes are identical. When I was looking for an authentic sweet, I came across this cake Sondesh. You know that sondesh is a paneer based sweet which is absolutely yum. I was interested in […]
For this week, I will be making three dishes from three Asian countries. Usually when I choose international cuisine, I search for breads or cakes or any baked treats, but nowadays, I prefer to make simple sweets, that too which would be suitable for Sruti as she is the only person who can consume sweets […]
For the first day of regional cuisine from a country theme, I have a sweet to start with. Kada /Karah Prasad is the sweet offered as prasad in gurudwar. This is a famous Punjabi sweet. When I visited Gurudwar in Delhi, they served this prasad hot and it was so tasty. Usually prasad given in […]
For the third day of bite sized foods for Kid’s Delight, here is one more nutella recipe. My daughter is a huge fan of nutella and when I read so many bad reviews about nutella, I decided to make it at home. As we don’t get hazel nuts easily, I used peanuts and almonds to […]
When I first decided on making Indian Sweets for the April Mega Marathon this year, I didn’t have a plan. But once I started making the sweets, a plan started emerging. My love for milk sweets comes from my Dad and making this BM a tribute to him would be apt. So I chose to […]
Can you make a complicated dessert with just milk and sugar? Yes you can. And it is really interesting. When I fist read about Sharbhaja, I was in two minds, whether to do it or not. But as the recipe was really technical, I wanted to go for it. I made it the last post […]
Paal Mittai is one more recipe I got from the cook book collection. During 2010, I got Chandra Padmanaban’s Southern Flavours for review and I loved all those authentic recipes. One such recipe was her Mother-in-law’s paal mittai / milk fudge. The recipe was so different from all the recipes I have made earlier and I […]