After preparing the eggless No bake Mango cheesecake I was left with the creamy mango filling. I also has some mini rasgollas at hand and I tried making a dessert out of this. I was thinking hard on naming this dish but couldn’t come up with a better title. If…
This month’s Indian Cooking Challenge recipe is from Kashmir. It is a sweet rice which is very rich because of the addition of nuts, milk and saffron. This month’s recipe was suggested by Vaishali. While I was going through Wiki I came to know about the meaning of Zarda. In…
Happy Ugadi To All My Readers Today is Ugadi and it is the New Year for people residing in the Deccan region. For Tamilians the new year falls on April 14th. To celebrate the start of the new year,I made the Bengali sweet kir kadam also known as ras kadam.…
Any regular reader of my blog will know that I participate in Blogging Marathon every month. It first started as non stop blogging and then to make it stress free, Srivalli made it into a 3 day per week Marathon. After a long gap the non stop blogging is on…
Baking Partner’s challenge this month was all about bread baking. Swathi suggested two methods for getting super soft home made bread. One is the Asian Tangzhong method and the other is the Scandinavian Scalded Flour method. I already made a White bread using Tangzhong method and got great result. So…
This cute looking kormolas are similar to the diamond biscuits which mom used to make. The only difference is the shape of the kormolas. These are prepared for Christmas in Goa. When I was browsing through Goan recipes, I couldn’t take my eyes off these beautiful flower like cuties. So…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a special halwa from Kerala. Jayashree shared her mom’s authentic recipe with us. Usually this halwa is made with nendrampazham but as I didn’t get it, I used the variety easily available here. The halwa turned out soft and delicious but after…
For this month’s South Vs North Challenge, Kirti of Flavors From My Kitchen from the Northern Team challenged the Southern team to amke this delicious halwa. She provided the recipe and some important tips on getting the halwa right. The re cipe is from Kirthi’s mom who is from Lucknow. This is…
Rice Bran oil is also known as rice bran extract is extractedfrom the inner husk and germ of rice. It is notable for its high smoke point which is at 213C. So it is suitable for stir frying and deep frying and as Indian cooking uses both types of cooking…
Churma is an authentic sweet of Rajasthan usually served along with Dal and Baati. The churma is also shaped into ladoos by adding ghee. After I made Dal Baati Churma, I shaped the churma into ladoos. They tasted very rich and delicious. Today I just tried to incorporate some dark…