Today is the fifth day of week long Blogging Marathon#9. Today I was in no mood to do any elaborate preparation. So I just opted for this simple peda. As I had mawa ready at home, The preparation was quite easy. I really couldn’t keep my hands off this peda.…
SWEETS
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…
Sweet Aappam
Sweet aappam has been in my to do list for long. As I have given aappam recipe before (which is fermented naturally), I wanted to post a different one. So I used yeast for fermenting the batter. This is the instant version of the traditional appam. It tastes great. It…
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…
Chebakia
This is a Moroccan sweet made out of flour, almonds and sesame seeds. The sweetener for this sweet is honey. Yes, it doesn’t have sugar. But as my hubby is not a great fan of honey, he was not very happy with the sweet. But I liked it. Next time…
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…
Egyptian Basboussa Recipe
Egyptian Basboussa Recipe is a cake made very different , semolina mix is first baked and then soaked in sugar syrup for an exceptional treat
Rava Kesari (With Milk)
This is another type of Rava Kesari which I prepare often for neivedhyam in poojas. To make the kesari so soft, I use milk. It is mildly sweet and very rich in taste. Yesterday I prepared this for the pooja. My daughter liked it a lot. Ingredients:Rava / Sooji-1/2cupMilk-2cupsSugar-1/2cupGhee-1/4cupCashew-1/4cupCardamom Powder-1/2tspFood…
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…