Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon #22 Week 2. I will be posting some recipes for Diwali. This is my second attempt in creating kesar badam burfi, and this time I got a delicious peda. Last time I tried out a recipe from the ne and it turned…
Kesar Badam Burfi
I haven’t tasted this burfi before. When a friend of mine has asked about this sweet which is available in Bangalore, I started browsing for recipes. There was a single recipe in various food sites and so I bookmarked that recipe. I tried it yesterday. As there was milk in…
Methi Laddu
This month’s Magic Mingle is hosted at Vaishali’s Ribbon’s to Pasta’s and the magic ingredients for this month are methi seeds and coconut. This is an unusual combination but this is where the challenge becomes interesting. Methi is very bitter in taste and I usually use it in tempering sambar…
Eggless Chocolate Almond Cake- Reine de Saba avec Glaçage au Chocolat-Julia Child’s Cake Recipe
If you are a regular visitor of my blog, you would have noticed that I have not posted any recipes last week. I missed my group challenges and reveal dates. The reason is my daughter was down with fever and I was totally depressed without knowing the reason for this…
Ginger Almond Biscuits
For the second day of Blogging Marathon, I chose to prepare ginger almond biscuits from Vaishali’s blog. Almonds are good source of calcium. I was searching for the calcium content of almonds and I came across a site, which gave it as 37mg of calcium in 14.5gm of almonds. So…
Blanching Almonds and Home Made Almond Meal
Almond meals are extensively used in baking cakes, cookies, macaroons and tarts. They are also used in marzipan. Buying almond meal may be a bit expensive. Preparing it at home is a very interesting procedure. Peeled almonds are also used in a lot of desserts. You can blanch, peel, dry…
Maida Burfi and A Celebration
Marriage is am important stage in a person’s life. It is one of the happiest occasion always connected to celebrations and fun. The occasion is the start of a wonderful journey for the bride and the groom in which they know about each other and share their joys and sorrows…
Eggless Christmas Fruit Cake
Wishing You All A Very Happy Christmas There are so many recipes for Christmas fruit cake in the blogosphere. But I was searching for an eggless cake and I came across the recipe at Divine Taste. The recipe was quite interesting because Anushruti had added boiled potato in the cake.…
Majun / Majoon- A Sindhi Sweet
My sister-in-law is a Sindhi and she once mentioned about Majun. I searched for the recipe online but couldn’t get it. Even she didn’t know the recipe. When Srivalli announced Majun for this month’s ICC, I was so happy. Vaishali had given the complete recipe. At last my search is…
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…