Wishing You all a Wonderful Tamil New Year! Malai Paan or Balai ki Gilouri is a delicate sweet made with paper thin malai filled with mishri and dry fruits. Nowadays mawa is also used in filling and according to Chef Ranveer, this is available only in Lucknow. During 1800s when…
Belgaum kunda is a sweet made in the town of Belgaum by Rajasthani Purohits. I read an interesting comment in an article stating that Belgaum / Belagavi is named as Kunda Nagari in Kannada Visvamelana Samman by the then CM Yediyurappa. The base for this amazing sweet is milk and…
All over India, Bengali milk sweets are popular but a little research into Odisha cuisine will let you know the vast number of milk sweets available in Odisha. When I was looking for recipes for this BM, I came across the same recipe with different names in both the cuisines.…
When I first saw the theme for this month’s Bread Bakers, I knew what to make. I have been making a list of flat breads to try and this Malooga was also in the list. Being an yeasted flat bread I chose it right away after reading about the theme.…
Shingara is nothing but Samosa in Bengali cuisine. While there are so many savoury samosa recipes, there are also mishti shingara (sweet samosa) recipes in the cuisine. When I was writing out a list of recipes to try, I included some deep fried recipes too. With the same ingredients, by…
When I first read about the Odisha sweet Rasabali, I was immediately interested. Though we know that milk based Bengali sweets are famous, even milk sweets from Odisha are amazing. I came to know about this only after I started blogging, and as I was researching for milk sweets, I…
There is one word to describe today’s sweet – Heaven. I tasted a spoon of this dessert and I needed all of my determination to not go for a second spoon. It is that good. For the past one year I am usually so determined that any sweet or cake…
Pedas are popular Indian sweets and they are so versatile. There are hundreds of peda recipes, but the famous peda available is the Mathura Peda. Made with mawa, sugar, milk and ghee, these are made as prasad for Krishna in Mathura. Some recipes suggest mixing mawa, sugar, ghee and milk…
For the second day, here is an easy breezy recipe which tastes awesome. This is one of the sweets I taste tested after a very long time. There is a sweet chevu available in Tamil Nadu. It is crispy and sweet made with besan and deep fried. The sugar crystallizes…
I am so glad to be back to regular blogging and this month is going to be very interesting. As I mentioned earlier I will be doing 26 Indian milk sweets this month. I used to love milk sweets from my childhood and my dad was a great sweet fanatic…