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…
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…
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…
During the earlier stages of blogging, I used to collect so many cook books. Those books gave me ideas on making dishes, though I rarely cook recipes from books. When I exhausted the recipes from internet, I referred to some of my books. One was Tarla Dalal’s Rajasthani Cook Book.…
When I first read about thabadi peda from Gujarat I felt that it was so much similar to Thirattu paal and Belgaum kunda. But there are small variation in the recipe and the way the sweets are finally shaped also makes the difference. There are not too many recipes online.…
Gulab Jamun Samosa Recipe Inspiration Gulab Jamun samosa is a delicious sweet made combining two if my favourite dishes. I saw this at Vaishali’s blog and decided to make it. This is a really innovative recipe and only Vaishali can come up with such recipes. As I had some samosa…
When I posted Dharwad Peda (mawa version) earlier, I told you that I also made the paneer version of the peda. So here it is. I saw a few recipes that used paneer as the base and so I tired it out. When the paneer changed colour, it also became…
When our Blogging Marathon buddies met last year, we visited Agra and Delhi. While returning from Agra, Vaishali took us to a famous sweet stall – Devi Ram Sweets. Every dish we tasted there was absolutely yum, but one which bowled me over was the makkan samosa. At first I…
This was one sweet I found in both Bengali and Odisha cuisine. Goja / Gaja are deep fried sweets common in both cuisine. They can be made with paneer, mawa or maida and with the difference in the ingredients, the name changes. I have already posted chenna gaja recipe in…
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…