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.…
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…
If you like rasgolla, then you will love Rajbhog. Rajbhog are bigger rasgollas stuffed with a delicious mawa and dry fruits filling. The making is just like rasgolla. Some also add saffron to the syrup and food colour to the paneer while kneading. It is also made without any stuffing…
Dharwad peda is a mildly sweet delicious peda made with mawa. It is said to have evolved from mathura peda, but the colour is darker than the mathura peda and is less sweeter. The procedure is very simple if you have mawa at home. I was reading some posts on…
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…
In the eight years of baking, I have learnt one thing, never panic when a recipe goes wrong. Once you panic, anything you do after that will be doubly wrong and you will have to turn everything to garbage. But be cool and you will find a way to do…
As you know, I usually stay away from cakes with eggs. In these eight years, I have tried to bake a perfect egg free pound cake, but have failed miserably. I always end up with a really heavy and buttery cake. So I have stopped trying it out. When I…
Happy Valentine’s Day to all my readers. This year I made a really simple recipe but which looks gorgeous and are perfect for any celebration. Red velvet is more popular everywhere and these cookies look so beautiful and tastes absolutely yum. I have already posted these cookies, but…
It has been a while since I wrote in the blog. I am really glad to be back. My blog had too many problems and it took a long time to sort them out. Though I am not blogging, I have been making videos for YouTube. This one was made…