Khoya gulab jamun is a soft, juicy, rich and lip smacking Indian sweet/ dessert prepared with khoya/ mawa/ dried milk. This classic dumplings are first deep fried and then soaked in sugar syrup and served either warm or cold. Since it is the first post of the year I thought […]
Pumpkin seed halwa is a quick and easy to make lip smacking sweet that can be easily prepared with very few ingredients in just 20 minutes without much of stirring or procedures. In the starting of the year everyone prepares sweet and sometimes those like me would surely love to […]
Foxtail millet/ Thinai/ Korra is a grass grown (planted species) for human food (consumption). This forgotten ancient treasure is loaded with so many health benefits that its inclusion in our everyday diet is a bliss. Foxtail millet is rich in fiber, protein, iron, calcium and potassium. Thinai millet is gluten […]
Basundi is a delicious pale yellow colored Indian sweet / dessert prepared with milk, nuts, sugar and cardamom powder for flavoring and saffron strands for color. Preparing basundi requires a lot of patience as it takes about 30 to 45 minutes of standing and stirring of milk as basundi is prepared […]
Jangiri/ Imarti is a delicious deep fried flower shaped sweet soaked in sugar syrup. Jhangiri usually comes in orange color and is prepared using urad dal and rice flour and prepared during festivals like diwali and new year. I have tried making jangiri 8 years back and dint come out […]
Kavuni arisi (Black rice)sweet pidi kozhukattai is a a very yummy and healthy snack that can be easily prepared at home using chettinadu rice flour, jaggery, coconut and elaichi for flavoring. As vinayagar chaturthi is near by I thought sharing this kozhukattai recipe will be ideal. Traditionally kozhukattai is made […]
Panchamirtham/ Panjamirtham is a very delicious sweet usually prepared as offering for god (hindu). This traditional sweet is made with fruits like ripe banana (as base), dry fruits, nuts, rock candy, jaggery, ghee and sometimes milk and chopped apples as well. During my childhood days we used to live near […]
Chocolate quinoa pudding is a delicious, rich and a healthy dessert made with quinoa (super healthy grain), milk and cocoa powder that can be converted into a breakfast bowl by topping it with fruits of your choice. This simple pudding can be prepared in jiffy with everyday ingredients without any […]
A delicious and mouthwatering halwa prepared by roasting bread cubes in ghee and simmering it in milk and sugar till ghee oozes out. This simple and quick to make dessert/ sweet can be easily made in INSTANT POT. Since the quantity of the halwa that I made was very less […]
Khas khas halwa/ Poppy seeds halwa is a very aromatic, nutritional and delicious halwa that is very different in taste and making as well. I have earlier posted quinoa halwa recipe long time back so this halwa us also prepared in the way where I skipped only the milk portion. […]
