Anjeer barfi is made of dried figs and nuts, an easy guilt free sweet that is sugar free and can be prepared under 20 minutes. The sweetness for this burfi comes from the dried figs and little amount of dates and a good amount of mixed nuts are used to add crunch and volume. Some Read More
Sabudana kheer – Creamy, delicious & thick pudding made with tapioca pearls, milk, sweetener & cardamoms. Sabudana is the hindi name for tapioca pearls & kheer refers to an Indian pudding. Sabudana is often used in Indian cooking to make various dishes like porridge, kheer, khichdi & vada. Tapioca pearls or sabudana is made from Read More
Modak recipe – Modak are sweet stuffed dumplings offered to Lord Ganesha as prasad / naivedyam during Ganesh Chaturthi puja. Some people also make these for the Sankasti chaturthi puja every month. Lord Ganesha loves modak hence he is also called as modakapriya, one of the 108 names mentioned in the Ganesha Ashtothram. Kudumu, kadubu, Read More
Pineapple sheera recipe – Sheera is a sweet made using semolina and is known with different names across India. The other most common names are suji halwa, sajjige, kesari, kesari bath or rava kesari. Kesari recipes are made using kesari (saffron) or an artificial kesari color. Sheera can be made without the addition of kesar. Read More
Kulfi recipe – Learn to make delicious & creamy kesar pista kulfi at home with the help of video & step by step photos. Malai Kulfi is one of the most loved summer dessert from Indian cuisine & is also popular in the neighboring countries. It originated from the Mughals during their reign. Though it Read More
Besan ka halwa is a delicious and aromatic dessert made of gram flour, ghee, sugar and nuts. It is one of the halwa varieties that is most commonly made in the North Indian households. Besan ka halwa has a special nutty aroma & taste that comes from roasting the besan in ghee. It can be Read More
Cham cham sweet recipe – also known as chom chom or chum chum. It is one of the other Bengali delicacies apart from Rasgulla, sandesh and Rasmalai that can be found in Indian Sweet shops. Cham cham sweet is made with lot of fancy colorful stuffings and garnishing. I have shared a simple version in Read More
Dates sesame ladoo recipe – Healthy, nutritious and wholesome ladoo made with dates and sesame seeds. Ladoo are one of the most made sweet snack at home for my kids’ school box. I mostly make the different kinds of ladoos without using sugar and much ghee. I have been making these dates sesame laddu for Read More
chocolate burfi recipe is one of the easy and quick sweets that one can make in just 20 mins this diwali. Barfi or burfi is a Indian sweet fudge made mostly with milk, sugar and flavoring ingredients. Khoya or mawa are the milk solids got by condensing the milk till it thickens and reaches a Read More
Mawa barfi recipe – Learn how to make barfi using mawa or khoya with step by step photos. Wishing everyone a very happy new year, may this new year bring in lot of joy and peace to everyone. Year 2015 arrives with a specialty, i.e Vaikunta ekadashi or mukkoti ekadashi falls on the day of Read More
Sheera also known as suji halwa is a traditional Indian pudding made with semolina, ghee, sugar, cashews and raisins. This simple delicious dessert has a fluffy & soft texture with delicate flavors of cardamom & ghee. Suji halwa is made in many regions of India with more or less the same ingredients & similar method. Read More
Sweet murukku recipe – Sweet jaggery murukku is more known by the name Manoharam in Tamilnadu and Bellam kommulu in Andhra pradesh. This delicious and crunchy sweet snack is made by dunking crisp fried plain murukku in flavored jaggery syrup. This is one of the snacks that we enjoy during our every visit to India Read More
Diwali sweets recipes – A collection of 100 diwali recipes. Diwali or Deepavali, the festival of lights is celebrated on the no moon day (amavasya), that falls in the month Karthika or karthik. On this day, Godess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, prosperity and Love is worshiped with great devotion and celebrations. It a day Read More
Sheer khurma is a classic Mughlai dessert made with milk, dates, fine vermicelli, nuts & ghee. It is a traditional festive delight and is made during Eid ul-Fitr, Ramadan. Sheer khurma is very popular in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. What is sheer khurma? Sheer khurma is a festive pudding made by simmering fine vermicelli Read More
Lauki ka halwa – Simple Indian Sweet Recipe made with bottle gourd, sugar, ghee and milk. Lauki ka halwa makes a great after meal dessert and can be served warm or chilled. Bottle gourd is one of those veggies that’s consumed often in Indian homes to make curry, sabji, stew, paratha & even halwa. I Read More
Khoya gulab jamun recipe with video & step by step photos – Traditional gulab jamun recipe made with khoya. Wishing all the readers a very happy, prosperous and safe Diwali. Gulab jamun was originally prepared with milk solids known as khoya / mawa /kova which is made by condensing full fat milk. There are also Read More
Coconut barfi recipe using mawa or khoya – Traditionally barfi was made by condensing milk and sugar for very long hours to get a rich taste. Milk is the key ingredient that adds rich taste to any barfi including the traditional way of making coconut barfi. Traditionally coconut burfi was made with flour or semolina, Read More
Aval laddu recipe – a healthy poha ladoo recipe with step by step photos. Aval is the tamil name to flattened rice flakes. It is also known as poha, pohe & atukulu in other regional Indian languages. Poha ladoo are sweet balls made with flattened rice, jaggery, cardamom powder, ghee & dry fruits. I made Read More
