My sweet cravings are going beyond control now. Baking is something i love to do whenever i am free, and specially when i’m craving for something exotic, i prefer to bake. I might be sounding crazy but it’s true. Baking is severely addictive and equally therapeutic. Would you believe that whenever i am stressed out, i just try and bake something and i’m sorted. Out of many cakes, my most favorite flavor is one with lots of fruits. Apple and Plum Cake with Cinnamon flavor is one of the most exotic cakes that can be served in festivals like Christmas…
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Sago Kheer also popularly known as Sabudana Kheer is a milk pudding made with soaked sago pearls and is an ideal dessert option in Hindu community during their religious fasts. Its texture is creamy, luscious and absolutely melt in mouth. Tapioca Sago (Sabudana) is a processed, ready to cook agricultural food product. The only raw material for manufacturing Sabudana is tapioca root internationally known as Cassava. For infants and sick persons or during fasts (vrata-upawas), Sabudana is considered an acceptable form of nutrition. [wikipedia] Sabudana kheer can be flavored with various ingredients like saffron, mango, carrots, beets etc. Its light…
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Cholar Dal is Bengal gram lentils cooked in coconut and spices. Slightly sweet in flavor and very aromatic because of usage of pure ghee, this dal is cooked in a very typical way by monitoring carefully as it shoud not get mashed completely. The very famous lentil dish from West Bengal, that is served with hot and fluffy luchi specially on the occasion of Jamai Shosti, where the Son-in-Law is served this along with many other delicacies in the platter. Chana Dal usually takes more time to cook as compared to other lentils, hence you can opt for the pressure…
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Ever since i took up the fruit drink/cold drink challenge, life seems to be more fun in kitchen these days. Every minute i keep thinking something new that i can recreate through these fruity drinks. I am simply loving this recipe developer inside me. In continuation to my fruit drink recipe development challenge, today on my blog is Sweet Rice aka Zarda. Zarda is a typical sweet rice dessert from Mughal cuisine, that is often made in Muslim homes specially when there is Biryani in the menu. Saffron colored sweet rice loaded with lots of fried nuts and dry fruits…
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Baking is therapeutic and when it comes to cake baking, it’s certainly orgasmic! I simply love baking cakes and experimenting on them with the texture and ingredients. One such amazingly delicous cake made using an aerated cola drink is Coca Cola Cake. The Coca Cola Bundt cake is chocolaty and with an amazing flavor of Cola. I used Coke but if in case you don’t find one, you can go ahead with Pepsi or even Thumbs Up, The flavor and texture won’t make any difference to it. The Coca Cola cake is insanely delicious, moist and chocolaty with an amazing…
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Unique char flavored mix vegetable dish from West Bengal that is delicious, aromatic and introduce you with the flavors of Bengal cuisine is ChorChori also known and pronounced as CharChari. Its basically a dry vegetable dish that has various versions like Alu Chorchori is made with Potatoes, Alu-Fulkopi Chorchori is a dry dish with Potatoes and Cauliflower, Begun Chorchori is made with Brinjal as the main ingredient and so on. Mix vegetable chorchori is typically eaten with plain steamed rice and dal. Being brought up in a multi-cultural family, i always got an advantage to explore various cuisines. Bengali cuisine…
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Do you like cakes ? Do you like baking your cakes at home but scared or worried about how it will all happen ? So here’s a perfect recipe for all the beginners and novice in cake baking to over come their fears and try baking the simplest cake first to gain confidence. Yes, it’s a Microwave Chocolate Peanut Butter Mug Cake that requires no skills, handful of ingredients and just 1 minute to bake. So if you have ingredients ready at home and can spare a minute or two to prepare something exotic for the guests, then this chocolate…
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A light and airy textured dessert with a flavor of mango is a perfect for your dinner parties. A mousse can range from light and fluffy to creamy and thick, depending on preparation techniques. It can be prepared as both sweet or savory. Dessert mousses are typically made with whipped egg whites or whipped cream. Flavored with chocolate, coffee, caramel, puréed fruits or various herbs and spices, such as mint or vanilla. Sweetened mousse is served as a dessert, or used as an airy cake filling. (source wikipeia) Though i am an egg eater and love egg recipes but when…
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Did u know that our very famous, sweet and crispy Jalebi is also known as Zulbia, and is very popular in countries of South Asia, West Asia and also North Africa. It is made by deep-frying a wheat flour batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar. Indian jalebi is made with Maida (all purpose flour) with a mix of curd mainly. The batter is kept for fermentation and then later fried in circular shape and soaked in sugar syrup. Quite a lengthy process! Jalebi is one of my family’s favorite sweet. Typically desi and the…
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Ada Pradhaman is the typically served dessert in festival of Onam in Kerala. Ada is the ribbon shaped dry rice flakes which is soaked in hot water and later slow cooked in jaggery and coconut milk. This traditional dessert is a very important part of Onam Sadhya (traditional meal). As Ada Pradhaman is typically made with various extracts of coconut milk, hence it is quite laborious task. Loaded with the goodness of coconut milk, jaggery syrup and dry fruits …Ada Pradhaman has a silky texture and is mild in flavor. I am thankful to Archana Doshi for giving me this…
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There are some days when you don’t feel like getting into the kitchen and prepare a lavish spread which you have been doing the whole month. Yes, it’s Ramadan and everyday i try making something huge for my family iftaar. Yesterday was a tiring day for me, and it was just not my day to cook. After a whole day work, i only had saboodana soaked a day before, which came to my rescue. Saboodana khichdi, easy, quick and filling one pot snack that keep tummy full and mummy cool. haha! I am sago lover and i love eating saboodana…
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Who doesn’t like junk and unhealthy food ? Well everything served outside is not suppose to be unhealthy. I am a die heart foodie but somehow or the other i don’t enjoy these branded junk foods much. I very rarely crave for Pizza, Burger etc, hence i am a very rare visitor at these places who serve these stuffs. But like any other child, my son Abeer is total opposite to me. He loves to indulge himself into all such so called ‘junk foods’ and i won’t be surprise if he choose to live on them forever. So because of…
