Diwali is round the corner and it’s sweets flooding everywhere. It’s been years me and my family have stopped purchasing sweets from the shop. Those are not just unhealthy but also has various health hazards that cause problems in later ages. Nothing can be more blissful than making fresh sweets at home for special occasions to make them more special. Celebrate this Diwali with fun and frolic by some desi mithaiyan and surprise your guests with your talent. One of a very popular sweet from West Bengal is LAVANG LATIKA aka LOBONGO LOTIKA. Pastry dough filled with mawa and nut…
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Statutory Warning : Bread baking is highly contagious and addictive. So before getting into this addiction, make sure you have enough stamina to run through a baking marathon….hahaha! Yes, it’s addictive, and see what is happening to me. Before yesterday i was scared of Mr.Yeast but now as i have taken everything in control, i am just not able to stop myself playing with it. Would again like to take this opportunity to mention my friend Anshu Wadwa Pande from http://www.thesecretingredient.in/, without whom this wouldn’t have been possible. After lots of failed yest experiments and kitchen disaster, it was only…
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Nothing can be more blissful than the aroma of a freshly baked bread. I always had a fear to bake my bread. Yeast was the most scary thing for for unless untill i read the article on YEAST by my very good friend and a talented blogger Anshu Wadhwa Pande. Sharing the link here, where you can go through the article and come out of the fear of yeast, just the way i did. http://www.thesecretingredient.in/spilled-beans/all-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-yeast/ My friend Anshu has some amazing bread recipes on her blog, from the basics to the professional ones, you will find everything there. Her recipe…
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“SPATULA FORCE” is a group of handful of bloggers who came together as a team to experience the various regional cuisines of both India and International. Every month a blogger comes up with a theme and host the challenge. This month the challenge was set by the very talented food blogger Anshu Pande Wadhwa from http://www.thesecretingredient.in/ Anshu came up with Kashmiri Cuisine which has been my all time favorite subject to explore. Kashmiri Cuisine is rich and has prominent flavors that tickles your taste buds and make you fall in love with the taste and aroma. Kashmiri delicacies has a…
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The festive season is on and Lord Ganesha has arrived. I have been seeing my friends making lots of sweets and desserts as offering to the God. Though Modak has a huge significance with the festival but apart from that there are various home made delicious sweets that can be offered to the Lord and make him happy. One of them is fresh home made aromatic Mysore Paak …Mysore pak is a rich sweet dish prepared in butter, from Southern India, usually served as dessert. It originated in Mysore. It is made of generous amounts of ghee, sugar, gram flour,…
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. These days i am seeing lot of preparations being done for the welcoming of Ganpati. Ganpati Bappa is said to be a foodie. He loves all kinds of food, i have grown up watching Ganesh Festival being celebrated in my colony and neighborhood. The most innocent and sweet God who accepts all kinds of food happily. I remember my neighbor Aunty used to serve him Idli and Dosai in prasad. Have also seen many offering a variety of sweets to the humble God with so much love and devotion. So when it is Ganpati around why go hunting for…
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It’s been a year i last updated SHEER KURMA recipe on my blog. The pics that time were horrible as i took them from my phone camera and even the recipe writing part was very childish and not up to the mark. This year i decided to re shoot the old recipes and update in blog. Whole Ramadan i went busy and on Eid i went to my mom’s place to celebrate. Again missed a chance to shoot the sheer kurma. Finally, today i decided to make sheer and get it properly shot. So alas my old recipe got a…
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With the onset of festivals, comes a season of sweets and desserts. I always had a fear of making kaju katlis at home, though them to be some rocket science….unless until i found the recipe of my dearest friend Farrukh Aziz from “Cubes N Juliennes”. Recently she made some amazing Kesar Kaju Katlis, that inspired me to try my hands on too. Her recipe was one of the most finest and easiest recipe i came across. Though her’s was saffron flavored and i tried doing some innovation to the recipe by adding a chocolaty touch to the traditional sweet. The…
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These days my family demands something sweet after every meal. If i make cakes, it get’s finished in no time…lol. Btw, whatever sweet i make it gets over too quickly. Today again my son came up with a demand for cookies. He is a big fan of custard and that was his first choice today for obvious reasons. Didn’t had a single fruit at home today… so what? Let’s make something that tdoesn’t need any fruit, will fulfill the sweet craving too and will taste custard….Wohoooo! A CUSTARD COOKIE A cookie that is crunchy yet melt in mouth and gives…
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RAKSHA BANDHAN is round the corner and everybody must be exited for it. I’m sure many might have already planned the menu as well for their beloved brothers. From past few days i have been seeing everywhere on social media, ladies making amazing sweets for the occasion. Though i do’nt have a brother but i do have a right to celebrate the purity of the festival by making some pure home made sweets. Raksha Bandhan is the festival where the sister ties a knot of love and faith on his brother’s wrist. The pious thread is known as Rakhi. These…
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I was very new to Sindhi Biryani before i explored my friend Anisa Arif’s website http://shop.zaiqathespicestore.com/ . Before this i had tried Zaika’s Bombay Biryani Masala which i used few months back. It got published in various online food magazines too. Since then i am a huge fan if Zaika Spices. They are fresh, fine and absolutely aromatic. While ordering some spices , Sindhi Biryani Masala caught attention of mine this time. After having a word about it with Anisa, i decided to give it a try. The procedure followed to make this Biryani was the same, the only difference…
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The word Korma/ Kurma comes from Mughlai cuisine. It means a royal gravy that is prepared with mutton, chicken, beef etc. The gravy is thick and rich with a little larger quantity of oil in it. Korma can be prepared either spicy or mild. It depends on your taste buds. Traditionally the Korma was made in a Big Handi, but gradually people adapted woks etc for cooking. I have also seen few cooking in a pressure cooker. Though it saves time and energy but trust me that authentic tastes lacks which you get in slow cooking. Mutton when cooked in…
