Indian Sweets & Desserts

Indian Sweets & Desserts

छानार पायश/ पनीर की खीर This Bengali version of kheer will surely make you addicted to it as the taste is like heavens and you can't resist yourself making it quite often. This is a well-known fact that the Bongs have a sweet tooth and are blessed with endless variants of...
India with its diverse culture has some common features which unite us strongly. Across the whole extent of the country festivals and happy occasions do not complete without delectable sweets and traditional desserts.  Each day is the day of some or the other festive significance here. Even some special...

Coconut-Rice Kheer

When we talk about traditional Indian desserts, the most popular as well as delicious rice kheer is at the top. This milk-based dessert is rich and creamy to eat and if we add coconut to it, this becomes surprisingly tasty. Coconut gives this kheer a distinct nutty-fruity flavor. Undoubtedly...

Mava n Meva Modaks

Modaks or laddus are very much loved by Lord Ganesha.These are served as bhog after Ganesh pooja or aarti to seek his blessings.There are numerous variations to prepare them.The authentic ones are prepared with rice flour and stuffed with coconut, nuts and jaggery. These modaks have a perticular shape...
Our festivals are incomplete without sweets.You all might be agree with me that no other country inherit such a large variety of traditional sweets as we have been blessed with, here in India. Having a rich cultural heritage, no celebration, festival or wedding is completed without this sweet gesture.  And...
Custard with seasonal fruits is my all-time favourite. It is a win-win every time!! Yesterday I was recalling and missing my good old childhood days when my mother used to cook rustic but yummiest meals for us. There were not many options for new recipes at that time. Sundays...
    As the summer season steps in, the king of fruits, the mango, starts to reign over the fruit markets as well as our hearts and  it is hard for anyone to stay away from mango mania Endless varieties get available during the season which starts in March and ends in...

Rava Kesari

. ​ Rava Kesari Rava Kesari is a simple, rustic,  melt in mouth sweet pudding prepared with rava or sooji /samolina I generally prepare sooji halva (Punjabi style) which is very much liked by my family. It is prepared every now and then in winters . But this time I decided to...
Anjeer-Khajoor Kulfi Kulfi is a milk-based frozen dessert that is so popular across the Indian sub Continent. This is an Indian ice cream which is prepared with many flavours. Unlike the ice creams, its texture is grainy and thicker like rabri. The varieties are endless like Kesar-pista kulfi, mango kulfi,rose-gulkand...
​ Meethe Chawal Sweet saffron rice/Zafran pulao/meethe chawal, is a rice dish which is sweet, has a festive and religious identity. This dish is made in homes during religious festivals and ceremonies to offer the deity first and then served to commons. This sweet rice dish is prepared yellow in colour...