SITAFAL SHEERA /SITAFAL HALWA/ CUSTARD APPLE HALWA (SITAFAL SAJJIGE) A KARNATAKA DELICACY / सीता फल हलवा
You might have relished halwa immensely over other sweets. This gooey fudge is very common in Indian homes which are prepared...
Winters are great to enjoy food and build immunity. Atta laddu or pinni is such food with lots of dried fruits that can be enjoyed this season. These yummy laddus are made in homes in northern parts of the country where cold is unbearable. It is believed that these...
COCONUT BURFI WITH DESICCATED COCONUT/KHOPRA BURFI/NARIYAL KE CHOORE KI BURFI
With the onset of monsoon (rainy season) in India, a new life starts sprouting after the severe heat. We in India welcome the monsoon followed by a...
HEALTH BENEFITS OF MUSKMELON SEEDS
Author - Bharti Dhawan
Summer has blessed us with the tastiest and juiciest fruits ever. Melons and muskmelons are few of them. Their pulp and juice are like nectar in the scorching...
TIL GUR-LADDU/ SESAME SEED-JAGGERY LADDU/ तिल और गुड़ के लडडू
The festivals of LOHRI, PONGAL BIHU AND MAKAR SANKRANTI have the same significance, as all these festivals are related to the harvest of crops in almost all...
It was almost 5° C in Delhi yesterday. The evening was passing away waiting for me to cook the meal but lazy me in the quilt and not even daring to come out of this comfort zone or you can say the short hibernation.... Decided not to spend much...
KESARIA KALAKAND/INSTANT KALAKAND WITH A HINT OF SAFFRON
We are blessed with a huge variety of scrumptious sweets. Indian sweets or mithai are prepared with a large number of different ingredients. Many of them are milk-based on the...
SABUDANA MANGO KHEER/SAGO-MANGO KHEER
A simple yet scrumptious dessert is cooked when two of my favourite ingredients come together. These two are sabudana/sago and the mangoes. As summers are in and both of us(I and my better half) love to...
TIL-GUR GAJAK/ SESAME SEED-JAGGERY GAJAK /तिल-गुड़ की गजक
Til or Sesame seeds have a great connection and significance with winters and above all the harvest festivals in India. Lohri, Makar Sankranti, Bihu and Pongal are harvest festivals and come...
Gajar Ka Halwa
A delicate aroma is common from the Indian kitchens during the winter season. This divine aroma comes out from the milk simmering with grated carrots. Can you imagine your life without this creamy, melt in mouth classic desser! A halwa, made from fresh juicy red carrots is...