Maple Gulab Jamun – sweet dough balls
Gulab Jamun is the most loved Indian dessert made with milk solids (mawa) dough balls soaked in aromatic sugar syrup laced with green cardamom, saffron and rose petals.
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Pistachio and Raspberry Kaju Rolls
Pista Kaju Roll or Kaju Pista Roll is an Indian mithai very popular during Diwali. It’s made from cashews and pistachios. I added a twist to these rolls by adding raspberry powder to the cashew dough and rolled inside pistachio dough, adorned with edible silver …
Fada Lapsi – Sweet Daliya
Fada Lapsi, a perfect festive sweet dish prepared by mostly Gujarati’s during festive season, for housewarming or for any religious occasion. It’s made from cracked wheat. Ghee, sugar or Jaggery, and like every other Indian dish flavored with cardamom.
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Hazelnut Katli
It’s Diwali week and I am sharing yet another Diwali special sweet. This time, its Kaju Katli. Kaju Katli is a an Indian mithai or sweet, that taste like candy. The thin diamond shaped katli adorned with edible silver can impress anyone. It’s simplest of …
Peda – Neapolitan or Tri-color
Peda is the popular and very traditional mithai recipe from India. It’s usually made from Khoya but in States, I prefer it with milk powder. It’s made from very few ingredients like milk powder, milk, sugar, and cardamom powder. In the festive mood, I decided …
Paan Gulkand Thumbprint Cookies
These easy paan thumbprint cookies are so delicious and so fun to make for Indian festivals like Diwali. I cannot stop eating them. A perfect eggless sugar cookie base made using paan/betelnut leaves and filled with rose petal jam or Gulkand. It is a must cookie for Diwali to share with friends and families.
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Pineapple Sheero Cake
This cake is inspired from Indian dessert Sooji ka Halwa or Gujarati’s call it ‘Sheero’. In India, every part makes a different variation of Sheero. Gujarati’s make it lighter in color and use milk. While in Northern parts of India, they make it darker or …
Zucchini Halwa/Dudhi Halwa
Zucchini Halwa is an adaptation of lauki halwa or dudhi halwa. Zucchini halwa is an Indian sweet or mithai made with bottle gourd or opo squash, whole milk, ghee, sugar and flavored with cardamom and garnished with nuts. Two most popular halwa are carrot or …
Orange Cardamom Kalakand
Delicious and quick mithai that is this Kalakand. Indian mithais are notorious as most of them are made from milk or milk products. Kalakand is not different.
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Churma Ladoo
It’s Ganesh Chaturthi, Lord Ganesha’s happy birthday. India, celebrates festivals in the form of birthdays of Gods and Goddesses. Ganesha, is the son of the Shiva and Parvati. He is a symbol of prosperity and good fortune. Lord Ganesha, is invoked at the beginning or …