Shrikhand

Shrikhand is an Indian sweet made of hung curd and is popular in Gujarat as well as Maharashtra. It is a very creamy dessert with simple ingredients like curd and sugar.   It is upto your innovation to decide the flavor of this sweet . The common and the traditional ones are saffron and Cardamon…

Chenna Poda

 When Valli announced The Indian Cooking Challenge ,as always I was excited to try. A traditional sweet from Orrisa ,Chenna Poda was totally new to me.While reading the recipe I wondered how this would taste..caramel blending with paneer.I did not waste any time..and made it right away.Would have loved to click step by step pics…

Shufta

BM # 12   Day 7 Whenever  I cook ,some how there are a few things which have to be either savoury or sweet…I mean I just cant relate Paneer being a sweet…or sweet potato being savoury..wonder why such fixed notions?…and to break this temprament I wanted to create something sweet with paneer.Of course there…

Satpura / Pather Pheni /Chirote

As kids I guess we are too playful and are not interested in what is being cooked during festivals.Going back,years back probably when I was 7- 8 , I remember mom making Satpuras for a special festival called Mahalaxmi-jo-sagro.This  festival is dedicated to Godess Mahalaxmi ,the Godess of wealth during Shiradhs .For two weeks homeage…

Thekua

I always look forward to the Indian Cooking Challenge…simply love doing it,Srivalli always comes up with an interesting recipe ..a new cuisine …trying to get some unheard recipes..Thekua…I had never heard of it,but when I read the recipe I found it similar to a Sindhi sweet which is made on special pooja occassions in Sindhi…

Jalebi

For the month of August the ICC announced Jalebi.This is one Indian Dessert that I love,and wanted to try it immediately…but the waeather kept ditching me.Day after day…we were getting non stop rains…and I did not want a soggy Jalebi.Anyway finally I made them ..on a rainy day…but they did not get a chance to…