Rava ladoo

Rava ladoo aka sooji ladoo is made from rava(cream of wheat) and is one of the easiest and yummiest sweets you should try making this diwali. It can be made in a jiffy with minimal ingredients. The recipe I'm posting here is my mom's. It is a no fail recipe that even beginners can try.…

Oats Ladoo

Diwali is almost here and I'm very excited. I made a list of sweets and snacks two weeks back and I cant wait to try them out. Every year, we start making sweets a week before diwali which usually consists of adhirasam, rava(cream of wheat) ladoos,gulab jamuns and murukku. On the day of diwali, we…

Sweet Potato Gulab Jamun

Gulab jamun is a popular sweet from India, that is primarily prepared using milk solids. Traditionally, it is prepared from khoya(evaporated milk solids). Khoya is mixed with little flour and kneaded into a dough. The dough is then shaped into small balls and deep fried in oil. These deep fried dough balls are then dunked…

Custard powder Halwa

I'm going to share a very simple and easy to make halwa recipe. Yes, it is made using custard powder. And no, it doesn't taste weird. In fact, it tastes almost like wheat halwa that it is almost impossible for one to find out it is made from custard powder, unless told. Like any other…

Rasgulla

Rasgulla is a traditional dessert from West Bengal, India. It involves cooking ball-shaped dumplings of chhena/paneer(unripened curd cheese/cottage cheese) in sugar syrup. I love the rasgullas from Haldirams,a popular indian brand. With navratri and diwali around the corner, I wanted to try making sweets I have never attempted to try earlier. I made a list…

Instant Doodh(Milk) Peda

Instant doodh peda? Yes, you read that right. Doodh peda as the name implies is made from milk. Traditionally, it is made from evaporated/reduced milk. It involves stirring the milk on low flame for a long time until it thickens. The process sure is tedious and time-consuming. So, here I propose a cheat/short cut of…

Kandarappam

Kandarappam is a traditional deep-fried sweet dish from chettinad cuisine. It is one of the most popular dishes of chettinad cuisine and is usually prepared during Diwali. One of my neighbours is from karaikudi and she makes yummy kandarappams during diwali. The recipe I'm sharing here is hers and it sure is a fail proof…