Beetroot Coconut Ladoo is an easy dessert recipe. These flavorful ladoos are rich, fudgy in taste and moist in texture. This recipe uses boiled grated beetroots, fresh coconut & desiccated coconut as the main ingredients. The mixture is cooked in a sugar syrup, bound together with milk powder and desiccated coconut. These ladoos have a lovely floral taste from addition of rose essence and cardamom powder. This recipe makes a heathier unique alternative to the regular dessert recipes. Also, its the best way to sneak in extra nutrients, flavor and color in form of beets. Trust me if you don’t…
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Continue ReadingShrikhand a easy delicious no cook dessert recipe made with hung yogurt and sugar. It’s perfect for enjoying with hot pooris or just as is. It’s creamy, dense and rich in texture. Shrikhand, a popular Maharashtrian no cook dessert recipe. Made of hung curd, which is strained yogurt with the whey removed. The hung yogurt is flavored with cardamom powder, nutmeg powder & saffron strands. Chilled and garnished with nuts. This kesar elaichi shrikhand is my go to dessert for on festive occasions as it can be made ahead of time and is super easy. Ingredients to make Shrikhand: This…
Continue ReadingThis healthy 3 ingredient sesame brittle is crunchy & sweet. Layered with chocolate, creamy tahini & toppings. It will easily become your favorite snack. You don’t need to switch on your stove, all you need is just your oven, microwave & freezer. This sesame chocolate bark is crispy, toasty and sweet with a deep nutty flavor, makes a great bite size snack. I have topped the brittle with a layer of semi-sweet chocolate. I love to add toppings to the chocolate layer as it adds colors & texture. So to bring out the nutty flavor of this bark, I topped…
Continue ReadingTil laddu aka Tilache ladoo are deliciously rich sesame seeds and peanut ladoos made on the occasion of Makar Sankrant. Sweetened with jaggery and flavored with cardamom nutmeg powder. These make a great on-the-go bite size snack. Til Laddu Til laddu aka ‘Tilache ladoo’, ‘Til gul’ is a sweet snack made with unhulled sesame seeds and jaggery. Sometimes its made with sugar instead of jaggery. This ladoos are a popular treat made during the Indian winter harvest festival Makar sankranti. Maharashtrians celebrate Makar Sankrant on 14th January every year. This festival marks the termination of winter season in Maharashtra and…
Continue ReadingVictoria Sponge Cake is a two layer easy-to-make cake. It is airy in texture and filled with a layer of jam and whipped cream. This traditional English cake is served at tea time. This recipe uses very few and basic baking ingredients. If you are a baking amateur then this cake recipe is best place to start. The traditional recipe uses raspberry jam but I have used strawberry jam for filling. For the convenience I have baked the cake in one tin as opposed to baking in two separate tins. I tasted this British classic Victoria Sponge cake at a…
Continue ReadingBadam Katli aka almond burfi is an Indian dessert made of almonds and sugar. I have given this traditional katli a twist by adding cocoa powder to it. Who doesn’t love a bit of chocolate in their dessert right!? Sharing this fuss-free, chocolaty, smooth textured chocolate katli recipe to make this festive season. Making chocolate katli at home is super easy & quick as this recipe uses store bought almond flour (if you want to use homemade almond flour, read the instruction below). This is my favorite go to sweet as it takes less than 30 minutes to make. You…
Continue ReadingThis khajur burfi recipe is nutty, healthy and super delicious. This burfi is naturally sweetened with dates and loaded with goodness of nuts, making it sugarfree & guiltfree snack. Khajur Burfi recipe, also known as dry fruit rolls, is packed with nuts -walnuts, almonds, cashews & pistachios. Dates work as a natural sweetener in this recipe binding mixed nuts together. This khajur burfi recipe is incredibly easy to make, really healthy and tastes so good. You can store them for serval days, that’s why I generally make a huge batch and enjoy them for weeks. You can easily customize them…
Continue ReadingThis Rose Cheesecake is incredibly delicious, perfectly creamy, eggless, addictive and wonderfully rich with subtle floral flavor. Topped with edible silver leaf, pistachios and rose petals, its bound to impress both with its appearance and stunning flavors. Plus its hassle-free to make – no water bath needed. Rose Cheesecake If you are looking for a easy impressive treat to serve during the festive season, this rose flavored eggless cheesecake will have everyone asking for an extra slice. Its packed with floral goodness, is not overtly sweet and is ridiculously easy to make. All you need is your instant pot and…
Continue ReadingUkadiche Modak is a very popular Maharashtrian dessert made during the festival of Ganpati. These dumplings are gluten free. The shell is made with soft rice flour dough and stuffed with sweet coconut jaggery filling. I am sharing my family recipe with detailed tips and tricks to make them perfectly. Making modak seems intimidating, it took me many failed attempts & practice to get them right. I have included detail steps, tips to get them right so kindly read the post thoroughly before jumping straight to the recipe. Shaping modak without mold is a skill and requires a lot of…