Oats Ladoo is a healthy nutritious laddu recipe that comes together in no time. These delicious laddus are made with simply 4 base ingredients oats, cashews, cardamom powder and sweetened with maple syrup. These are the easiest, healthy festive snack to add to your festive mithai box. Besides being a healthy festive treat, these make a delicious snack that my toddler enjoys all year round. These oats laddo are packed with protein and fiber from oats & healthy fats from cashews. Okay, there is no comparison but if you crave kaju katli and are watching your sugar intake, this recipe…
Continue ReadingMilk Powder Modak is nothing but a pedha shaped like a Modak. This popular Indian sweet is made during Ganpati festival with just a handful of ingredients. Ganpati festival is incomplete without making bappa’s favorite Modak. Ganesh Chaturthi mornings are always busy, so I prefer to make this instant milk powder modak recipe as prasad. This recipe calls for using milk powder. Traditionally, people use mawa/ khoya (milk solids) which you can make by reducing full fat milk. However, I like to use full fat milk powder because its readily available in any supermarket. Making traditional milk pedha takes a…
Continue ReadingOats Ladoo is a healthy and nutritious ladoo recipe that comes together in no time. These ladoos are made with oats, walnuts and sweetened with dates and maple syrup. These are the easiest, healthy festive snack to add to your festive mithai box. Besides being a festive treat, these make a delicious snack that my toddler enjoys all year round. These are packed with protein & fiber from oats, omega-3s & fats from walnuts. These healthy ladoos give you a boost when you are feeling low on energy. All you need is 7 ingredients and 30 minutes to make these…
Continue ReadingStrawberry Ladoo makes a healthy, delicious and refined sugar free dessert alternative to make this festive season. This recipe is pretty easy to make and is packed with nutritious ingredients. If you are avoiding refined sugar just like me, these ladoos make a healthy alternative. These make a great treat to add to your Diwali Mithai Box. Look no further and check out these delicious no-cook ladoo recipe which taste like strawberries. These bite size ladoos have a refreshing floral strawberry rose flavor & are packed with nuts and coconut. To sweeten them, I have used Medjool dates. This recipe…
Continue ReadingOrange Chocolate Modak is an easy, simple, quick and no cook modak recipe. These modaks are super delicious and have a hint of orange zest and cocoa powder. It is a perfect prasad or dessert recipe to make during the festive season. Orange and chocolate is a match made in heaven. I love the flavors of these two ingredients anytime. If you are someone who loves this combo then this recipe is for you. This is one of my favorite no-cook modak recipes to make during Ganpati festival. These modaks are delicious, fudgy, not overtly sweet and a perfect blend…
Continue ReadingCoconut Rose Modak as the name suggests is basically coconut modak flavored with rose water, you can even use rose syrup or Rooh-Afza. These coconut rose modaks are subtly sweet and have just 7 ingredients. They can be made in less than 20 minutes, plus are entirely no cook. What’s not to love about them….. right?! I love to celebrate festivals big or small. Making fresh prasad during 10 days of Ganesh festival sounds fun but its certainly challenging when you are a busy mom. Which is why this no-cook modak recipe is a life saver. This recipe is quick,…
Continue ReadingBeetroot 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…
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 white chocolate bark is very fast and easy to make. It’s infused with nutmeg and saffron flavor, tastes like mithai. Topped with colorful edible rose and cornflower petals and nuts. You can get creative and play around with the toppings. If you are looking for a quick, easy, pretty and colorful last minute festive treat, look no further and make this recipe. This white chocolate bark can be made in a blink of an eye because you just melt the chocolate in the microwave, top it with colorful toppings of your choice. Since white chocolate doesn’t really taste like…