Vermicelli Fudge / Semiya Fudge – Valentine’s Day Special
- 14
- February
- 2011
Vermicelli Fudge: Ramzaan Halwa. Semiya Halwa. Ingredients: Extra fine vermicelli 1 cupCondensed milk 1/4 cupMilk 2 cupsCardamom powder 1/4spoonSaffron powder 1 pinchSalt 1 pinchSugar syrup 1/2 cupGhee/melted butter – 1/4 cup. Method: In a wide wok, heat few spoons of ghee. Add the sugar syrup, cardamom and saffron. Now add the vermicelli and 2 cups […]
Paal Paniyaram – Country Style Dessert
- 12
- December
- 2010
Pal Paniyaram: Ingredients: For Paniyaram: Rice flour 1 cupGrated jaggery 1/2 cupCardamom 3crushedGrated coconut 4-7 spoonsOil for frying/ghee. For Pal: Coconut 1 whole – grated and pureedFarm fresh milk 1 liter Cardamom 6-7 crushedSugar 1 cup. Method: In a wide vessel, heat milk, reduce it into half of its original volume. Further add coconut puree, […]
Paal Kozhukattai / Doodh ka Modak – Traditional Tamil Pudding
- 30
- November
- 2010
Paal Kozhukattai: I have heard about this particular sweet, a million times(both through movies and friends)…but never got a chance to see it or to taste it!!! My mommy is a kind of person…who is very content with her own style of cooking,he he…I mean, she never showed even slightest curiosity to try anything traditional […]
Semolina Pudding / Sooji Kheer / Rawa Payasam
- 03
- August
- 2010
Semolina Kheer: Ramzan Payasam. Ramzan Kanji. Sweet Porridge-Ramzan special. Thari Kanji. Sometimes, its very easy for me to be a terrible cook…no, its not a joke. I make blunders, okay some huge blunders, simply irrevocable mistakes while fixing even good old simple recipes. The each time, I tried to whip this sooji kheer, I was […]
Sandesh – Sometimes, Nothing is Everything!
- 06
- June
- 2010
Sandesh:(Bengali Style) When I was a kid, my grandma kept making sandesh quite often for me, almost every day:) She just split milk intentionally, added some sugar to it and dished out as decadent sweet! No practical errors! Of course its not cooking at all! But that’s what so good about it:)I never understood that, […]
Badam Puri – Sinful Indulgence
- 30
- May
- 2010
Badam Puri: Ingredients: Almonds 10-15 Saffron few strandsMilk 1/4 cupAll purpose flour 1 cupGhee for shallow fryingSugar syrup thick 1 cupSliced nuts to garnish. Method: Soak almonds ahead in warm water. Peel their skin off and wet-grind the nuts to thick paste. In a wide bowl, bring the flour, crushed saffron and almond paste…if needed, […]
Rabri:(Bengali Sweet) Paneer Payasam? Thirattu Paal – Payasam Ingredients: Milk, Milk and more Milk…as much as you wanted,Sugar as per your tasteNuts to garnishCardamom to flavour. Method: Split a litre of milk, using lemon juice, or citric acid or salt. Boil continuously and remove the whey. BTW, whey is full of milk protein too, try […]
Stuffed Jamun – I am Going Weak for Sweets:)
- 24
- May
- 2010
Stuffed Dry Jamuns: Nothing much to talk about the preparation. Just prepared everything in a routine Jamun method. Except that I stuffed some of my favorite nuts inside. Discard the strong syrup, after done with enough imbibing, serve chilled as dry jamuns.:)
Paal Poli – Seduce Your Taste Buds
- 05
- May
- 2010
Pal Poli: Milk Polis, Palu Bobatlu. Pal Ommittu. Paal Poori. Pal puri. Maybe our stone age fore-fathers have been deprived for this one thing ‘S-U-G-A-R’. And that is why our in-built genes still crave for anything ‘S-W-E-E-T’.:) Obviously starchier meals, fatty stuff and anything sweeter easily becomes comfort dish for some of us. The rush […]
Malpua:(Bengal Sweet) Sinful Indulgence: Look around, is anyone next to you? No one, alright. Confession: I have my own guilty pleasures and every once in a while, temptation gets the better hand of me. Conscience? come on, that hardly works when you spot honey. If you are a die hard fan of Bengali sweets, I […]
