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Kashmiri noon chai/Pink tea

Varagu Adhirasam/Kodo millet adhirasam

Rasmalai is made with rasagulla soaked in sweetened thick milk. Chenna or paneer is prepared by boiling milk and adding anything sour like vinegar, lime juice or citric acid. This separates the milk solids and water. We prepare pedas using this and cooking it in sugar syrup. Though the process seems to be lengthy, it is worth trying especially during special occasions. I have uploaded Mango…

These healthy biscuits are made with store-bought sathumaavu/multigrain flour. This can also be done with homemade ones or millet flour. You can get perfect texture only with all purpose flour/maida. But replaced it with whole wheat flour. For sweetness, jaggery powder/unrefined cane sugar can be added. Since I had demarara sugar in hand I used it. This biscuit is very simple to make with just…

Dodal is halwa made with rice flour, coconut milk, and jaggery/palm jaggery. It is a famous Srilankan sweet and also made in Goa during Christmas time. In Kerala, it is called Black Halwa. But the ingredients and procedure is the same. Some use brown sugar with jaggery. In Kerala, it is made with palm jaggery. Some add ghee. We can use store-bought rice flour. Authentically in Srilanka, they use…

Gulabjamun being a famous dessert of India, is also famous in other parts of the world. More than any other sweet, our eyes brighten when we see this yummy sweet. Basically, this is made with milk solid which is khoya/mawa/kova. In halwai/sweet shops it is made with khoya. Making khoya is lengthy process of stirring milk for hours to make unsweetened khoya. To make it simple, we can make it with…

Strawberry Cheesecake (No Bake)

Strawberry cheesecake made with cream cheese, whipped cream and strawberry puree as main ingredients. After trying gulabjamun cheesecake I wanted to try cute cup cheesecakes. So I tried these lovely pink strawberry cheesecake for valentine’s day. Cheesecake Ideally, cheesecakes are baked by mixing cream cheese, whipped cream, and a sweetener like sweetened milk. Gelatin is normally added to…