Sweet Potato Halwa

Sweet Potato Halwa

I first tried making this for Mahashivratri 2024 and I was amazed how good it tastes. It tastes just like Moong halwa in my opinion (which I absolutely love). Plus, this uses less ghee, sugar and is upawas-friendly – what more This recipe makes about …

Anjeer Dryfruit Barfi

Anjeer Dryfruit Barfi

I wouldn’t look twice at Anjeer barfi until a few years ago. But this recipe was eye opening – it is unbelievably delicious! Given the many benefits of dried figs and the fact that this has less sugar than most other mithais, this one is …

Fried Modak

Fried Modak

Olya naralache Talalele Modak – talalele (fried) – Fried dumplings with a sweet Fresh coconut filling! Made specially for festivals. This is the best cocnut illing recipe for fried karanji or Modak that yoou can get your hands on – I promise! It is crisp, …

Sandesh

Sandesh

Sandesh is a simple delicious Bengali mithai that can be made very quickly with minimal ingredients and can easily transformed into multiple flavors/ types. Its great to whip up a box full of 2-3 few flavors of Sandesh as a hostess gift or to take …

Tres Leches

Tres Leches

A very popular mexican dessert. For the longest time my gold standard for Tres leches was the one they served in the Whole foods cafeteria in Paramus, Until I tried a super fresh delicious piece of tres leches at a family owned little restaurant in …

Lemon Berry Cupcakes

Lemon Berry Cupcakes

You’ve gotta try these scrumptious, moist, fruity cupcakes. I made these last week to take to a picnic party. Everybody loved them so much – they are unbelievably moist and rich yet light and vibrant at the same time. Within a week of having these, …

Japanese-style sweet milk buns

Japanese-style sweet milk buns

Hokkaido milk buns with a sweet cream filling We accidentally happened to stumble upon these in Bangkok, I had walked past a picture of these in the food court of a mall. They just looked like something I would love to try! Hoping that it …

Christmas Cake (Fruit Cake)

Christmas Cake (Fruit Cake)

Delicious – warm spicy cake loaded with fruits and nuts. Perfect for a holiday brunch! Growing up I was never a fan of warm spice+sweet, its one of the combinations I started appreciating much later in adulthood. Just like Mawa cake, I started appreciating the …

Chocolate Bundt cake

indisputably the most moist chocolate cake recipe you will ever find! Christmas is my most favorite time of the year! And baking makes it to my top 3 favorite things to do during christmas time. Decorating the tree and wrapping presents are the other two …

Karanji (olya naralachi)

Karanji (olya naralachi)

Fried dumplings with a sweet Fresh coconut filling! Made specially for festivals. This is the best karanji recipe that I know of. It is crisp, golden and perfect on the outside and the filling is scrumptuous and just perfect. Whats more perfect about this recipe …