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