Indian Festival Recipes (Sweet Snacks & Namkin)

saffron Petha (ash gourd) sweets

Servings:  Preparation time: 15 minutes. Soaking time: 60-70 minutes. Boiling time: 10-15 minutes. Setting time: 5-6 hours. Making sugar syrup time: 3-4 minutes. Cooking time: 5-6 minutes. Total time: 40 minutes.  I have craving for royal treat of “Saffron Petha”, but can’t travel to Agara during summer; so prepared this authentic sweets from Agara and […]

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Makhane (fox nut) ki kheer (phalahari recipe)

Servings: 4-5 Preparation time: 3 minutes. Frying time: 4 minutes. Cooking time:30 minutes. Total time: 37 minutes. Makhane (fox nut) is a kind of lotus flower seed, mainly found in India, Russia, Korea and Japan. In Japan it is called Nikori, Onibas or Gorgon nuts (オニバス). This seeds contains abundant protein, detoxifies the spleen, helps

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Parwal (pointed gourd) ki mithai Parwal sweets

Parwal (pointed gourd) ki mithai Parwal sweets

Servings:  Preparation time: 10 minutes. Blanching time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 8-10 minutes. Frying khoa time and stuffing time: 6-8 minutes. Total time: 38 minutes.  “Parwal (Pointed Gourd) ki Mithai” is a type of dessert/sweets. In India there is a tradition to have dessert course to conclude a meal. Sweets from vegetables, sounds good. It

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Besan(Chick Pea Flour) Ka Laddu

Servings: Preparation time: 5 minutes. Frying time: 15-17 minutes. Shaping the Laddu time: 1 minutes(for couple laddu). Total time: 25 minutes. Indian festival is incomplete without sweets, there are so many variety of festive sweets; ‘Besan Laddu’ is one of them, which is very popular in all over India. This Laddu is loved by kids

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