Indian Festival Recipes (Sweet Snacks & Namkin)

Delicious crispy poha

Servings:  Preparation time: 5-6 minutes. Roasting time: 5-6 minutes(each batches). Frying time: 10 minutes. Seasoning time: 6-7 minutes. Total time: 29 minutes. I learned the recipe “Delicious crispy poha”or “Maharashtrian Poha Chiwda” from one of my Marathi friends.  She patiently showed me each step, from roasting the poha (flattened rice) to getting the seasoning just […]

Delicious crispy poha Read More »

khoya Gulabjamun (About 1 Kg)

Servings: Preparation time: 15 minutes. Frying time: 10-12 minutes. Soaking into sugar syrup time: 15 minutes. Total time: 42 minutes. Gulab Jamun is not for those people, who are on diet; it is high in sugar and fat. Hence it is advisable by doctors to consume in moderate quantity with balance diet and loads of

khoya Gulabjamun (About 1 Kg) Read More »

Gond(edible gum) ke laddu (sweet dish)

Servings: Preparation time: 7 minutes. Gond frying time: 7 minutes. Aata frying time: 12 minutes. Binding laddu time: 1 minute(each) Total time: 27 minutes.  As winter approaches we start to switch to food, which has properties to keep body warm as “Dry Fruits Laddu”, “Til ke Laddu” and so on… My family like to eat

Gond(edible gum) ke laddu (sweet dish) Read More »

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

saffron Petha (ash gourd) sweets Read More »

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

Makhane (fox nut) ki kheer (phalahari recipe) Read More »