Spice Up Your Life
Happy Diwali! I loveeeeee milk based sweets, aka Indian Mithai! And if you haven’t had any, you are missing out! The past few years I started experimenting with rose water and making all sorts of different rose flavored dishes. This rose barfi is my favorite …
Growing I up, I used to devour bowls of sweet shakkarpara. These crispy cardamom sweet treats are elevated by using orange olive oil! Trust me you get all the orange flavor, and not so much the olive oil flavor. However if you can’t find orange …
The weather has been extra nice and warm recently, perfect for this mango kulfi! To make this mango kulfi, you just need a few ingredients and 30 minutes (minus the freezing time)! Simply reduce the mango puree and heavy cream, mix in the milk powder, …
Growing up I remember eating the sweet shakkarpara all the time! However, my taste buds developed and as I got older, I become obsessed with these methi (fenugreek) shakkarpara. For those of who don’t know, shakkarpara is a crispy fried Indian snack. Most commonly, it …
Diwali is coming up in a few short days, and this dry fruit chikki is perfect to make at the last minute! All of the ingredients are from my pantry and the chikki takes less than 30 minutes to make! You simply roast the nuts, …
The fifth and final day of Diwali, Bhai Beej, revolves around the brother-sister relationship. Typically the brother will travel to his sister’s house symbolizing respect and protection. In return the sister will feed her brother. For Bhai Beej, I experimented with a new recipe I …
It’s Annakut day, the first day of the Indian New Year (lunar calendar)! Saal Mubarak! This is a common greeting for the new year, with saal meaning year and mubarak meaning good wishes. Usually, people celebrate by cooking lots of different sweets and savory snacks to take to the …
Wow that title was a mouthful! Just like these no bake mini cheesecakes! They are a mouthful of delicious floral rose notes, sweet creamy goodness, and childhood memories of dunking Parle-G cookies in BonVita milk ☺️ This was my first time cooking with rose water …