Category: Festive Food

  • Farali Roti

    Farali Roti

    Farali refers to fasting. During some Indian festivals, only certain food is eaten while fasting and this post is about making Farali Roti using the Farali flour available these days at most Indian groceries.

  • Trendy Farali Recipes to Try this Navratri

    Trendy Farali Recipes to Try this Navratri

    Navratri (Sanskrit: नवरात्रि, literally “nine nights”), also spelled Navaratri or Navarathri, is a multi-day Hindu festival celebrated in the autumn every year. It is observed for different reasons and celebrated differently in various parts of the Indian subcontinent.

  • 10 Minute Malai Coconut Laddus

    10 Minute Malai Coconut Laddus

    Coconut ladoo recipe or nariyal ladoo , a popular Indian festive delight made with condensed milk(for instant recipe), sugar and coconut. These Coconut Malai Laddoo just melt in the mouth and are perfect to make during festivals. Since this delicacy is so easy to prepare, I also love to prepare them during Christmas as they…

  • Badam Mysore Pak – Almond Fudge

    Badam Mysore Pak – Almond Fudge

    Besan Mysore pak is popular but did you know that mysore pak can be made using nut powder as well. Nuts like almond, walnut, peanut can be used to make this delicacy. Even Coconut Mysore pak is delicious as well. For those who don’t know Mysore pak, Mysore pak is an Indian sweet prepared in…

  • Coconut Mysore Pak

    Coconut Mysore Pak

    Mysore pak is an Indian sweet prepared in ghee from Karnataka, India. It originated in Mysore. It is made of generous amounts of ghee, sugar, gram flour, and often cardamom. The texture of this sweet is similar to fudge. Now, usually Mysore pak made with Gram flour (Besan) is popular and well known but these…

  • Sweet Potato Black Beans Quinoa Chili

    Sweet Potato Black Beans Quinoa Chili

    Sometimes when I don’t feel like spending lot of time in the kitchen, I prefer throw everything into one pot and cook kind of recipes.

  • All Natural Homemade Food Coloring

    All Natural Homemade Food Coloring

    Avoid the toxins of conventional food dyes by using natural homemade food coloring you can easily make at home! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration have acknowledged that artificial colors such as Red 40 and Yellow 5, trigger hyperactivity and behavioral problems with some children, yet they still allow it. It doesn’t stop there, each…

  • Malpua – Amalu

    Malpua – Amalu

    Malpua aka Amalu is a pancake served as a dessert or a snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India and Bangladesh. It is a very popular dish of Odisha and is also served to Lord Jagannath of Puri in his Sakala Dhupa (morning food served to the lord). Apart from other dishes like…

  • Flax Egg – Heart of a Vegan Vegetarian Baker

    Flax Egg – Heart of a Vegan Vegetarian Baker

    You must be thinking, what exactly is a flax egg? A flax egg is a vegan egg substitute, that is made up of ground flax seeds and water. The second question you might have is how to use flax egg? Well, as my title say, flax egg is a heart of a vegan vegetarian baker. So…

  • Mind Blasting Indian Street Foods That Will Make You Run For A Bite!

    Mind Blasting Indian Street Foods That Will Make You Run For A Bite!

    When it comes to street food, India is one nation that is known worldwide for its scrumptious, cheap and easily available street delights. I am sure hardly anyone can resist to try the street food as you can feel the aroma from far and once you reach to the stalls, it is nearly impossible not…