Category: Bengali sweet

  • Kaju Pista Rolls

    Kaju Pista Rolls

    Diwali or Deepavali is the festival of light, festivity and celebration. No celebration or festival is complete without sweets. Sweets like this is very rich in flavor and texture as it is made with combination of nutty flavors of cashews and pistachios rolled into one. Looking at the sweet, your guest will think it took…

  • Dudh Halwa

    Milk Halwa or Doodh ka Halwa is a simple and delicious Indian dessert, sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk and paneer, aka Milk Cake, Kalakand or Paneer Barfi and so on. It can be made plain or with flavors.

  • Badam Halwa or Sheera (Almond Pudding)

    Badam Sheera or Halwa is a rich and tasty Indian dessert prepared with almonds milk, elachi(cardamom) and Kesar(saffron), one of my favorite halwa.

  • Mango Kalakand Burfi

    There are mangoes everywhere so why not use in Mitahi and enjoy. Kalakand is a very popular Indian dessert made with Fresh Paneer, Condensed milk and garnished with nuts. Kalakand burfi flavor can be enhanced by adding flavors like mango, and other fruit purees. I love to prepare this sweet during Navratri for the Prasad…

  • Lapsi – Cracked Wheat Halwa

    Lapsi is a traditional Gujarati sweet often served up on auspicious occasions. Learn quick and traditional way of making lapsi, a Bulgar sweet. Lapsi is cooked on a low heat for few hours to get the best flavor. These days, we want everything quick so I started making it in a pressure cooker and works…

  • China Grass Burfi – Agar Milky Fudge

    In Indian cuisine, agar agar is known as “China grass” and is used for making desserts. Agar is my favorite ingredient these days as it allows me to make some exotic desserts(video playlist below for all Agar recipes). Agar-agar is a natural vegetable gelatin counterpart. White and semi-translucent, it is sold in packages as washed…

  • Custard Fruit Salad

    Fresh fruit is colorful and nutritious. Made into one of the most popular Indian style fruit salad and given a creative twist, it becomes the perfect take-along recipe. Ever popular Milk based Fruit Salad recipe to help have a mixture of fruits.

  • Sugar Syrup Chart

    Learn to prepare Sugar syrup for desserts and more

  • Kalakand Burfi – Milk Cake

    Kalakand is an Indian sweet made out of solidified, sweetened milk and paneer. The dish originated in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. Kalakand is made in the Indian subcontinent during festivals and celebrations, such as Holi, Diwali, Navratri and Eid.

  • Gulab Jamun

    Gulab Jamun is very mouth melting sweet. Gulab Jamuns are very popular and very tempting dessert. It is a milk-solid-based South Asian sweet, particularly popular in India, Myanmar, Nepal (where it is known as lalmon), Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is also common in Mauritius and the Caribbean countries of Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and…