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Easy Ghee Mysore Pak (OPOS©)
Has it ever happened that you watched Micheal Phelps swimming or a Usain Bolt running like sheer poetry and believed you can do that as well? Your over enthusiastic adrenaline motivates you to do the...
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Easy Rava Kesari (OPOS)
I have posted traditional method of making Rava Kesari already. It was such a memorable moment. My mother had come to visit me after YEARS and it was pure nostalgia. Those days I was into regular...
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10 minute Carrot Halwa (OPOS®)
Traditional recipes are always special. They have this knack of teleporting you into pleasant realms – a cocoon of memories that’s comforting and precious. Unfortunately for our current generations,...
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Easy Bhapa Doi
Given the lack of interest for anything sweet in the house, my skills for making desserts is below par when compared to savory dishes. So, you can imagine the amount of excitement that every...
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Maida Burfi (Indian Fudge using Flour)
As I have mentioned countless time before in the blog, my mom specializes in sweets. She is a connoisseur who finds her way easily even while making a new recipe. Sweet making (esp. Indian ones) can...
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Aval Kesari (Poha Sheera)
If I had to name one striking difference between my mother and I, then it would be our liking for sweets/desserts. While her face turns into such a blissful joy at its sight, mine turns into agony...
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Pasi Paruppu Payasam (Moong dal Kheer)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble South Indian desserts are among the most nutritious of all desserts in my opinion. Unrefined ingredients like Jaggery, wheat flour , nuts and cultured ghee are used in...
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Suyyam (Susiyam)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble My mom loves festivals. It gives her a free reign to make sweets She can live on sweets alone while the rest of her family are savory junkies. So every special occasion...
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Channar/Rasgulla Payesh (Paneer Kheer)
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Sabudana Kheer (Sago Milk Pudding)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble I fell in love with Sabudana /Sago when my mom made Sabudana Kichidi for me. The Maharashtrian style Sabudana Vada then came into my world followed by the South Indian...
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Semiya Payasam (Vermicelli Kheer) using Condensed Milk
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble I was going through my pantry and found a can of condensed milk, the original purpose of the purchase forgotten! I wanted to use it for something and since I was...
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Karanji (Karchikai, Kajjikayalu)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble I favor sweets that aren’t that sweet. Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Born to a sweetaholic(!), I am a paradox to my mom’s blissful existence in the world of...
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Maladu (Pottukadalai/Roasted Gram Laddu)
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Mysore Pak (soft)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble The word “Mysore Pak” does wonders to an Indian’s palate (esp. a South Indian). Immediately as if a switch went on, there is an instant drool. This has to be one of...
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Rava Kesari (Semolina Pudding)
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble One of the most basic and loved sweets in the whole of India – Semolina Pudding. The North Indians refer to it as Sooji or Suji Halwa while the South Indians know it as...
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Shrikhand
Email Print Share Tweet Stumble While on one hand you have immensely labor intensive yet traditional Indian sweets like Gulab Jamun , on the other hand you have ridiculously simple ones, which don’t...
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