What’s a Christmas without gorging on rich moist yummy plum cakes! Come December and the husband takes it upon himself to hunt down the perfect Xmas plum cake and picks up plum cakes from all over the town. In Bangalore the only perfect plum cake I’ve had is that from the Taj’s Sugar and [...]
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Nan Khatai
I have baked these gorgeous cookies called Nan Khatai from Nupur’s Happy Burp many times and they have always turned out perfect! I didn’t let the dough rest for a few hours as the original recipe suggests without any problem.
To make nan khatai, you’ll need
1. 2 cups of maida
2. 3/4 to 1 cup of powdered [...]
Cholafali
Here’s another traditional yet simple Diwali farsaan recipe.
To make cholafali you’ll need
1. Besan (Gram flour) – 3 cups
2. Urad dal flour – 1 1/3 cups
3. Oil for deep frying
4. Soda bicarbonate – a pinch or 1/2 tsp
4. Salt
5. Chilly powder
6. Rock salt
Add the soda and salt to half a cup of boiling water. Once the [...]
Ghughra
Ghughra is one of the traditional mithai prepared during Diwali in Gujarat/Maharashtra. Different versions of ghughra are pretty popular with various names all over the country. Kopra and khoya are two popular stuffings. I prepared the one that is common at home – with kopra stuffing. This version stays fresh for longer and I associate [...]
Chana dal ~ Diwali special snack
Today is Vakbaras and the Diwali marathon has officially kicked off in my kitchen! Since I favour farsaan (namkeen/karam whatever) over mithai just a little bit, the first one in the Diwali series is a farsaan – fried chana dal.
I’ll let the picture do the rest of the talking and give you the recipe. The source [...]
Gearing up for Diwali
Diwali is just around the corner, and if you are bursting with enthusiasm like me, but don’t know how to go about celebrating it on your own, here are a couple of cool ideas that I found to be very simple and doable.
- Make an aakash kandil. It’s actually a class 2 crafts project kind [...]