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Diwali Sweets, Indian Festival Recipes, Sweets

CARROT HALWA/GAJAR KA HALWA

May 11, 2016 by Nithya 2 Comments

Carrot Halwa or Gajar ka Halwa is also known as Gajrela is a sweet dessert pudding mainly associated with North of India.It is made during Diwali, Holi and family celebrations.Many people make it in different methods,either with pressure cooker,microwave or in an open pan which is slow cooked with grated carrots in milk and dry fruits.Almost everyone is addicted to this sweet delicacy and requires no reason to prepare and enjoy.I also made this just for the sake of blogging,but the enjoyment came along the way.As a blogger trying out new recipes and taking pictures is a weekly affair,if not…

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Diwali Sweets, Gokulashtami Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Neiveidhyam Recipes, Sweets, Traditional Recipes

THIRATIPAL/PALGOVA

October 29, 2015 by Nithya Leave a comment

Thiratipal or Palgova is a traditional sweet prepared in most homes during diwali.It is a very easy to make dessert, though it is time consuming.With all the ingredients easily available at home,you can make this sweet with considerable ease.As Diwali gets near I remember my mom preparing this delicacy in my childhood days.The milk in Delhi were I grew up would be very tasty and the thiratipal made with that would be divine.How ever sweets she might prepare,mom would ever forget preparing this.As I was thinking what next to post for Diwali,thiratipal came to my mind and I am presenting…

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Indian Festival Recipes, Navarathri Recipes, Neiveidhyam Recipes, Payasam/Kheer Recipes, Traditional Recipes, Vrat Recipes

JAWWARISI PAYASAM/SABUDANA KHEER

October 19, 2015 by Nithya Leave a comment

Jawwarisi or sabudana pearls are mostly used during vrat or fasting days and sabudana vada and sabudana khichidi is chief among them.But we can also make a milk based dessert using these tiny pearls as I did for Navarathri Prasadam earlier last week.As we all know festive time is in full swing and all are busy with the various preparations of sweets and savouries and getting ready to celebrate the Goddess during this time.Sabudana Kheer is an easy one to make with the ingredients available at home.Do try this simple yet rich delicacy and let me know how it turned…

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Neiveidhyam Recipes, Payasam/Kheer Recipes

CARROT KHEER/CARROT PAYASAM

September 7, 2015 by Nithya 1 Comment

Sometime back I went to a friend’s house and she had made this carrot kheer.It was totally out of the world in taste and I decided there itself that I would make and post it in my blog.I made it but somehow,this was lying in my draft for long and since the festivites are round the corner this payasam or kheer can be made as a change.It needs very less ingredients and less time to make too.Dhivya like it very much and iam afraid all the kids in your house will love for sure.Carrot itself is sweet and adding sugar…

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Authentic Brahmin Recipe, Gokulashtami Recipes, Indian Festival Recipes, Iyengar Recipes, Neiveidhyam Recipes, Traditional Recipes

AKKARAVADISAL

September 3, 2015 by Nithya 1 Comment

Akkaravadisal is a typical iyengar dessert made and offered to GOD during festivities.It can be sugar or jaggery based but made with rice.In iyengar style it is made with jaggery and is famous neivedhyam in VISHNU temples.It uses milk and lots of ghee,which gives the extraordinary creamy and melt in the mouth texture and is truly divine to taste.I know of a sugar based version of this recipe too,which I intend to post later.You can try for the forthcoming Janmashtami,this recipe which if followed with proper steps is an easy recipe to make.Try out this yummilicious recipe this festive season…

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Milkshakes, Summer Coolers

CARROT MILKSHAKE/SUMMER COOLERS

July 24, 2015 by Nithya Leave a comment

It was last weekend when I was searching new to make that I found this recipe n a website.The milkshake was simple and looked tempting.My daughter is fond of carrots and it was a good filling drink after breakfast.We can try the same with bettroot or bottle gourd as well.The ingredients used here ar

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Ice Creams, Mango Recipes

MANGO KULFI/MANGO RECIPES

June 22, 2015 by Nithya 2 Comments

Kulfi is liked by all at home.It is badam pista that I always make,but when Ravi’s friend who has farm dispatched a big box of mangoes last month,I was wondering what to do with the raining mangoes.I tried mango lassi,mango milk shake and mango tea.But kulfi was long due.So I made it sometime back a

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Ice Creams

CUSTARD POWDER VANILLA ICECREAM

June 1, 2015 by Nithya 1 Comment

Hello Dear Friends!Iam very happy to share with you all my 201st post with custard powder vanilla ice cream.As I posted my yesterday’s recipe I didn’t realise I had finished 200 posts in my blog.When I pressed the publish button and lo! it went I was surprised to see I had 200 th post in my blog.So thought why not share with all with a sweet and cooling recipe to celebrate the happy occasion.I had contributed to aa tamil magazine malligai magal,this recipe and Iam happy to have it and share with you all this wonderful icecream recipe.It is so…

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