• Sweet Dishes - Temptation

    Mithi Dhabhal~Sweet Bread

    Making Indian sweets at home could be tricky since most of these require perfect consistency of sugar syrup to obtain perfect texture of sweet dish. While some Indian sweets are little forgiving when it comes to syrup consistency (malpua, rasgulla, gulabjamun etc), the texture of batter/dough needs to be perfect for satisfactory results in such cases. For some sweets, the temperature is a deciding factor while some like laddoo need ‘tagar’, a most crucial ingredient to nail the texture and flavours, made by re crystallizing sugar syrup,  by vigorously mixing it off flame, till it turns into a coarse powder.…

  • Sweet Dishes - Temptation

    Gheear~Sindhi style Jalebi

    Holi, the spring festival of India, is around the corner.With just few days remaining in the festival of colours, many people asked for the recipe of traditional Holi sweet of Sindhis, Gheear or the jumbo jalebi. For sindhis, Holi means going crazy over sweets like Praghree, Gheear, Malpura etc. The recipe of typical Sindhi sweet, Praghree, the crispy layered pastry stuffed with Khoya, is already shared here, while that of malpura is here Last year I tried making gheear too but my attempts went into vain, when the under- fermented batter refused to turn into slim pearly droplets that bind…

  • Sweet Dishes

    Praghree| Deep Fried Crunchy layered Puffs|Sindhi Sweet

    Praghree (Praghri/Pragri), a deep fried crunchy, layered puff stuffed with Khoya/mawa, is a seasonal delicacy, made only during Holi Festival ( Indian Festival of colours). Rarely will you find these crunchy, sticky delights during rest of the year. Very high in calories but an addictive sweet, Praghree have many fans;  specially from Sindhi Community. Almost every Sindhi sweet shop will stock this around Holi and generally there are two varieties of it. One is stuffed with Khoya and other with Chabu Halwo (cornflour pudding/Bombay Karachi halwa). This fascinating sweet could be made at home, but you need to have a…

  • For Kids - Street Food - Sweet Dishes - Vegan

    Lahori Gajhar|Sweet Potato in Sugar syrup

    Sweet potatoes are the sweeter tuberous roots that are long and tapered, and have a rustic look , feel and taste. There are many varieties of these roots available around the world, ranging from pale yellow skinned to orange or  from red to purplish hued skin. A rich source of Vit A and Beta-carotene, it is also a good source of many other essential minerals and nutrients. Generally in India, one can find the purple/Red variety of sweet potatoes with pale or whitish flesh. These varieties are generally less sweet and more on dry side than its orange or yellow…

  • For Kids - Jams/Pickles - Vegan

    Awran Jo Murrabo|Amla Murraba|Gooseberry Conserve

    Awran Jo Murrabo or Indian Gooseberry Conserve is very popular amongst Sindhis, particularly, it is the most favorite of elder generation, because they are well aware of the health benefits of Amla or Indian Gooseberries. Probably all of us have heard about this ‘Wonder Berry’ and the numerous health benefits of consuming Amla on regular basis. Because most toxins in the natural world are bitter, the human body is fine tuned to detect them. A bitter taste on the tongue usually makes us want to spit food out, and the taste receptors we also have in the stomach can detect…

  • Diwali Sweets - For Kids - Sweet Dishes - Temptation

    Gulabjamun~The Recipe

    Starting with a  Thank you , to all who cared to respond my post through comments and Emails , and all those who tried to help me decide a picture for Click event, I am glad to send the one that got most of the votes..The first picture of  Gulabjamun from my previous post . So this one goes for the Click event~Heirloom This is a Recipe which remained in Drafts for the longest period, the reason being that store brought Gulabjamuns are so convenient to find here and also , these do  not cost a bomb. Moreover I find…

  • For Kids - Sweet Dishes

    Soojiiyah jho seero

      Print Soojiiyah jho seero Rating  4.0 from 1 reviews Prep time:  5 mins Cook time:  15 mins Total time:  20 mins Serves: 2-3 Sooji halwa is one of the most popular Halwa, made from semolina. Generally made during festivals all over India Ingredients Sooji (Rawa, Semolina) 250 gm Oil 100 gm Sugar 200 gm Water 750 ml Green cardamon 4 Milk 2 cups Method In a heavy bottom pan roast sooji in oil, along with cardamon till a nice aroma of semolina is felt Add about 2 cups of milk and stir properly to avoid lumps Dissolve sugar in water…