Happy New Year folks! Let’s start the New Year with something sweet and delicious! Which also looks very pretty! Yeah I made this chocolate bark for our New Year’s Eve party and everyone both adults and kids loved it.! And the best part is – its a breeze to make! All you have to do […]
Holiday Treats
Christmas Cake (Dried Fruit and Nut Cake) || Kerala Christmas Cake || Indian Plum Cake
Now this is a cake that I have been meaning to make for ever. I have looked at several recipes over the past few years and saved a few too. But somehow not got around baking it. Growing up in Mumbai, Plum Cake was a common pantry item. Yes I am serious – you would […]
Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies (Peanut Butter Jelly cookies)
Last time I asked my husband to get peanut butter for the kids snacks, he got a giant jar of it. Which of course the kids were only too happy about. But that instantly got me thinking about utilizing this peanut butter into other recipes! I had also been wanting to bake healthy recipes and had purchased […]
Happy Holi! : Puran Puffs (Sweet Lentil stuffed Puff Pastry)
Holi Hain! The mention of Holi makes my heart feel so happy. And warm. The warm feeling you get when you think of fun things that you used to do on Holi like fooling around with friends, playing pranks on strangers (only when I was a teenager 🙂 ), throwing tons of water and color […]
Date and Almond Truffles (Healthy 3 Ingredient Truffles)
What do you folks think of the expression ‘Healthy indulgence’? Does that even make sense? Is that even possible? Or is it an oxymoron? The dictionary defines indulgence as ‘yielding to an inclination or desire’… ‘To allow oneself to follow one’s will’. By that token, any kind of ‘desired’ activity could be your weakness and whenever […]
Sesame Ladoo/ Brittle || Til Chikki with honey || Til Ladoo with honey
Today, January 14th is Sankrant or Makara Sankranti , which is one of the most auspicious festivals for Hindus, and is celebrated in almost all parts of India and also in Nepal and SriLanka with great fervour and festivities. Sankrant is a harvest festival and it also is regarded as the beginning of an auspicious phase. In Maharashtra, which is a state in […]
Cinnamon Pumpkin Munchkins (Donut holes)
Incredibly ‘yummilicious’ and ridiculously easy to make ! Can you beat that? You can call them whatever name you want – ‘munchkins’ or ‘donut holes’ or ‘cake pops’! But these tiny bits of sweetness and goodness are perfect to satisfy your mid-afternoon sweet cravings (or midnight ones!) and because they are little, you don’t have to […]