Oreo Truffles
Oreo Truffles ~ Cookies and Cream Cheese balls dipped in melted chocolate I had never heard of these until I tasted them at a friend’s holiday party last December. Mind-blowing! And I really couldn’t believe these gourmet-looking, gourmet-tasting, home-made chocolates were made out of just 3 ingredients?! Turns out these are all the rage on the … Continue reading
Zebra Bundt Cake
Zebra Bundt Cake What’s not to like about a marble cake, patterned like a zebra and baked in a bundt pan? So it was an easy choice for a cake experiment… plus, if I get it right I might even be able to play with the colors (imagine making this in black and orange for … Continue reading
7 Cup Barfi
7 Cup Barfi | 7 Cup Cake with Besan and Coconut It’s Diwali today and I am super-excited cause my little guy is actually excited about the festival this year.. yayy! It’s definitely not the same way it feels when you’re back home in India, where the streets and cities all light up days leading up … Continue reading
Javvarisi Semiya Payasam | Sabudana Seviyan Kheer
Javvarisi Semiya Payasam | Sabudana Seviyan Kheer Have you noticed how food has the ability to teleport you to places that only exist in your memory from the past? I only had to think of sago (javvarisi / sabudana), and in no time I was transported back to the sunny kitchen at my grandmother’s home. What’s … Continue reading
Flan | Caramel Custard
Flan | Caramel Custard This post would hands down win the longest-time-in-blog-drafts award, if there was one. The first time I put together this post was in 2012, sometime around the holiday season when a friend of mine asked me if I had a good flan recipe. I gave her what I considered my best … Continue reading
Tropical Carrot Cake
Tropical Carrot Cake I realized not so long ago that I know very little about baking. Wouldn’t you say so if you found out I had no idea that cakes need their source of heat from the bottom and not the top?!? And as it had to be, I learnt it the hard way – after completely … Continue reading
Rich Chocolate Beetroot Cake
Rich Chocolate Beetroot Cake Every once in a while there is a recipe or dish that takes over you such that it becomes the centerpiece of every party or special occasion in your life. For me, it’s this cake right now. When I was tasked with being the cake-maker for a dear friend’s baby shower, … Continue reading
Atta Laddu | Whole Wheat Flour Laddoo | Diwali Sweets
Atta Laddu | Whole Wheat Flour Laddoo | Diwali Sweets ~ Sweetened balls of roasted wheat flour, bound together with clarified butter If halwa season is here, how can laddus be far behind? Well, it’s that time of the year again – when you just want to tell yourself that gluten-free, low carb and bio-metric numbers … Continue reading
Gajar ka Halwa | Indian Carrot Pudding
Gajar ka Halwa | Indian Carrot Pudding ~ Grated carrots slow-cooked in milk, sugar and ghee Did you know that carrots can sprout flowers if left in thriving considerations (i.e., produce drawer of the refrigerator) for a really long time? Well, I just found out. So between a bunch of carrots pleading to be used, … Continue reading
Butter Biscuits
Butter Biscuits ~ Egg-less soft white butter cookies Earth – Round. Sun – Hot. Butter biscuit – Buttery white, bunny soft. Growing up, every one must have had their fill munching on butter biscuits at one time or the other. I had many. And they were always these super soft cubes of melt-in-your-mouth white biscuits … Continue reading
Badam Halwa / Indian Almond Dessert
Badam Halwa / Indian Almond Dessert Diwali’s here. I know, it hardly feels that way especially if you are reading this from the US or some other place far from home. And that’s how its been every year that I’ve been away as well.. but I expect this one to be different. Reason? Well, I’ve … Continue reading
Pasiparuppu Vella Payasam / Indian Pudding with Lentils and Jaggery
Pasiparuppu Vella Payasam / Indian Pudding with Lentils and Jaggery Navaratri season is here… well, even if you are not going to be observing fasts or doing poojas every one of the 10 days of this festival, it sure does set the mood for the holiday season. Festive season is in full swing in most … Continue reading
Banana Walnut Bread / Banana Nut Cake
Banana Walnut Bread / Banana Nut Cake Have you ever really wished for the bananas at home to rot soon? WARNING: This recipe might make you want to do so. I love the Banana Nut Loaf @ Starbucks, and that’s what inspired me to try making this dish at home. We buy fresh bananas quite regularly, … Continue reading
Aish Cooks 