Diwali has arrived, bringing with it the inevitable influx of sweets. The temptation of various sweetmeats, whether purchased from shops or made at home, is hard to resist. Although you might occasionally consider making or consuming healthier alternatives, more often than not, you find yourself giving in to the enticing, semi-healthy, or high-calorie nature of…
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Healthy Quinoa Burfi Recipe for You
Every season has a soul that defines it & so are the festivities that it brings. Festivals in our country are not mere celebrations but are the true essence of our culture, our values, our traditions and our civilisation. Every part of India is unique in its own way with so much heterogeneity yet holding…
Delectable Baked Chhena Sponge Cookies for Celebrations
The festival of lights Diwali just got over yesterday but not the festivities that will follow the subsequent days of this grand festival. This hangover is here to last week long with gradual fading away of sounds with few odd explosions of firecrackers here and there till the Bhai Dooj when these entire deepawali festivities…
Dark Fantasy Shondesh
The five day Diwali festivities are a great time for celebrations starting right from dhanteras & concluding in bhaidooj, when we immerse our heart & soul in this wonderful fiesta. Celebrations are reflected not only in lights, diyas and crackers, but also in the sweets and food in a big way. Sweets and confectioneries are…
Taal Modak,……a heavenly treat for Ganpati Bappa.
The joyous spirit of Ganesh mahotsav is already in the air and it is time to rejoice yet again as the festive season has already begun with the arrival of our favourite God Lord Ganesh which is to be followed by a series of festivities for the year. Festive mood sweeps out all the negativities…
Aambhora / Mango filled Shondesh,….the sweet wonder.
Mangoes are of course the darlings of summer and are delectable in all forms, raw ripened, cooked or uncooked, the pulp, the juice, the seasoning everything is just awesome. We can simply say it’s nature’s own made dessert and a divine gift for us, the living creatures especially the human beings who are blessed with…
Coffee Kalakand; a sweet ending to the autumn festivities…
Kalakand is one of the most sought after sweets in India along with rasgulla and gulab jamun. This incredibly delicious sweet is always a part of our celebrations especially during this festive season from Dussehra to Bhai Dooj, when we indulge in our sweet mania forgetting all our health regime. Kalakand is believed to have…
Celebration with Aam Kheer
Jai Shri Krishna !! Lord Shri Krishna’s birth celebrations went off this year silently with no dahi handis, no bhajan kirtans, no elaborate distribution of prasad among the devotees. We are left with no choice but to celebrate them in the confines of our home, gathering all the gaiety and joy. I guess this was…
Dim Shondesh…A sweet treat for Rakshabandhan
Happy Rakshabandhan ! Rakshabandhan just like any other festival is quite different this year, as we are compromising on something or the other. However celebrations are celebrations after all and we don’t want to give them a miss. Despite the gloom and melancholy that covid or the circumstances has surrounded the humanity with, we…
Til Pitha….the essence of Bihu, a flavour of Assam.
Time just flies and we keep on running with it. It’s been a year that I have shared my previous post of Makar Sankranti and the time for making merriment is here yet again when people are exhilarated on celebrating the first harvest festival of the year. Last year I had posted Tekeli pitha of…
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