I was thinking of posting a suitable recipe for Valentine’s Day for quite some days. At last I settled with this sweet bakery dish Dhilkush- meaning “making mind/heart happy ”, which appeared to me well apt for the occasion. Dhilkush is basically sweet, soft, buttery bread filled with sweetened coconut, tutti-fruiti […]
Milk Peda (Doodh Peda) is very common milk sweet in most of the sweet stalls in India. In this recipe I used the traditional method of preparation, with concentrated milk fat, molded to required shape after mixing with sugar. It can further be enriched with bit of cardamom powder and […]
Butter Cookies commonly known as Nankhatai is the traditional Indian shortbread cookies or biscuits made with flour, sugar and ghee or butter. It is a popular sweet cum snack recipe which is equally liked by kids as well as elders. Nankhatai is popular as a tea time snack and is easily […]
Masala peanuts or masala kadalai, is a deep fried snack with peanut. I still remember having this as evening snack- which my dad used to buy these while returning after work- along with hot tea. The rich flavor of hot spices and garlic with the aroma of coconut oil makes […]
Coconut whether it is good for health or not… Let the debate go on….Here I have a sweet laddu (ladoo / ലഡ്ഡു) preparation with grated coconut. Laddu is an Indian sweet that is often prepared to celebrate festivals or household events such as weddings and also served as traditional Indian […]
Here a Srikrishna Jayanthi special from my kitchen. This time a quick sweet snack prepared with rava (sooji), shredded coconut, sugar and ghee as its major ingredients. The preparation is pretty simple and the Laddu can be keep refrigerated if you want to use it for couple more days.
Proud wife and caring mother. Extremely passionate in cooking and also crafts and fashion designing. Born and brought up in in southern Kerala (India), and currently living in California.