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Places to Visit in India - The Top 10 Sweet Capitals...
India is one big nation in terms of culture, traditions, land, population and cuisine. The food map of India has a long list of culinary delights from every region. One can not think of listing them all at one place. Indian love sweets, be it in form of desserts r even the evening snacks. It is believed that an Indian meal is incomplete without sweets. There are certain specialty sweets that hail from one particular place. We can refer these places as sweet capitals of India. So, following is a list of top 10 sweet capitals of India Read more »
Gulab Jamun - The King of Indian Desserts
For those who don?t know what Gulab jamun is, the answer is, It is a dessert very popular in India and other neighboring countries. It is made using khoya (thickened milk), flour, milk and ghee. These are deep fried balls soaked in sugar based syrup which is slightly flavored either with rose water of cardamom. Now days, ready to use Gulab jamun mixture is available in the market. Just knead it using milk, make balls and deep fry them in ghee (clarified butter) (for better taste) or else you can use any other refined vegetable oil. After deep-frying these balls are soaked in warm sugar ... Read more »
Gujiya / Karanji - A Popular Indian Sweet Dish
Karanji / Gujiya is a famous sweet dish in India. In northern states of India it is popular as Gujiya whereas in Maharashtra and Karnataka it is famous as Karanji. These are stuffed sweets prepared on the occasions of Holi (in north India) and Naag Panchami (in Maharashtra). In Karnataka the sweet is prepared on all most all festivals and ceremonial functions Read more »
Maharashtrian Sweet Dishes
Maharashtrian (or Marathi) cuisine is cuisine of, those from the state of Maharashtra. Where food is concerned the range and variety are plenty and tongue tickling. Here you will find strong aromas of spices (like black Maharashtrian masala)as well as garlic and ginger in abundance. Maharashtrian cuisine covers a wide range from being extremely mild to very spicy dishes. The staple dishes of Maharashtrian cuisine are based on bread and rice, while lentils (pulses) play an important role as well. ? During the festive seasons, you will find an array of sweet dishes prepared in each ho... Read more »
Kheer / Payasam - Rice & Milk Based Pudding of India
Kheer, the creamy, milky and the most delicious rice pudding prepared all over in India. It is believed to be in existence for more than 2000 years. The pudding is prepared by boiling rice with milk and sugar, flavored with cardamom and saffron. With time came in different variations and with some small changes came in various recipes. Traditionally it was made with rice but today it is also prepared with other ingredients like vermicelli (seviyan / sevai), which are actually very thin noodles. Because of these variations in the ingredients, the dish got different names in India. Like in So... Read more »
Gulab Jamun Recipes - The Yummiest Dessert of India
Gulab Jamun?. Oh my God! My mouth is already watering thinking of a garma garam gulab jamun melting in my mouth. Gulab Jamun is by far my favorite Indian sweet / dessert. It is one common sweet for occasions like holi, diwali, birthdays, any celebration etc. All such events are incomplete without Gulab Jamun. I specifically don?t need a reason to have one. Gulab Jamun is a traditional Indian sweet made by kneading khoya, flour and milk into a soft dough. Then small balls are made and deep-fried in clarified butter i.e. ghee till golden brown. These ball are then soaked in cardamom flavo... Read more »
Ras Malai - A Milk based Dessert of India
Ras Malai is by far the most preferred milk based sweet in India. Though there are plenty of them but Ras Malai tops the list. In India most of the milk and cream based sweets originated in Orissa and West Bengal and so is the case with Ras Malai. It was originated in the Eastern part of India. ? Ras Malai is basically creamy and milky syrup that consist Paneer (chenna) balls. The syrup is purely the milk, sugar, cream and saffron mixture. It is made from Paneer (Indian cottage cheese) and it makes a great dessert and is served chilled. There are a few variants of Ras Malai Read more »
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