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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 »
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 »
Rasgulla - A traditional syrup based dessert of Bengal
Rasgulla - A very popular Bengali sweet, which is soft, Juicy & Spongy made from milk and the most popular sweet delicacy in Calcutta as well as rest of India and the world. Rasgulla is a syrupy sweet of Bengal and Orissa. It is mainly prepared by kneading chhena and a small amount of semilina. These are rolled into small balls, and then boiled in light syrup made of sugar. This is done until the sugar enters the balls. Read on to find out more interesting information about the history, origin and the background of rasgulla. Read more »
Kheers and Payasams
Kheers are like Puddings. It's rice pudding typically made by boiling rice with milk and sugar. It is often flavored with cardamoms, saffron, pistachios or almonds. While the dish is traditionally made with rice, it can also be made with other ingredients such as vermicelli (sayviah) which is a thin noodle. Kheer is known as Payasam in the South of India. They tend to use coconut milk instead or regular milk.There are many versions of this dessert dish in both the south as well as North of India. It's an essential dish in many Hindu and Muslim feasts and celebrations. Payasams are served ... Read more »
Demystifing Indian Desserts and Sweets
It's not uncommon to see huge crowds at Sweet stores across the Country. And with the variety and sheer number of sweets available it's no wonder that it's such an important part of an Indian's lives. Sweets are part of any Indian celebration or festivity of any kind. They are prepared in Indian households not only for special feasts and occasions, but also for simple celebrations like birthdays, anniversaries, graduations or even any other concocted reason. Every event big or small, calls for the sharing sweets with the whole neighborhood even simply because he/she is the proud owner of a... Read more »
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