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Sesame Seeds and jaggery balls are traditionally prepared in India during Makara Sankranti. Sankranthi, or Sankranti is a festival that signifies the beginning of the harvest season for the farmers of Indian Sub-Continent. This is a harvest festival celebrated not only all over India but other South East Asian Countries as ... Read More

Milkmaid Laddoo/ Coconut Ladoo

Published On 01 Jan 2009 By redchillies. Under Diwali Recipes, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

Time files and how? It seems like only yesterday we wished each other for New Year of 2008, we watched Olympics, celebrated major festivals, endured the financial crisis, witnessed a historic election, shuddered at the Mumbai incident all this and more. What a year of ups and downs it has ... Read More

Rice Kheer (Pudding/ Payasam)

Published On 28 Oct 2008 By redchillies. Under Indian Festival Recipes, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

Dear Friends, Wishing you all and your loved ones a very Happy Diwali. Hope you are all having a wonderful time with family and friends celebrating Diwali. Deepavali called Festival of Lights has had been my favorite festival while growing up in India. The excitement would begin even before the festival actually started. ... Read More

Banana Halwa (Burfi)

Published On 13 Oct 2008 By redchillies. Under Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

It happened yet again this weekend. I had so many of those over ripe bananas languishing on my kitchen counter top that the smell and the sight just drover me nuts. I had made eggless banana bread earlier, but the quantity this time as way higher and I was desperately ... Read More

Hayagreeva (Chana Daal Jaggery Dessert)

Published On 01 Oct 2008 By redchillies. Under Indian Festival Recipes, Karnataka Recipes, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

My plan for Ganesh Chaturthi/Chavthi pooja was to prepare the usual kadabu as a sweet offering to the Lord. Kadabu in Kannada also called as “Ukadiche modak” in Marathi is prepared by first stuffing sweet coconut mixture in a rice flour covering and then steamed to create a unique tasting ... Read More

Instant Mango Shrikhand

Published On 01 May 2008 By redchillies. Under Breakfast/ Brunch /Tiffin Varieties, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

I have always steered clear from making Shrikhand from scratch mostly because of the notion that it is laborious, time intensive and also it is loaded with calories. Now these statements are true and not a pre-conceived one. My mother and grand-mother would make Shrikhand on special occasions the traditional ... Read More

Arusuvai: Broken Wheat, Coconut Ladoo (Dalia Coconut Laddoo)

Published On 25 Mar 2008 By redchillies. Under Easy Vegetarian Recipes, Sweets(Mithai) / Desserts.

The "Arusuvai Friendship Chain" was started by Latha and Lakshmi at The Yum Blog along with Bharathy of Spicy Chilly and Bhags of Crazy Curry. Latha from "Masala Magic" continued the Arusuvai friendship chain in USA. Thanks to you all for this wonderful idea. The Arusuvai Friendship Chain is all about ... Read More