Carrot (Gajar) Halva is one of the popular dessert prepared with milk, mava and carrots. This recipe is generally prepared using a dark red carrot which is available in India and it gives a beautiful color to the dish. I could not find the same carrot in US so used regular carrots. You could add little bit of beetroot to get a darker shade. It is a rich recipe and teases your taste buds if you are health freak. Occasionally its good to give a treat to yourself. Kids love this sweet.
Category Archives: Veg
Sattu( roasted gram flour)
Sattu (roasted gram flour) is a common food in north eastern states of India. This is used as part of lunch or cooling drink. This is main ingredient for making Litti a common recipe in same states.
Homemade Sambhar Powder
Sambhar is very popular South Indian Recipe made with variety of vegetable. Sambhar powder is generally available in grocery stores however homemade fresh sambhar powder gives a nice aroma and taste to sambhar.
Steamed Dahi vada
Steamed dahi vada is a minor variation of regular version of dahi vada. In this recipe vada is not fried rather steamed. This make it more healthy and more fat free. The taste is as good as regular dahi vada.
Paneer Tikka Masala
Paneer tikka masala is a popular vegetarian dish prepared with grilled paneer, colorful bell peppers and spices. Easy to make and very flavorful. Paneer tikka masala tastes great with jeera rice, naan or paratha.
Multigrain Veg Pizza
Pizza is most demanded food by the kids and this recipe provides simple steps on how to make it at home. This pizza dough is prepared using multi-grain flour and topped with veggies.You could very easily make alteration to this based on your choices.
Instant Jalebi
Jalebi is an extremely popular mouthwatering sweet in India and is often served as a snacks. It tastes really good when served hot with curd or rabdi.
Rasogulla
Mouthwatering Rasogulla is a famous Bengali sweet prepared from milk paneer and sugar. In Bengal, people welcome their guests with this delicious sweet. Bengali marriage ceremony is incomplete without rasogulla. It’s all time my family’s favorite sweet. For making rasogulla, we need fresh soft paneer, so we have to make it at home. Kneading process of paneer is very important for making soft and spongy rasogulla. The paneer balls are cooked into sugar syrup and flavored with rose essence and green cardamom powder. It’s a great dessert and tastes awesome.