Category: Indian desserts

Semai Da Paysa

This year, we did not keep Ganpati due to certain personal reasons and I was missing the festivities big time. Every year mom makes the chana dal sabudana payasam but this year since I was doing all the cooking, decided to try the vermicelli one which we call Semai Da payasa. I have never liked …

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Kulfi – Kesar Badam Pista and Paan

The temperature is just soaring and all of us at home are craving something that just makes this heat bearable. My first choice would have been beer but finally settled for kulfi. I know that’s a weird comparison. But am missing beer now in this sweltering heat. The icecreams have all disappeared from the shop …

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Coconut Ladoos

Bhog for Ganpatiji is always a confusing thing for me as I dont make Indian sweets much. I keep Ganpati and fot those 5 days I keep thinking what to make. I saw this post by a virtual friend Tanvee Sharda and the Nariyal Chamchams she had made looked absolutely delicious. I made it a …

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Sabudana and chana dal Payasam

Yaay. Vishual Foodie completes a year today. Time to celebrate So after quite a bit of nagging from my friends, a year ago I started this blog. Many helped me with all the technical know how and edged me on to expand my food horizons   Some recipes are from my family pitaara and some …

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Date Rolls

My son had this big event at school. They were celebrating the festivals of India and his class had been assigned the festival of Eid. I made date rolls to be packaged as give aways for the event. Mom has this super easy and healthy recipe that she has been making for years. I hate …

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Sakkarai Pongal

I recently joined a group of amazingly talented chefs #chefsacrossboundaries where we challenge each other to learn, grow and share our culinary knowledge. This month the theme was regional recipes and the uber talented Sujatha Arun gave me her recipe of Sakkarai Pongal to attempt. The recipe is relatively easy and the finished dish is …

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Belgavi Kunda

While on the hunt for regional recipes this Sankranti, I stumbled upon a little gem. Belagavi Kunda. My roots are from Mangalore and I have beenĀ attempting different dishes from my hometown recently. During my research, I have been uncovering some treasures from Karnataka. Read about Belgaum’s Kunda and how famous it was. Strangely had never …

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