Gujiya is a one of very popular festive season sweet snacks in Northern part of India. It’s generally made during festivals like Diwali or Holi, however it is readily available in sweet shops but homemade always better. There are many kinds of Gujiyas based on the filling in it, like milk mava, rava, coconut with nuts and so on. This Gujiya recipe is made from filling of dates and nuts and flavored with cardamom powder. The outer layer is crispy and flaky. In sweet shops you can also find Gujiya which are dipped in sugar syrup. Enjoy this very tasty Gujiya though keep in mind the calories.
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Mango Angoori Rasmalai
Angoori Rasmalai is one of the most popular Bengali sweet dish which is very similar to Rasmalai and Rasogulla however the only difference is the size of the Rasmalai. Angoori Rasmalai is made exactly the same way as Rasogulla, rasmalai or Rajbhog. The tiny paneer ball soaked in milk syrup and flavored with cardamom powder and kewra & rose essence. This recipe is a slight twist to the original recipe as it uses mango puree to give a mango flavor to the Rasmalai. You can add your own fruit flavor to give it a different taste. When served chilled, and soaked in these flavors, it tastes heavenly! It’s very tempting due to it’s smaller size and awesome taste.
Orange Chocolate Burfi
Chocolate Burfi, excitement! I found this recipe on master-chef (TV program) and my son was very excited to try it as he likes the colored layers of chocolate & Jelly. It is a little complex recipe and needs lot of patience to prepare; so, do try it when you have free time. The burfi came out very nice and tasted pretty good. You can also customize the thickness of layers as per your preference. The specific ingredient agar agar, used in this recipe, is available in whole foods market.
Rajbhog Sweet
Rajbhog is a Bengali delicacy similar to Rasgulla, however it’s little bigger in shape and has some stuffing of mava and dry fruits soaked into sugar syrup. It gets its color from saffron.Celebrating the first anniversary of my website with this recipe.
Kesari & Beetroot Phirni
Phirni is a delicious dessert made in north India. It is made using coarse ground rice, sugar and milk and is flavored with cardamom, saffron and rose essence. Phirni is very similar to kheer but tastes different then kheer. This dessert made during festivals. This recipe makes two different flavors one with beetroot and another one with Kesar (saffron). Beetroot gives a nice color and unique taste to phirni and makes it more inviting.
Coconut Ladoo
Coconut Ladoo is a delicious sweet and is made during festivals. Fresh shredded coconut cooked with milk, mava, sugar and flavored with cardamom and rose essence. It’s really quick and tasty sweet, which can be made on any occasion. In this recipe, i have used milk and mava powder but you can use condensed milk to make ladoos. This recipe includes two type of ladoos, one is plain and the other is beetroot. Adding beet into it gives it a beautiful color.
Ragi Malt
Ragi is a rich source of Calcium, Protein, Fiber, Iron and has lots of health benefits. There are various recipes which can be prepared using ragi such as ragi malt butter milk drink, ragi malt sweet apple porridge, fruit ragi malt oats smoothie and so on.
Mango Ice Cream
Ice cream as we all know is an awesome dessert, favorites of kids as well as adults specifically during summer. Mango which is also known as king of fruits is eaten as fruit itself and used in many dishes like mango milk shake, mango shrikhand and raw mangoes are used to prepare pickles. Making Mango ice cream at home is very simple and easy. You can choose your own fruit and follow the same process to prepare an ice cream of your choice.