Dessert

Semiya Payasam (Kheer) ~ Vermicelli Pudding and my love for Cardamom!

August 16, 2011
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If I were ever asked to pick one favorite spice, Cardamom, the sweet smelling spice will probably be the one I would pick. I love it for its versatility of being used in sweet as well as savory preparations and how it adds that extra special flavor to the dish. But more than that I [...]

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Mango Fool with Cardamom and Saffron

July 8, 2011
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Mango is so very rightly called the King of Fruits, no other fruit can rival it. Every time I see mango in the stores here, I am reminded of Indian summers. The variety of mangoes available in the markets, the fragrance of those mangoes, you just cannot see it anywhere else. What I miss most [...]

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Mark Bittman’s Blueberry Pudding Cake

June 27, 2011
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I have never waited so very eagerly for the produce box from our CSA, Full Circle Farm as I did last week. I ordered some blueberries the week before that when I was ordering my box contents and just the next day I saw Mark Bittman’s tweet about this Blueberry Pudding Cake. I knew then [...]

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Amrakhand ~ Mango Shrikhand

June 2, 2011

 A few weeks earlier, when I was clearing out the refrigerator to make space for all the food I was going to cook for some 40 odd people for our housewarming party, I found a tub of Greek yogurt sitting there. I could not remember when and why I bought it. Was I planning to [...]

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Satsuma Mocha Pudding Pots

January 19, 2011
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I have made these mocha creme pots for many dinner parties and they have been a hit every single time. I have been meaning to post this recipe here for a while but never got around to taking pictures whenever I made them. Last week I got a whole bunch of citrus fruits with my [...]

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Steamed Persimmon Pudding

January 2, 2011
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Happy New Year everyone!! Hope you all had a great beginning to the new year. It was a busy and relaxing first two days of 2011 and I hope that combination lasts for the rest of the days of the year as well. It was a great start for the blog as well as I [...]

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Honey Dates Ice Cream

August 17, 2010
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  I almost did not post this recipe here thinking that summer is going to be over soon and who is going to make or eat ice cream now. But then we had a couple of really hot days and out came the ice cream maker as well as the ice cream. My Cuisinart ice [...]

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A Simple Slow Cooker Recipe for Coconut Custard

February 23, 2010
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I had not used my slow cooker at all this year. AJ was telling me just a couple of days ago that I have been ignoring the slow cooker. Last year I at least used it a couple of times to make some soups and stews. Soups and Stews – that’s all I have ever [...]

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Quintuple Chocolate Brownies – A Dorie Greenspan Recipe

February 12, 2010
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.This is probably the only anything that I have had to make twice in the same week due to popular demand! I made this first on Sunday for the Super bowl party. There was already soo much food at the party that I had my doubts on whether anyone will even bother to eat the [...]

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Rava Laddoo and Khoya Peda for Diwali

October 19, 2009
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Diwali was always the funnest festival – new clothes, tons of sweets and even more fire crackers – those days were fun!! Its now the second diwali that im celebrating away from family. But it is special in its own way as AJ and i get to celebrate this together and we have our friends [...]

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