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Caramel chocolate burfi recipe | chocolate barfi recipe | burfi recipe | Indian sweet recipe

This layered caramel and chocolate burfi recipe is easy and perfect for your Diwali prep. This Indian sweet recipe is a twist to the traditional burfi recipe. This Indian sweet fudge made is made of milk solids or khova kheer and cocoa powder.

Hola people, welcome aboard the #PhatakaBlogTrain where we are celebrating Diwali. The firecracker train has moved from Amrita’s station to my food blog today! Amrita is a super lady – doctor, blogger, mom and she even teaches at the Medical College. Thank you Amrita for arriving at my station and I am eagerly waiting with an easy caramel and chocolate burfi recipe – something that you can make this Diwali for family and friends.

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Vegetable Stew Recipe – Vegan gluten free stew with lentils and cauliflower

This vegetable stew recipe with lentils is gluten free, delicious and very easy to make. It has a medley of taste and can be enjoyed as a whole meal.

Festivals in India are synonymous with food. People enjoy various kinds of food and completely forget to watch what they are eating. This Durga Puja season, I obviously was out enjoying all kinds of street foods of Kolkata that I miss in Bangalore. But now after the pujas are over, it’s time to detox. I am getting to have healthy and light food to compensate for the entire binge eating during the festival. This light vegetable stew recipe has every bit of nutrition and taste to bring me back to the healthy lifestyle. Continue reading Vegetable Stew Recipe – Vegan gluten free stew with lentils and cauliflower

CRISPY PANEER cheese BITES RECIPE – Golden air fried Indian cottage cheese balls | Kid friendly recipe | Veg snack recipe

Crispy paneer cheese bites or crispy air fried paneer and cheese balls are your perfect party starters. They are crispy and without the guilt of deep frying. You can enjoy these as a tea time snack or give them in your kid’s snack box. This crispy paneer cheese bites recipe is completely vegan.

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Hello friends, how are you all doing? We have been coping up with a viral for long, yes all three of us were a coughing, sneezing mess. But putting that aside we have celebrated Grandparent’s Day and a 100 Day Celebration Day in my son’s school. It’s been 100 days since my little one has joined the playschool. Yes, time flies. And for this celebration, they had a potluck party. How cute is that! Continue reading CRISPY PANEER cheese BITES RECIPE – Golden air fried Indian cottage cheese balls | Kid friendly recipe | Veg snack recipe

Rasgulla Recipe | How to Make Rasgulla Recipe | Spongy Rasgulla Recipe

Rasgulla or Roshogolla is a spongy Bengali dessert made from milk solids. This Rasgulla Recipe is easy to follow. Learn how to make soft spongy rasgulla.

A dessert challenge without a Bengali dessert doesn’t do justice, does it? Bengalis are known for their love for fish and dessert. What comes to your mind when you think of any Bengali person – a rasgulla of course! We call is roshogolla yes with all the imaginable Os in between. It is almost synonymous with Bengalis. We visit people with a big pot of roshogolla on any given occasion – wedding, festivals, new year. Roshogolla is omnipresent in a Bengali household. Making the perfect rasgulla at the first go is a difficult task. I have made it a few times and faltered before perfecting it finally. This rasgulla recipe has all the tips and tricks that will give you soft spongy rasgulla easily. So let’s see how to make rasgulla recipe. Continue reading Rasgulla Recipe | How to Make Rasgulla Recipe | Spongy Rasgulla Recipe

Carrot Halwa with milk solids | Gajar ka halwa with Khoya Kheer

Carrot halwa or gajar ka halwa is a traditional Indian dessert recipe made with grated carrots, sugar, milk solids and loads of dry fruits. Learn how to make carrot halwa or gajar ka halwa the easiest and quickest way.

I have been trying to put up a post for a long time, but I am facing some tech issue on the site which I am yet to fix. Sometimes the extra work that you need to do keep the site running can be daunting! But you know there’s always a dessert to lighten the mood.

I have been making multiple batches of carrot halwa lately because both the men in the house has taken a liking to it. The little one specially has become very fond of it. Winters is the season for these gorgeous red carrots which we also call ‘Dilli ka gajar’ or Gajar from Delhi. It’s probably one of the easiest Indian dessert recipes you can find. Its fast, its easy and its super-duper yum. Continue reading Carrot Halwa with milk solids | Gajar ka halwa with Khoya Kheer

Review Post – Yellow Dal Tadka with Tata Sampann Masala

Today let me start my post by asking you all a question – when you are cooking something what do you aim for? Is it the perfection? Is it the taste? Is it how well you have followed the recipe, is it the invention that you might have made? Or is it the smile on the faces of the people who are eating the food you just cooked for them? For me the last criterion is very important. My better half is a bigger foodie than myself, and every time I tell him it’s only ‘dal-chawal and some vegetarian food tonight’ he makes a face. I do all these experiments and creative cooking mostly to keep him and now also the little one happy. Continue reading Review Post – Yellow Dal Tadka with Tata Sampann Masala

Bengali Vegan Recipes – Luchi, Cholar Dal & Alur Dom

Jump to Recipe – Luchi | Cholar Dal | Alur Dom

Luchi, Cholar Dal and Alur Dom are quintessential Bengali festive feast essentials. Complete vegan and complete indulgence. You will be surprised how simple they can be yet how yum they are.

It is October and no Bengali, in any part of the world, can keep calm this month. Yeah, it’s that time of the year that all Bengalis get together to celebrate Durga Puja . It is a way of life for Bengalis and not just a festival. And not to mention the festive feast every day is special. This is one time every one indulges in – authentic Bengali food, street food, Mughlai food, – basically any kind of food. Continue reading Bengali Vegan Recipes – Luchi, Cholar Dal & Alur Dom

Icy Refresher

It’s hot hot hot in India. It’s hot in the day it’s hot in the night and no rains. A summer refreshing drink is what I need all the time. I have been guzzling down water like a shark! Plain water is boring and I hate drinking water. But then I thought of making a jug full of this refreshing drink and put it in the fridge. In anyways, these are much better options than the sugar laden aerated drinks that we keep drinking. I have stopped all aerated drinks FYI.

I also tried adding a little white run with it later to make a Sunday cocktail which tasted super yum! You can make your own renditions with it!

Icy Refresher

Recipe Type: Beverage

Cuisine: Indian

Author: Tina Basu

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 5 mins

Total time: 10 mins

Serves: 2

Ingredients

Lemon -1
Mint – few sprigs
Water – 2 glasses
Ice cubes – few

Instructions

Muddle some mint leaves and few lemon slices together
Add them in a jug with water
Add crushed ice cubes
Serve with a slice lime

Notes

If you are adding white rum/vodka for cocktail try muddling some chopped chili – you will love the combination.

Until next time, Cheers!

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Mango Lassi

When its summer in India you seem to see and smell mangoes everywhere. Some time back when had gone shopping the entire floor of Total supermarket was smelling of mangoes. But who complains, they are so yummy…

Here is a simple and easy way to enjoy the mango in the summers. A lassi with a fruity twist. It’s yummy & keeps you cool.

I am posting it late… I had made it a few months back.

All that you need

1. Mango – 2 large (the variety you like the most – I have used ‘Langra’ specialty of Bengal you may say)

2. Plain Yogurt – 2 cups

3. Milk – 1/2 cup

4. Sugar – 3 tea spoon ( I have not added sugar since the mango itself was sweet)

5. Cardamom powder – a pinch ( for the added flavour)

Lets get started

Well actually there’s nothing to do.

Cut the mango in small pieces or take the pulp out and put it in a blender.

Add yogurt, milk, sugar & cardamom powder and just blend.

That’s it… its done.

You can add some ice cubes in it. But ill give you a trick if you are just taking out the yogurt from the fridge and putting it in the blender then you can do away with the ice. I personally don’t like ice in my lassi.

Enjoy.

Hot Fried Samosa

samosa, singara, potato samosa, indian snack

Samosa or ‘singara’ as we Bengalis call it, is almost a national savoury item throughout India. You can find hot samosas in every corner of the country.

It’s a fried savoury pastry which can be stuffed with your favourite vegetables. Though the calorie content is a little more but hey, it’s yummy and sometimes you can indulge.

So let’s get started.

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