Here’s another traditional sweet recipe – Ariselu. Made with rice flour and jaggery mainly. This requires a bit of attention and is worth all the effort honestly. This is usually made for special occasions to be shared with friends and family. Well made ariselu can last up to 6 months in an airtight container apparently…
Category: Dessert
Puri Khaja
This is one of my most favourite desserts of all time. And as good as it tastes it needs an equivalent amount of effort in making it. But it is all worth the effort! Whenever we visit Puri we always buy and have these khajas and no where in the world you can get such…
Rasagola or Rasgulla
What’s in a name when it comes to Rasagola or Rasgulla. We are more interested in the taste aren’t we. So well, this recipe is my aunt’s actually. She has been making this sweet dish since time immemorial and after having her rasagolas I have never been able to have the packaged ones. Of course…
Apple Pie
Apple pie has always been my dad’s favourite. But we had always ordered and had it while in India. So this lockdown when the baking bug caught me I decided to try my hand in it. Initially I had imagined the recipe to be really tough especially getting the crust right but then I tried…
Button badusha
Badusha, another indulgent dessert that I had eaten plenty of but feared making them at home. I always thought it would be a very difficult process. Some of the versions I had tasted were bland in the center, or not flaky enough or just plain raw. I did finally land on one version where the…
Dry Fruits Ladoo
How many times have you forgotten to soak almonds overnight? Well, I always do. Very rarely I remember to soak them and that results in me feeding just walnuts to the family as a substitute. As you guessed it, walnuts don’t need soaking! So, for all those forgetful ones like me who believe in the…
Orange Cake
I love those cakes which help me in emptying my pantry of forgotten fruits. And among them it is the orange cake which takes the crown. The citrus flavor of orange in the cake and the goodness of vitamin C calls always for a guilt free indulgence. But for a very long time many of…
Sunnundalu
This is another quintessential Andhra thing. I categorize it as a dessert here but it technically is a very healthy food. Protein rich due to husked urad dal, trace minerals from jaggery and healthy fats from ghee make this a very wholesome and filling food item. I have had this when terribly hungry and I…
Malaysian Kek Batik
So I was craving for chocolate cake as usual and just didn’t want to go through this whole process of baking. Yup, call me lazy ! One of those times when you just want to put together some minimal ingredients and expect magic to happen 😉. That’s when I digged down few recipes of this…
Chenna Poda (Odisha Special Sweet Dish – Cheese Cake)
If you have ever been to Odisha or known anyone from there then you would have definitely heard them raving about this sweet dish Chenna Poda (Meaning Burnt Cottage Cheese Cake) . This is one sweet dish of Odisha that is just not available in its authentic form anywhere else on Earth. And for a…
Amateur Cooks Recipes 