Festive

Halwai May 27, 2025

Ingredients: • 1.5 litre – Milk • 1 cup – Coconut powder • 1/2 cup – sooji • 1 cup – khoya • 1/2 cup – chopped dry fruits (cashew nuts, almonds, raisins) • 1/2 tsp – green Cardamom powder • 250g – Sugar • 2 tbsp – Ghee • A pinch of Saffron Method: […]

Halwai May 26, 2025

Ingredients: • 10 cups – flour • 18 – Egg • 2 packets – Yeast • 6 tbsp – Sugar • 400g – Butter • water – as needed • Salt – 1 tbsp Method: Dissolve yeast in 1/4 cup of warm water with a tsp of sugar. Mix all ingredients with yeast and knead […]

Halwai May 26, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 litres – Milk (full cream) • 13 to 14 tbsp – Sugar • 8 – green Cardamoms (peeled and powdered) • 25 strands – Saffron (soaked in 2 tbsp hot milk) • 25 – Pistachios Method: Boil the pistachios in 1 cup water for 5 minutes. Remove from gas, cool and finely […]

Halwai May 25, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 – large eggs • 350 gm – carrot, peeled and grated • 250 gm – white bread crumbs • 150 ml – Milk • 125 gm – margarine • 125 gm – soft Brown sugar • 100 gm – dates, copped finely • 100 gm – Raisins • 50 gm – preserved […]

Halwai May 25, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Maida • 1/2 cup – Ghee • 1/2 cup – yogurt • 1/2 tsp – soda • 2 tsp – Sugar • Oil • For syrup: • 4 cups – Sugar • Enough water to cover it Method: Add maida, ghee, yogurt, soda and sugar. Make it into a dough. […]

Halwai May 25, 2025

Ingredients: • For the Base: • 90 g – plain sweet biscuits • 1 tbsp – cocoa • 45 g – Butter • For the Filling: • 250 g – Cream cheese • 1/3 cup – Sugar • 1 tsp – vanilla essence • 1 tsp – gelatin • 2 tsp – water • 1 […]

Halwai May 24, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 cup aanapakaya/lauki(grated) • 1.5 cups Sugar • 2 cups Milk • 2-3 spoons Ghee • 10-12 Raisins • 10-12 Cashewnuts • 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder Method: Peel the aanapakaya/lauki and cut it. Remove the center part so that you can avoid the seeds. Grate aanapakaya/lauki and measure 1 cup of it. Place […]

Halwai May 24, 2025

Ingredients: • 2/3 cup – boiling water • 1 packet – Strawberry flavoured gelatine • 1/2 – cup cold water • Ice cubes • 1 tub, 8 oz – cool whip • 1 cup – chopped strawberries • 16 oz prepared graham cracker crumb crust Method: In large bowl, stir gelatine into boiling water for […]

Halwai May 24, 2025

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup – Tuvar dal • 1/2 cup – Bengal Gram dal • 1/2 cup – Urad Dal • 3 to 4 – Red Chillies • 1/4 tsp – Asafoetida powder • 1/2 tsp – cumin (jeeragam) • Fresh Ginger – a small piece • Curry leaves – a few • 1 tsp […]

Halwai May 24, 2025

Ingredients: • 3 cups – plain flour • 1 cup – solidified Ghee • 4 – ice cubes • 4 cups – water • 1/2 cup – Milk • 1/4 tsp – yellow food color • 1 kg – Ghee (for deep frying) • For syrup: • 1.5 cups – Sugar • 1 cup – […]

Halwai May 23, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg -Jaggery or Brown sugar • 1 kg – Rice • 100 g – Sesame seeds • 2 tsp – Fry Ginger powder • Oil for frying. Method: Wash and dry the rice. Grind it into a powder then sift it. Heat the jaggery in a pan with a cup of water […]

Halwai May 22, 2025

Ingredients: • 4 – Potatoes • 250 g – Green peas • 4 – Tomatoes • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • Mustard Seeds -1/2 tsp • 6 Curry leaves • salt to taste • 1 tsp – Garlic paste • 1 tsp -garlic paste • 2 – Green chillies • 1/2 tsp – Red […]

Halwai May 22, 2025

Ingredients: • 8 – strawberries • 1 – banana, peeled and cut in to slices • 1 cup – yogurt/curds • 3 tbsp – Sugar • 5 – ice cubes Method: Wash and trim stalks of the straw berries. Chop into thick slices. Blend all the above ingredients together in a blender/mixer till smooth. Serve […]

Halwai May 21, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 – onion, chopped • 1/4 cup – Butter • 1/4 cup – flour • 2 cups – Milk • 1/3 cup – mayonnaise • 2 tbsp – prepared mustard • 1 (10 oz.) – frozen Cauliflower • 1 (6 oz.) – can tuna, undrained • 1/4 lb – Egg noodles, cooked • […]

Halwai May 21, 2025

Ingredients: • 12 frankfurters (Cut in small pieces) • 2 cups basmati Rice • 3 Onions • 1 maggi Chicken cube • 3 tsps Garam Masala • 2 tsps Red Chilli powder (More if spicier required) • 2 tsps coriander powder • 1 tsp garlic-ginger paste • 2 tsp soya sauce • Salt for taste […]

Halwai May 19, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 cups – Mixed dried fruit • 1/2 cup – dried Cranberries • 3/4 cup – pitted dried dates, chopped • 1/4 cup – diced dried Apricots • 1 cup – sultanas • 1/2 cup – red glace cherries, quartered • 1 cup – firmly packed Brown sugar • 125 gms – butter, […]

Halwai May 19, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/4 kg- Sweet Potato • 1/4 cup -sabudana flour • 1/4 cup -arrowroot • 1 cup -ghee • 1 tbsp -cashew nut, almond, powdered • 1 tsp- Cardamom powder • Milk • 1 cup -ghee • 2 cups- Sugar for syrup • Rose petals for garnishing Method: Boil sweet potatoes, peel and mash. […]

Halwai May 17, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 litre – whole Milk • 400 g – condensed Milk • 100 g – khoya or Milk powder • 1/4 tsp – kewra or Saffron essence • 1/2 tsp – Saffron strands • 1.2 tsp – Cardamom powder • Grind coarsely: • 1 tbsp – green Pistachios • 1 tbsp – Almonds […]

Halwai May 17, 2025

Ingredients: • 250 g – tender lotus stems, peeled and sliced • 1.5 cup – Rice flour • 1 tbsp – plain flour • 1/2 tsp – Cumin seeds • 1 tsp – red chilli, crushed • 1 tbsp – hot oil • To deep fry – oil • To taste – salt Method: Sprinkle […]

Halwai May 17, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Almonds • 2 cups -Milk • 3 tbsp- Sugar • 5 crushed- Cardamoms • A pinch – Saffron (Kesar), soaked in lukewarm Milk Method: Boil half a litre of water in a sauce pan. Add almonds when the water starts boiling and cook for 2 mins. Remove and drain. Grind […]