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Halwai August 15, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 cups – plain flour • 1 cup – castor Sugar • 4 – eggs • 1.5 cups – Coconut Milk • 1/2 tsp – baking powder • 3 – screw pine leaves • Green food colouring • For topping: • 2 tbsp – Sugar • 1/2 bowl – water • 2 tbsp […]

Halwai August 15, 2025

Ingredients: • For kulfi: • 1 liter – full Cream Milk • 50g – gur/jaggery • 5g – Cardamom powder • 100 ml – double Cream • 40g – chopped dry anjeer/fig • 40g – chopped fresh Dates (khajoor) • 20g – chopped Almonds • Saffron a pinch • For garnish: • 50ml – gur/jaggery […]

Halwai August 15, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – green gram • 3 tbsp – grated Coconut • 3/4 Cup – grated Jaggery • 1 tbsp – Ghee • 2 tbsp – cashews • 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder • 1 cup – Rice flour • 2 tbsp – oil Method: Heat a pan with 1/2 cup water, a […]

Halwai August 14, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 cup – rava • 3/4 cup – Sugar • 1 cup – Ghee • 3 – elaichi • 1/4 tsp – Orange colour Method: Take a pan, add about 4 tsp of ghee. Then add rava to it and fry the rava until it starts to get brown. Add 3 cups of […]

Halwai August 13, 2025

Ingredients: • 10 to 12 – medium carrots, peeled, grated • 10 to 12 – dried Apricots • 10 to 12 – dried Dates (kharak) • 10 to 12 – dried Dates (soft), seedless • 15 – figs, halved • 1/2 cup – black Raisins • 1/2 cup – Raisins • 1/4 cup – Garlic […]

Halwai August 13, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 to 1.5 cups – cranberries, well rinsed • 1 cup – fresh raspberry, cleaned • 1 cup – pure maple syrup • 1 cup – chopped Walnuts • 1/4 cup – Orange juice • 1 tsp – Orange zest approx. Method: Combine all the ingredients in a saucepan, except walnuts, and bring […]

Halwai August 13, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 – Bottle Gourd • Sugar • 4 cups – Milk • 3 – Cardamoms • Raisins • Cashews • 1 tbsp – Ghee Method: Peel the bottle gourd, cut into small pieces and pressure cook until done. Mash the cooked gourd. Measure the quantity of mash. Take an equal amount of sugar […]

Halwai August 11, 2025

Ingredients: • 7 – Mushroom • 1/2 medium finely chopped – Onion • 1 – pureed Tomato • 1/4 tsp – Turmeric powder • 1 tsp – ginger-garlic paste • 1 tsp – chilli powder • 1/2 tsp – cumin powder • 1/2 tsp – dhania/coriander powder (coarsely ground at home, you can also use […]

Halwai August 11, 2025

Ingredients: • 5 – ripe firm Peaches • 50 g – Sugar • 1 packet – whipped topping mix (either liquid or powdered) • 4-5 pinches – grated Nutmeg • 5 – canned stoned cherries(optional) Method: Peel and halve peaches, remove the seeds. Place in a heavy pan, with sugar. Heat over low flame till […]

Halwai August 10, 2025

Ingredients: • Ghee – 1/2 cup • Vermicelli – 1/2 cup, crumbled • Sugar – 1/2 cup • Milk – 3 cups • Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp • Cashews and Raisins – 1/4 cup Method: Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan and roast the vermicelli till golden brown. Add sugar and milk to […]

Halwai August 10, 2025

Ingredients: • 250 g – Refined flour or Maida • 300 g – powdered Sugar • 250 g – Butter • 4 – eggs, beaten well • 1/2 cup – Milk • 1 tsp – baking powder • 1 tsp – vanilla essence Method: Sift the flour and baking powder together. Cream the butter and […]

Halwai August 10, 2025

Ingredients: • 2 cups -whole Wheat • 2 cups- Jaggery • 2-3 cups- Milk • 2-3 tbsp -cashews • 1 tsp -cardamom powder • 1 tbsp -coconut (either fresh or desiccated) • 1 tbsp – soaked and drained Poppy Seeds • 2-3 tbsp – butter/ghee Method: Soak wheat in water at least for 2-3 nights […]

Halwai August 9, 2025

Ingredients: • 1 kg – Milk • 250 gm – Paneer • Small pinch of Saffron, Elaichi, Badam and Cashewnut • 1/2 tin – Milkmaid • 300 gm – Sugar Method: Boil milk for about 20 min. Add condensed milk and stir it thoroughly. Add sugar and mashed paneer in the milk. Stir it thoroughly […]

Halwai August 9, 2025

Ingredients: • 4 cups – Milk • 1 cup – Milk powder • 1/2 tsp – gelatine • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 2 tsp – Corn flour • 2 to 3 drops – vanilla essence • 1 tsp – Butter Method: Boil 4 cups of milk. Keep aside 1 cup of milk. Mix milk […]

Halwai August 9, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 cup – Instant coffee dissolved in water • 8 oz – mascarpone Cream cheese • 3/4 cup – sweetened heavy Cream • 2 tbsp – vanilla extract/essence • 20 -Italian ladyfinger cookies • 1tbsp – unsweetened cocoa powder Method: In a medium bowl, whip cream with vanilla until stiff peaks form. Fold […]

Halwai August 8, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – Carrots (gajar), washed, peeled and grated finely • 1 – small tin evaporated Milk (or 1 small cup full Cream Milk) • 1 – small tin Nestle Cream (or crumbled khoya, 200 g) • 6 tsp – Sugar • 1 tsp – Cardamom powder • Saffron (kesar) dissolved in 1/2 […]

Halwai August 8, 2025

Ingredients: • 3/4 cup – Ragi flour • 1/4 cup – All-purpose flour • 1/4 cup – Butter • 2 tbsp – Oil • 1/2 cup – Sugar • 2 tbsp – Cocoa powder • 1/2 cup – Milk • 1/2 tsp – Baking powder • 1/2 tsp – Baking soda • 1 – Egg […]

Halwai August 8, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/4 cup – Small cooked Chicken pieces • 4 cups – Chicken stock • 2 – Carrots, diced • 1/4 cup – Chopped French beans • 2 – Onion, chopped • 1/2 kg – Shredded cheddar cheese • 2 cups – Milk • Salt as per taste • Pepper as per taste • […]

Halwai August 6, 2025

Ingredients: • basmati Rice – 2 cups • Chicken – 1/2 kg • Curd – 1.5 cup • Turmeric pdr – 1/2 tsp • chilly pdr – 2 tsp • dhaniya pdr – 3 tsp • Jeera pdr – 1/2 tsp • Ginger paste – 1 tsp • Garlic paste – 1 tsp • Green […]

Halwai August 5, 2025

Ingredients: • 1/2 kg – White Jaggery • 300 g – Crushed ground nuts • 1 tsp – Ghee. Method: Melt the jaggery in a thick-bottomed vessel with 1 cup of water until it forms a thick syrup. Now add the crushed ground nuts and the ghee and cook on low heat until the mixture […]