by Jayashree | Sep 29, 2017 | festival recipes, south indian, sweets, traditional recipes
Seven cup burfi is a popular sweet or fudge made in South India. It is called as a seven cup sweet as the measure of all ingredients together is seven cups.It is usually prepared during Diwali. Other burfi recipes on the blog: Coconut and Mango Burfi Dates Burfi ...
by Jayashree | Jan 2, 2016 | festival recipes, gluten free, sweets, traditional recipes
Hayagreeva Maddi is a traditional sweet dish from Karnataka. Bengal gram is perfectly cooked and simmered in jaggery along with desiccated coconut and nuts. It makes a delectable sweet. As we enter the new year 2016, I start my posts here on a sweet note. Here is a...
by Jayashree | Sep 8, 2015 | sweets, festival recipes, traditional recipes
Kadabu is a festive sweet from Karnataka. Lentil is cooked with jaggery, laced with nuts, desiccated coconut and cardamom powder, filled in thin sheets into crescent shaped and deep fried. These are absolutely tasty and usually made as an offering to Lord Ganesha....
by Jayashree | Aug 23, 2015 | sweets, indian breads, karnataka recipes, traditional recipes
Shenga Holige is a traditional sweet from North Karnataka. It is often made during festivals. It is like a stuffed sweet pancake with peanut jaggery filling. With the commencement of the holy month of Shravan, many auspicious days and festivals lay ahead. If the...
by Jayashree | Mar 6, 2015 | sweets
Holi, the festival of colours marks the arrival of spring. It is the time when we love to celebrate the beautiful season, which soon ends giving us the worse summer. This festival is celebrated throughout the country, though the spirit of the festival has dwindled...