Fruit custard recipe

Fruit custard is a simple tasty and relatively healthy dessert. ‘Fruit custard’ or ‘fruit salad with custard’ is a delicious dessert with creamy texture of the custard and crunch of the fruits in between.

Karela (Bitter gourd) Sabzi/ Maharashtrian style Karlyachi bhaji

This is a Maharashtrian style karela sabzi or karlyachi bhaji. 

Masala doodh recipe/ Masala milk

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Masala means a spice blend or mixture of spices. Here, it means a ground powdered form of dry nuts and spices which is added to milk. This masala milk has got religious significance, as it is specially consumed on Sharad Purnima.

Upma recipe/ Rava (suji) upma recipe

Who doesn't like to have healthy breakfast? Let’s make a famous south Indian breakfast, Rava Upma. Rava is also called as suji in Hindi and cream of wheat or semolina in English.

Baingan curry recipe/Quick Brinjal curry recipe

This quick Baigan curry is a simple and easy dish from Maharashtra made with eggplant, spices and ground peanuts. It is called as Vangyachi amti (curry) in marathi

Jeera Aloo Recipe for Vrat/Fasting/Upvas

The festival of Navratri is around. This is one festival along with Diwali which is celebrated with lot of rigor and gusto in almost every part of India. On each of the 9 days a different form of Shakti is worshiped.

Peanut Burfi recipe/ Groundnut or Mungfali Burfi recipe

Few dishes seem long forgotten during our fast paced lifestyle. I still try my best to incorporate them and keep the cultures alive, being far away from motherland. As we get ready for the festive time, sharing here a simple fasting dessert, ‘Peanut Burfi’ or ‘Mungfali burfi’.

Singhare ki puri recipe / Singhare ke atte ki puri for Vrat or fasting

Singhare ki puri is a popular dish prepared during fast. It is a deep fried Indian bread or poori recipe which is made from water chestnut flour or singhaade ka atta.

Shakarkand / Sweet potato Halwa Recipe

Shakarkand or sweet potato is widely used during fasting/vrat/upwas. During fasting days, there are certain limitations for food consumption. Cereals and pulses and many other ingredients are not consumed on that day. For details please go through the vrat/fasting rules.

Bread Kachori Recipe

Kachori is a famous snack of India. No snack can take the place of hot kachoris served with a cup of tea. Here I am making a different type of kachori, bread kachori with the stuffing of corn and paneer.