Category Archives: Sweet dish

Dry fruits modak recipe – How to make dry fruits modak recipe – Ganesh Chaturthi recipes

Dry fruits modak is a very tasty and nutritious modak made from dry fruits, dates, poppy seeds, dessicated coconut and ghee.  This modak recipe is very simple and quick to make too, as it can be prepared in less than half an hour.  Traditionally modaks called ukadiche or sweet modak are made with rice flour as outer

Sweet rava appam recipe – How to make semolina jaggery appam recipe – Krishna Jayanthi recipes

Sweet rava appam is a very delicious and easy appam recipe made with rava  and jaggery and which can be done instantly too.  Traditionally appams are deep fried, but can also be done in the paniyaram pan.  Sweet appams is one of the neivedyam dish for festivals like Krishna Jayanthi and Karthigai deepam in Tamil

Avalakki or aval ladoo (poha ladoo) recipe – Janmashtami/Krishna Jayanthi recipes

Avalakki or aval ladoo is a easy sweet recipe made from poha/flattened rice, sugar, ghee, nuts and raisins.  You can also make this ladoo with jaggery instead of sugar.  Both the ladoos are excellent tastewise and also quick to make.  I thought of posting this easy recipe for beginners as well as working woman, as I

Eggless coconut cookies recipe | how to make eggless coconut cookies recipe

Eggless coconut cookies are delicious cookies or biscuits made with all-purpose flour, dessicated coconut, powdered sugar and butter.  They are crunchy from outside but very soft from inside and just melts in your mouth.  You can top them with nuts like badam or cashewnuts, if desired.  Coconut gives a nice flavour to the cookies.  If

Besan ladoo recipe in Microwave – how to make besan ladoo in microwave (microwave recipes)

Besan ladoo is a very popular and delicious Indian dessert made with gram flour, sugar, ghee and nuts and is  made especially during festive and special occasions.  Microwave besan ladoo recipe is a quick version of besan ladoo which can be prepared in less than 30 minutes.  Traditionally, for making besan ladoos, gram flour or besan is roasted in

Sweet coconut poha/sweet avalakki recipe – How to make sweet poha/aval recipe – Indian sweet recipes

Sweet coconut poha is an easy sweet snack which can be made in less than 30 minutes.  Jaggery and coconut  when added, gives a nice delicious taste to the poha. Coconut, ghee and roasted nuts further enhances the taste.  Sweet poha is also a sweet dish which is prepared on Janmashtami, an Indian festival which marks the birth of Lord Krishna. 

Candy sugar or rock candy kheer or aval kalkandu payasam recipe – kheer recipes

Candy sugar or rock candy (rock sugar) kheer is a tasty kheer recipe made with flattened rice and rock candy and garnished with nuts.  Rock candy is also called as kalkhand and are relatively large sugar crystals.  It is also regarded as having medicinal properties.  In this recipe, I have used flattened rice or poha to

Mango kheer recipe – how to make mango rice kheer or mango payasam recipe | Indian desserts | Mango recipes

Mango kheer is a delicious dessert made with ripe mangoes and a simple and easy to make recipe too.  Since summer season is already started and mangoes are plenty in market, it is an ideal dessert to enjoy during this sunny days.  Rice is cooked in saffron milk and then flavoured with mango pulp and

Mango icecream – how to make homemade mango icecream recipe – summer recipes

Mango icecream is a very delicious and easy ice-cream recipe made with just 3 ingredients – mango puree, condensed milk and milk cream.  It is summer time and now mangoes are in plenty in market.  So you can easily make this ice-cream at home to beat the heat.  This icecream recipe is without the use

Badam halwa recipe – how to make badam or almond halwa recipe

Badam  or almond halwa is a very rich and  delicious Indian sweet made with blanched and pureed almonds, ghee and sugar.  It can be prepared on any festive occasions like ugadi, diwali, holi or lakshmi puja.    Badam halwa can be had on any normal day too as almonds are healthy.  They are a good source of nutrients and