Bengal is known for its delectable sweets. Sweets find an important place in the Bengali Thali. The Bengali desserts make use of sweetened cottage cheese / Paneer / chhana. Here is a variation to the creamy shondesh with a touch of pista. I used : Homemade paneer from 1 Liter milk .Make sure that the…
When I announced Celebrate sweets with the theme Bengali sweets, I wanted to prepare Rasgullas.I kept postponing the thought of preparing it and finally I decided against it and made two types of Shondesh last weekend. This one is the basic Shondesh recipe.There are numerous and innovative Sondesh varieties that can be developed from this…
Mom used to prepare this when I was small.Them she started trying out other sweets and after I grew up, I almost forgot about it until I saw it in Shilpa’s Aayi’s Recipes. I wanted to try it and it came out well. The consistency of the sugar syrup plays a vital role here.If you…
Before this new years arrives at our doorstep, I though I should make a resolution to eat healthy and be fit. Generally I eat healthy stuffs but its never on time. So today morning when I went to the farmers market to buy veggies, I suddenly came up with this thought of maintaining a food…
A few weeks ago, when we wanted to have out customary Sunday morning porridge, we realized that we were out of pickles. Hubby sighed and ‘wished’ he had some to go with the porridge. I rummaged the contents of the fridge and got a large knob of ginger and thus was born this instant pickle.…
