Click here to like! It is modak season again! The time of the year where Ganapathi Bappa comes home and in the bargain we get to eat a lot of delicious food! The most amazing thing about celebrating Chaturthi in Goa is that various seasonal vegetables are cooked at home to offer as prasad forContinue reading “Ukkadille Gavaanche Modak”
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Spring Tres Leches Cake
Click here to like! Tres Leches Cake is a Mexican cake made with three types of milk. It is a sponge cake soaked with the goodness of whole, evaporated, and condensed milk which renders it soft and delicious! With it being spring, I wanted to pay a tribute to all the beautiful edible flowers andContinue reading “Spring Tres Leches Cake”
Saffron Baathk
Click here to like! Come Christmas, I would eagerly wait for the “kuswar” from friends and neighbors. “Kuswar” is a plate of food that has all the traditional desserts made during Christmas by the Goan Catholics. Everyone has their favorite kuswar item. But mine was the fruitcake and the baathk. Baathk is a semolina coconut cake. IContinue reading “Saffron Baathk”
Mango Caramel Pudding
Click here to like! Caramel pudding is a favorite in every Goan household. It is a staple at weddings and parties. My aunt, who I lovingly call Aai, makes the best pudding in my opinion. I spent most of my summer vacations with her. I remember sitting by the kitchen counter as she hand beat the eggs. TheContinue reading “Mango Caramel Pudding”
Chocolate Cups with Avocado Mousse
Click here to like! I know the struggle of people who suffer from gluten intolerance. We miss out on many delicious desserts. I wanted to make a recipe that is healthy, delicious and beautiful for this Valentine’s day, besides being gluten free. The berries and dark chocolate are rich in antioxidants. Avocado and coconut oilContinue reading “Chocolate Cups with Avocado Mousse”
Shrikhand Tilgul Parfait
Click here to like! “Tilgul ghyaa godh godh bola” translates to “have some sesame seeds and jaggery, and speak sweet words”. It is that time of the year again when you will hear ladies greeting each other with this sweet greeting while exchanging “vayn” and tilgul. It is Makarsankranthi time! Back in the day, women wouldContinue reading “Shrikhand Tilgul Parfait”
Boozy Black Forest Trifle
Click here to like! Who does not like black forest cakes! It is one of the most sold cakes in India. I, however, always detested store bought black forest cakes when I was a child. To some extent, I still do! The reason is simple. I ate black forest cakes way before they became famous.Continue reading “Boozy Black Forest Trifle”
Fatless Chocolate Sponge Cake
Click here to like! The fat-less sponge is the base for many desserts. You can use it in trifles and fresh cream cakes. There is no butter or oil used in this recipe and it is really easy to make! I have posted a vanilla sponge cake recipe in the past. This is very similarContinue reading “Fatless Chocolate Sponge Cake”
Serradura
Click here to like! A lot of Goan recipes have a Portuguese influence. Here is one such recipe. Serradura translates to saw dust. This super easy, yet super delicious, dessert is made with layers of flavored whipped cream and powdered Marie biscuits. The crushed biscuits resemble saw dust and hence the name. With the holidaysContinue reading “Serradura”
Cashew Diyas
Click here to like! Cashew burfi is a favorite of many Indians. This sweet cashew fudge is really easy to make and I try to make it at least once a year. This year I decided to make Cashew Diyas instead. Beautifully decorated with food color, these diyas are absolutely delicious and will be aContinue reading “Cashew Diyas”
Tikshe Fov
Click here to like! Diwali in Goa is all about different varieties of beaten rice. During Diwali, the markets are flooded with different kinds of beaten rice from red beaten rice to puffed beaten rice (fulayille fov). No Diwali faral is complete without tiskshe fov! This spicy, sweet, crispy treat is loved by adults andContinue reading “Tikshe Fov”
Rasmalai Cake
Click here to like! These days I see rasmalai cake pictures popping up all over social media. I am a big fan of rasmalai so I thought it would be great to try this recipe this Diwali. This soft delicious cake with a layer of rasmalai in between is definitely a crowd pleaser! Here isContinue reading “Rasmalai Cake”
Churmo
Click here to like! Churmo! Ah! The name itself makes my mouth water! Be it Diwali or Ganesh Chaturthi, one thing I always asked Mummy to make was churmo. I have tried churmo made with cornflakes, the ones sold in stores, the ones made by my relatives and then there are the quick versions. However,Continue reading “Churmo”
Motichoor Kulfi Layered Ice-cream
Click here to like! With Diwali fast approaching and so many festivities already in progress, I am getting my creative side out with desserts this year. We are meeting our friends for a “mehendi night” before Karvachauth. Hence, I decided to make dessert for all of us. In this dessert I attempt to combine my husband’sContinue reading “Motichoor Kulfi Layered Ice-cream”
Chocolate Fig Cake
Click here to like! Who does not like chocolate cake! A good piece of chocolate cake with a cup of coffee can be the cure for any rough day! Mayur does not like fruits and I am always game to trying new and different types of fruits. I hate that he misses out on suchContinue reading “Chocolate Fig Cake”
Paan Bites
Click here to like! Paan translates to leaf in English. If you are Indian, you will immediately think of the delicious, sweet mouth freshener and digestive eaten at the end of a meal when someone says paan. The leaf used to make this delicacy is a betel nut leaf. When chewed this leaf renders aContinue reading “Paan Bites”
Sanoriyo
Click here to like! Sanoriyo is a long-lost Goan recipe which I am trying to revive. When you think of parathas you usually think of North India. Parathas are stuffed flat bread and are a popular breakfast item in North India. Turns out Goa had its own take on parathas. Of course, we had toContinue reading “Sanoriyo”
Matcha Fresh Cream Cake
Click here to like! Mayur and I are not big fans of sweets. Unfortunately, the cakes in USA are way too sugary for us. Hence, I try to make Mayur a cake at home. Mayur was in Kuwait visiting his parents this year for his birthday. I thought it would be a great idea toContinue reading “Matcha Fresh Cream Cake”
Home-Made Whipped Cream
Click here to like! Who does not love whipped cream! It serves as a perfect icing for fresh cream cakes, adds a great start to a day when served over a bowl of fresh fruit, is refreshing over a cup of cold coffee and is also great to eaten as is! My dad always madeContinue reading “Home-Made Whipped Cream”
Butterscotch Ice Cream Topping
Click here to like! Butterscotch is basically a combination of sugar and butter. Butterscotch ice cream is something unique to India. When I came to the USA, I tried to look for this ice cream in stores with no luck. Hence this butterscotch topping over vanilla ice cream served to be a good replacement forContinue reading “Butterscotch Ice Cream Topping”
Fatless Matcha Sponge Cake
Click here to like! Recently while shopping at a new Asian market which has opened near my house, I came across Matcha. Matcha is a kind of green tea originating in Japan. The unique feature of this tea is that unlike most teas where the leaves are discarded after boiling in water, you are actuallyContinue reading “Fatless Matcha Sponge Cake”
Nallacho Ros
Click here to like! Goa is blessed with coconut trees. We, Goans, use coconut in almost all our food from breakfast to lunch to desserts. Coconut milk is freshly squeezed at home to make curries, kadi or ros. When milk is squeezed out of the coconut, the first round of thick coconut milk is calledContinue reading “Nallacho Ros”
Mawa Modak
Click here to like! It is the best time of the year! The time when the entire family gets together to welcome Ganapathi in their home. Growing up, this was my favorite holiday! We all would pack our bags and go to our ancestral house in Mardol, Goa. Drawing “rangolis” (colorful designs), playing “fugdi” (aContinue reading “Mawa Modak”
Fatless Vanilla Sponge Cake
Click here to like! The fat-less sponge is the base for many desserts. You can use it in trifles and fresh cream cakes. There is no butter or oil used in this recipe and it is really easy to make! So go ahead and enjoy some with a little less guilt 🙂 What you willContinue reading “Fatless Vanilla Sponge Cake”
Rava Ladoo
Click here to like! I believe ladoos are every Indian kid’s favorite treat! Most of us have memories where we were not rewarded for good work with chocolate but rather with homemade happiness that came in a spherical shape. Rava ladoos are one of my favorites! They are easy to make. If you do notContinue reading “Rava Ladoo”
Palm/Loutolim Biscuit
Click here to like! Palm Biscuit, Palmier, Elephant Ears, or Loutolim Biscuit… You may call it whatever you please. But one thing that all, young and old, will agree on is that this biscuit is delicious and irresistible. I grew up calling this “Loutolim biscuit” because my parents would always get these biscuits from aContinue reading “Palm/Loutolim Biscuit”
Kangaanche Ghons
Click here to like! Kangaache Ghons are noodle or nest like papads made with local Goan sweet potatoes, called kangaa. These sweet potatoes have a starchy texture and have few strings in their flesh. They are key to making this recipe because other types of sweet potatoes may have a stringy texture which interferes withContinue reading “Kangaanche Ghons”