A make-ahead Diwali plan: sweets and snacks
Choose one savoury and one sweet for Diwali. This small-menu plan links to chevdo, chakri, chocolate barfi and fresh lapsi, with tips for spreading the preparation. Read More …
Category: Festive food
Food for festivals e.g Xmas, Diwali, Navratri, fasting, janmashtmi, Hindu Festivals, Christian Festivals,
Diwali Memories, Traditional Gujarati Snacks and Sweets from My Kitchen
Diwali has always been a special time of year for me. Growing up in a Gujarati family in Kenya, festivals were about much more than lighting lamps and decorating our homes. They were about family, Read More …
Protein-Packed Air Fried Mixed Dal Kachoris
There was a time when I was forever experimenting in the kitchen and making rushing my husband to taste them and then share the recipe on the blog. It’s taken me a long time to Read More …
Apple Tart
Hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year. This year we celebrated our first Diwali and Christmas without my husband. As a family, we still wanted to continue the tradition of celebrating these Read More …
Nutty bars with Protein Powder and Jaggery
My sister and I loved jugu pak when we were kids. Jugu Pak is very similar to the peanut brittle we get in the shops – except that this is made with jaggery. The peanuts Read More …
Choco-nut Energy Bars
For years and years, every time I picked up a recipe card or saw a nice recipe in a magazine, I would collect it and keep them in a file. The file got really large Read More …
Sweet Potato Halwa in Instant Pot (farari seero)
On the days Hindus fast, there is a list of foods that they are “allowed” to eat. The list – often referred to as farali food – includes all the fruits and nuts, milk and Read More …
Farari bateta vada (Gluten free crispy potato rolls)
There are certain days and months, Hindus fast. The upcoming festival of Navratri is one of those festivals when people may be fasting. The fast is not compulsory but recently more and more people seem Read More …
Barfi Churmu with Flour, Oats and Almonds
One of the quickest and easiest Indian desserts, I like making is churma na ladoo with jaggery. I find this dessert very easy to make as I have been making it regularly for years. The Read More …
Top 15 Sweets for any occasion
I have created a list of 15 easy to make Indian sweets/desserts which can be made during any festival. These sweets can we cooked at any festival time including Diwali , Holi , Ram Navmi and Read More …