Desserts & Sweets

Passion Fruit and Mango Ice Cream Sundae

You can't buy Happiness but you can buy ice cream. Passion fruit and mango are my two favourite fruits so I couldn’t…

14 April 2014

Caramel Pendas in the microwave (Indian Sweet)

This penda recipe can be prepared within minutes and taste very similar to fudge I got the idea of making…

20 March 2014

Carrot Halwa- Gajar Halwa (microwave version)

Gajar Halwa is King of Sweets A thousand other desserts, it proudly defeats (from a poem by wordbug) I first posted…

19 January 2014

Strawberries with Mascorpone cream (Cheat shrikand)

Summer is here at last and strawberries are ripening so fast that all the farmers are picking them up fast…

11 July 2013

Almond Barfi – An Indian sweet with powdered milk and almonds

These almond barfis were made by my husband as a surprise for me on Mother’s Day.  He adapted my recipe…

25 March 2013

Shrikand (Indian dessert / sweet) : Cheat recipe using curd cheese

Today was fathers day and I wanted to make a sweet that everyone in the family would enjoy but at…

17 June 2012

Magaj for Diabetics (A Chick pea flour sweet suitable for diabetics)

Magaj is a popular Gujarati sweet usually made during the Diwali celebrations.  I have been thinking about making some sweets…

7 May 2012

Vegetarian Party Menu ideas

Have you heard of the saying - You can choose your friends but not your relations?   Well  - I'll…

22 December 2011

Chocolate Barfi – A classic Indian Sweet (Mithai)

  Chocolate barfi (or sometimes spelled burfi) was a favourite of mine when I was a child and is now…

13 November 2011

Adadiya – Indian sweet dish for winter

Adadiyas have lots of childhood memories for me.  During the cooler months in Kenya,  my dad used to make these…

10 November 2011