17 Cottage Cheese and Fruit Recipes!
Cottage cheese and fruit go hand in hand! Here are some mouthwatering recipes that contain cottage cheese and fruit!
Desserts & Cakes
Unique and quirky Dessert and Cake recipes from all over the world, with a focus on East Indian sweets!
Shankarpali – Shakarpara – Sweet Diamond Cuts
Shankarpali is a sweet crispy diamond-shaped snack that is quite popular in the Konkan belt of India. This bite-sized treat is made with just a handful of ingredients. Shankarpali is a popular sweet crispy snack from Western India. This sweet maida biscuit is also called shakkarpara or shakar pare. In the Northern states, it is … Read more
Veg No-bake Mango Cheesecake
No-bake vegetarian Mango Cheesecake is an awesome soft and creamy dessert to beat the summer heat!
What to Cook (Prepare) For Easter Lunch?
What is a traditional Easter lunch? Here's what East Indians cook for Easter Lunch to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.
Homemade Carrot Cake with Raisins
Carrot cake is a delicious and moist treat made with freshly grated carrots. This tasty and rich spice cake is best eaten warm or fresh out of the oven. Top with cream cheese frosting or serve with ice cream!
What to Cook for East Indian Dinners & Christmas?
East Indian food is so delicious and tasty, once you’ve tried it, you’ll be craving for more. From appetizers or breads, to main courses or desserts, you’ll be left drooling!
Melktert: A South African’s Favourite Dessert
Melktert is a spiced creamy custard pie that is a classic South African dessert. This yummy milk tart is a go-to dessert for any celebration.
How To Make South African Romany Creams?
Romany Creams are a delicious crunchy coconutty chocolate-cream-filled biscuit that is easy to make. Serve this South African delight with some hot coffee or cocoa and you’ll be in heaven!
Tasty Kopra Pak – Naralchi Wadi – Indian Coconut Dessert
Naralchi Wadi or Kopra Pak is a popular dessert in Maharashtra, India. It’s easy to make naralchi wadi at home using this recipe.
DF GF Khajur Dry Fruit Barfi – Dates Dessert
So last week we made the sugar free gluten free anjeer barfi or fig barfi for dad that’s really yummy to taste. But this week we figured we’d show you how we do it when we want just dry fruit energy bars. No dairy, no gluten, no sugar! Sugar-free is good for diabetics like my … Read more
Sugarfree GF Anjeer Barfi – Indian Fig Dessert
I love sweets, just like my dad. But dad is diabetic, so we try to keep his sugar intake under control. That doesn’t stop him from finding something or the other in the fridge to eat though. Even on the days we skip sweets, we’ll find dad right there in the kitchen rummaging through the … Read more
East Indian GF Coconut Cordial Dessert
Coconut Cordial is one of the easiest East Indian Christmas sweets to make. And it tastes yummy too! Granny has always made the coconut version of cordial. Some people use almonds or cashewnuts instead of coconut. We’ve never tried that recipe for “Cordial No 1” as it’s called in the East Indian Recipe book. We’re … Read more
East Indian Xmas Marzipan – Molded Mass Pav
Growing up, the house started smelling of Christmas from early December. Literally! You could smell marzipan, vanilla cream, thali sweet, cordial, Christmas cake and so much more. The best part of being East Indian though, was tasting the smells. Or rather eating the Christmas sweets that weren’t good enough to give to relatives and were … Read more
