…ni or coconut feni may be added depending on personal choice or to make it festive as these are in plenty. The fat of the pork makes the sorpotel succulent and tasty and helps preserve better but due to health reasons many use lean pork with very little or no fat. The pork which we selected for this preparation had little fat. Again, you may use oil or fat to your discretion. The sorpotel is looking good and the aroma is filled in my house! My fam…
…with Homemade Candied Citrus Peels. Make your delicious holiday treats and festive specials; extra special… Enjoy the awesome taste of citrus in every bite of your festive goodies. 🙂 Ingredients: 2 Oranges 2 Sweet Limes 2 cups granulated Sugar Castor or granulated Sugar for rolling – optional ¾ cup Water – for syrup Water as required Procedure: Wash the oranges and sweet limes, wipe dry, peel the skin and then scrape of the pith (white…
…For us Goans, it is customary to serve and enjoy wines at celebratory and festive occasions. We love to enjoy our wine with slices of rich fruit cake and welcome our guests with cake and wine. Sharing with you two gorgeous beauties… Pineapple and Beetroot Wine which my family loves and which was long overdue. So happy that we can all celebrate and enjoy the festivities with our loved ones. Cherish and share the warmth and spirit of Christmas and…
…you wish to enjoy these Date Rolls until New Year. They do make excellent festive gifts… 🙂 For the Stuffing / Filling: 20 firm Whole Dates with seeds 20 slivered pieces Walnuts or Cashew nuts 1tbsp Rum (optional) Preparation of Stuffing / Filling: Prep all the dates by slitting each date partially not all the way through and remove the seed. If using rum toss the dates in them. Let them rest for a couple of hours or preferably overnight. Stuff ea…
…homemade wine. I made two wines for Christmas and to celebrate the entire festive season. The tasting session was a success and my family gave their approval and here I am, sharing this wine with you! 🙂 To make this Beetroot Wine, you need to have good quality beetroot. It is also important that they have a good color and are sweet. This will ultimately determine the quality and color of your wine. When the wine was ready, it had a gorgeous color…
…oot burfi / barfi is so delicately soft and elegant to serve on your sweet festive table. It has all the sweet aromas and a treat to your taste buds with the inclusion of lush khoya / khawa, the magic of sweet condensed milk and the royal flavor of green cardamom and of course sugar. The pure ghee binds it all together to be rolled out like a royal red carpet studded with crunchy nuts and glitter of edible silver leaf which makes the Beetroot Barf…
It is so much more fun to make festive holiday cut out cookies /biscuits especially at Easter, Christmas and Halloween. Sugar cookies are so simple, easy and pretty. It brings together families, friends and creates a happy positive feeling. It is a great activity for children and they are ever willing to help in making these cut out cookies and always look forward to frost and decorate with creative designs. I baked these beautiful sugar cookies…
…s. I have to say that I am partial to this shape of fanned out layers on a festive celebratory platter. Usually, we like to enjoy it with a cup of tea and as a snack with green chutney which we like. I will post the recipe later. So here is the recipe for you which I am happy to share. Add this gorgeous Khasta Punjabi Mathri to your gift hamper with all your sweet goodies which I am sure will be much appreciated. Serve it on your festive sweet goo…
…Chandrakala is another popular sweet/mithai which is prepared to celebrate festive occasions in India. Chandra means “Moon’ and Kala means “Art”. The finished pastry with the encased or sandwiched filling resembles the moon. You can even fold it into a half moon just like you would a gujiya, karanji or nevri. The edges of the stuffed pastry are folded artistically to make it look dainty and gorgeous hence the name Chandrakala or Artistic Moon! Man…
…ortcrust pastry. These little colourful coconut baskets look so pretty and festive on the Christmas platter and gorgeous on the sweet table. This simple coconut cordial is easy but looks extra special when converted into little baskets. To simplify the task of arrangement, it can be set like a normal coconut barfi and cut into desired shapes and pieces. If you intend using colors like the way I did it is better to keep the colors pale / pastel to…